Debian DSA-1017-1 : kernel-source-2.6.8 - several vulnerabilities

Several local and remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2004-1017 Multiple overflows exist in the ioedgepor...

Debian DSA-1018-2 : kernel-source-2.4.27 - several vulnerabilities

The original update lacked recompiled ALSA modules against the new kernel ABI. Furthermore, kernel-latest-2.4-sparc now correctly depends on the updated packages. For completeness we're providing the original problem description : Several local and remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in t...

CVE-2005-0489

The /proc handling proc/base.c Linux kernel 2.4 before 2.4.17 allows local users to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors that cause an invalid access of free memory...