Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed...

Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1189-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1189-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN11891.nasl 7964 2017-12-01 07:32:11Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1189-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This...

kernel: /proc/PID/io infoleak

fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.4 does not properly restrict access to /proc//io files, which allows local users to obtain sensitive I/O statistics by polling a file, as demonstrated by discovering the length of another user's password...

kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

2.6.32-131.12.1.el6 - netdrv be2net: clear intr bit in beprobe Ivan Vecera 726308 722596 2.6.32-131.11.1.el6 - mm hold the page lock until after setpagestablenode Andrea Arcangeli 726095 683658 - netdrv be2net: remove certain cmd failure logging Ivan Vecera 725329 719304 - net nl80211: missing...

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1189-1)

It was discovered that the /proc filesystem did not correctly handle permission changes when programs executed. A local attacker could hold open files to examine details about programs running with higher privileges, potentially increasing the chances of exploiting additional vulnerabilities...

CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2009:1455 centos5 i386

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription scriptxrefname:"URL",...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2264-1 (linux-2.6)

The remote host is missing an update to linux-2.6 announced via advisory DSA 2264-1. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb22641.nasl 6613 2017-07-07 12:08:40Z cfischer $ Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 2264-1 linux-2.6 Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2011 E-Soft Inc...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : Linux kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 4884 / 4888 / 4889)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 1 kernel was updated to 2.6.32.43 and fixes various bugs and security issues. The following security issues were fixed : - The normal mmap paths all avoid creating a mapping where the pgoff inside the mapping could wrap around due to overflow. However, an...

Code injection

The dotaskstat function in fs/proc/array.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39-rc1 does not perform an expected uid check, which makes it easier for local users to defeat the ASLR protection mechanism by reading the startcode and endcode fields in the /proc//stat file for a process executing a PIE...

CVE-2011-0726

The dotaskstat function in fs/proc/array.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39-rc1 does not perform an expected uid check, which makes it easier for local users to defeat the ASLR protection mechanism by reading the startcode and endcode fields in the /proc//stat file for a process executing a PIE...

CVE-2011-0726: Improper Input Validation

The dotaskstat function in fs/proc/array.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39-rc1 does not perform an expected uid check, which makes it easier for local users to defeat the ASLR protection mechanism by reading the startcode and endcode fields in the /proc//stat file for a process executing a PIE...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1170-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1170-1)

Dan Rosenberg discovered that multiple terminal ioctls did not correctly initialize structure memory. A local attacker could exploit this to read portions of kernel stack memory, leading to a loss of privacy. CVE-2010-4076, CVE-2010-4077 It was discovered that Xen did not correctly handle certain...

USN-1170-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Dan Rosenberg discovered that multiple terminal ioctls did not correctly initialize structure memory. A local attacker could exploit this to read portions of kernel stack memory, leading to a loss of privacy. CVE-2010-4076, CVE-2010-4077 It was discovered that Xen did not correctly handle certain...

RHEL 5 : kernel (RHSA-2011:0927)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2011:0927 advisory. - kernel: IB/uverbs: Handle large number of entries in poll CQ CVE-2010-4649, CVE-2011-1044 - kernel: panic in ibcm:cmworkhandler...

Ubuntu Update for linux-mvl-dove USN-1162-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1162-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN11621.nasl 7964 2017-12-01 07:32:11Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux-mvl-dove USN-1162-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.n...

USN-1162-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities (Marvell Dove)

Brad Spengler discovered that the kernel did not correctly account for userspace memory allocations during exec calls. A local attacker could exploit this to consume all system memory, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2010-4243 Alexander Duyck discovered that the Intel Gigabit Ethernet driver...

Ubuntu 10.10 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1160-1)

Dan Rosenberg discovered that IRDA did not correctly check the size of buffers. On non-x86 systems, a local attacker could exploit this to read kernel heap memory, leading to a loss of privacy. CVE-2010-4529 Dan Rosenburg discovered that the CAN subsystem leaked kernel addresses into the /proc...

PT-2011-3920

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.39 Description A buffer overflow issue exists in the clusterip proc write function, potentially allowing local users to cause a denial of service or have other unspecified impacts. This issue is related to...

Debian DSA-2264-1 : linux-2.6 - privilege escalation/denial of service/information leak

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leak. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2010-2524 David Howells reported an issue in the Common...