Oracle Solaris 11.1/11.3 (RSH) - 'Stack Clash' Local Privilege Escalation

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[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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Amazon Linux AMI : glibc (ALAS-2017-844) (Stack Clash)

Glibc contains a vulnerability that allows specially crafted LDLIBRARYPATH values to manipulate the heap/stack, causing them to alias, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution. Please note that additional hardening changes have been made to glibc to prevent manipulation of stack and heap...

Debian DSA-3887-1 : glibc - security update (Stack Clash)

The Qualys Research Labs discovered various problems in the dynamic linker of the GNU C Library which allow local privilege escalation by clashing the stack. For the full details, please refer to their advisory published at: https://www.qualys.com/2017/06/19/stack-clash/stack-clash.txt...

Debian DLA-992-1 : eglibc security update (Stack Clash)

The Qualys Research Labs discovered various problems in the dynamic linker of the GNU C Library which allow local privilege escalation by clashing the stack. For the full details, please refer to their advisory published at: https://www.qualys.com/2017/06/19/stack-clash/stack-clash.txt For Debian...

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...

Debian DSA-3886-1 : linux - security update (Stack Clash)

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks. - CVE-2017-7487 Li Qiang reported a reference counter leak in the ipxitfioctl function which may result into a use-after-free vulnerability, triggerabl...

RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2017:1487)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2017:1487 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...

Ubuntu 16.10 : linux, linux-meta vulnerabilities (USN-3326-1) (Stack Clash)

It was discovered that a use-after-free flaw existed in the filesystem encryption subsystem in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2017-7374 It was discovered that the stack guard page for processes in the Linux kernel was not...

[ASA-201706-22] lib32-glibc: privilege escalation

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201706-22 ========================================== Severity: High Date : 2017-06-20 CVE-ID : CVE-2017-1000366 Package : lib32-glibc Type : privilege escalation Remote : No Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-308 Summary ======= The package lib32-glibc befo...