Linux Kernel (Debian 7.78.59.0 Ubuntu 14.04.216.04.217.04 Fedora 2225 CentOS 7.3.1611) - ldso_hwcap_64 Stack Clash Local Privilege Escalation

Linux Kernel Debian 7.78.59.0 Ubuntu 14.04.216.04.217.04 Fedora 2225 CentOS 7.3.1611 - ldsohwcap64 Stack Clash Local Privilege Escalation / Linuxldsohwcap64.c for CVE-2017-1000366, CVE-2017-1000379 Copyright C 2017 Qualys, Inc. myimportanthwcaps adapted from elf/dl-hwcaps.c, part of the GNU C...

Fedora 24 : glibc (2017-698daef73c) (Stack Clash)

This update addresses CVE-2017-1000366, a vulnerability in the dynamic linker allowing local privilege escalation. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and form...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:1704-1) (Stack Clash)

This Linux kernel update for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 fixes the following issues : - A previous security update to address CVE-2017-1000364 caused unintended side-effects in several other tools, most notably Java. These issues have been remedied. bsc1045340 Note that Tenable Network Security...

Fedora 24 : kernel (2017-05f10e29f4) (Stack Clash)

The 4.11.6 update contains a number of important fixes across the tree, including the recently announced 'stack clash' Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and...

[slackware-security] kernel

New kernel packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/linux-4.4.74/: Upgraded. This kernel fixes two "Stack Clash" vulnerabilities reported by Qualys. The first issue may allow attackers t...

MGASA-2017-0184 Updated glibc packages fixes critical security vulnerabilities

The sunrpc implementation in glibc is vulnerable to a flaw that can cause it to be triggered to allocate additional memory until it causes a crash, similar to CVE-2017-8779 CVE-2017-8804. A flaw was found in the way memory was being allocated on the stack for user space binaries. If heap or...

Updated glibc packages fixes critical security vulnerabilities

The sunrpc implementation in glibc is vulnerable to a flaw that can cause it to be triggered to allocate additional memory until it causes a crash, similar to CVE-2017-8779 CVE-2017-8804. A flaw was found in the way memory was being allocated on the stack for user space binaries. If heap or...

Fedora 25 : kernel (2017-d7bc1b3056) (Stack Clash)

The 4.11.6 update contains a number of important fixes across the tree, including the recently announced 'stack clash' Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and...

Linux in the Stack Clash vulnerabilities that may be exploited by hackers to obtain local root privileges-bug warning-the black bar safety net

Last month, Qualys security researchers in a variety of Unix-based Systems found on called the“Stack Clash”the vulnerability could allow an attacker on a UNIX system to gain root privileges and take over the attack computer. Currently security researchers discovered this flaw and are working with...

Fedora 25 : glibc (2017-79414fefa1) (Stack Clash)

This update addresses CVE-2017-1000366, a vulnerability in the dynamic linker allowing local privilege escalation. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and form...

RHEL 5 : kernel (RHSA-2017:1482)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2017:1482 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: A flaw was found in the way memory was...

Debian DLA-997-1 : libffi security update (Stack Clash)

libffi requests an executable stack allowing attackers to more easily trigger arbitrary code execution by overwriting the stack. Please note that libffi is used by a number of other libraries. For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 3.0.10-3+deb7u1. We recommend that you...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:1628-1) (Stack Clash)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2017-1000364: The default stack guard page was too small and could be 'jumped over' by userland programs using more than one page of stack in functions and ...

CentOS 7 : glibc (CESA-2017:1481) (Stack Clash)

An update for glibc is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the...

CentOS 6 : kernel (CESA-2017:1486) (Stack Clash)

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from th...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20170619) (Stack Clash)

Security Fixes : - A flaw was found in the way memory was being allocated on the stack for user space binaries. If heap or different memory region and stack memory regions were adjacent to each other, an attacker could use this flaw to jump over the stack guard gap, cause controlled memory...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:1613-1) (Stack Clash)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 kernel was updated to receive various security fixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2017-1000364: The default stack guard page was too small and could be 'jumped over' by userland programs using more than one page of stack in functions and so lead...

Ubuntu 17.04 : linux-meta-raspi2, linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities (USN-3325-1) (Stack Clash)

It was discovered that the stack guard page for processes in the Linux kernel was not sufficiently large enough to prevent overlapping with the heap. An attacker could leverage this with another vulnerability to execute arbitrary code and gain administrative privileges CVE-2017-1000364 Roee Hay...

RHEL 6 : glibc (RHSA-2017:1480) (Stack Clash)

An update for glibc is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the...

RHEL 5 / 6 / 7 : glibc (RHSA-2017:1479)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 / 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2017:1479 advisory. The glibc packages provide the standard C libraries libc, POSIX thread libraries libpthread, standard math libraries libm, and the name servi...