Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL4.x i386/x86_64

A flaw was found in the handling of IEEE 802.11 frames, which affected several wireless LAN modules. In certain situations, a remote attacker could trigger this flaw by sending a malicious packet over a wireless network, causing a denial of service kernel crash. CVE-2007-4997, Important A memory...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64

These new kernel packages fix the following security issues : A flaw was found in the virtual filesystem VFS. An unprivileged local user could truncate directories to which they had write permission; this could render the contents of the directory inaccessible. CVE-2008-0001, Important A flaw was...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64

a flaw in the mount handling routine for 64-bit systems that allowed a local user to cause denial of service CVE-2006-7203, Important. a flaw in the PPP over Ethernet implementation that allowed a remote user to cause a denial of service CVE-2007-2525, Important. a flaw in the Bluetooth subsystem...

Scientific Linux Security Update : nfs-utils on SL6.x i386/x86_64

The nfs-utils packages provide a daemon for the kernel Network File System NFS server, and related tools such as the mount.nfs, umount.nfs, and showmount programs. A flaw was found in the way nfs-utils performed IP based authentication of mount requests. In configurations where a directory was...

Scientific Linux Security Update : util-linux-ng on SL6.x i386/x86_64

The util-linux-ng packages contain a large variety of low-level system utilities that are necessary for a Linux operating system to function. Multiple flaws were found in the way the mount and umount commands performed mtab mounted file systems table file updates. A local, unprivileged user allow...

Scientific Linux Security Update : glibc on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20120213)

The glibc packages contain the standard C libraries used by multiple programs on the system. These packages contain the standard C and the standard math libraries. Without these two libraries, a Linux system cannot function properly. An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer...

Scientific Linux Security Update : util-linux on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20120221)

The util-linux package contains a large variety of low-level system utilities that are necessary for a Linux system to function. Among others, util-linux contains the fdisk configuration tool and the login program. Multiple flaws were found in the way the mount and umount commands performed mtab...

[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: cifs-utils-5.5-2.fc16

The SMB/CIFS protocol is a standard file sharing protocol widely deployed on Microsoft Windows machines. This package contains tools for mounting shares on Linux using the SMB/CIFS protocol. The tools in this package work in conjunction with support in the kernel to allow one to mount a SMB/CIFS...

[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: cifs-utils-5.5-2.fc17

The SMB/CIFS protocol is a standard file sharing protocol widely deployed on Microsoft Windows machines. This package contains tools for mounting shares on Linux using the SMB/CIFS protocol. The tools in this package work in conjunction with support in the kernel to allow one to mount a SMB/CIFS...

CentOS 6 : cifs-utils (CESA-2012:0902)

An updated cifs-utils package that fixes one security issue, multiple bugs, and adds various enhancements is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score,...

cifs security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2012:0902 An updated cifs-utils package that fixes one security issue, multiple bugs, and adds various enhancements is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. A...

RedHat Update for nfs-utils RHSA-2011:1534-03

Check for the Version of nfs-utils OpenVAS Vulnerability Test RedHat Update for nfs-utils RHSA-2011:1534-03 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under t...

GLSA-201206-29 : mount-cifs: Multiple vulnerabilites

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201206-29 mount-cifs: Multiple vulnerabilites Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in mount-cifs. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : The vulnerabilities allow local users to cause a...

mount-cifs: Multiple vulnerabilites

Background mount-cifs is the cifs filesystem mount helper split from Samba. Description Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in mount-cifs. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact The vulnerabilities allow local users to cause a denial of service mtab...

RedHat Update for cifs-utils RHSA-2012:0902-04

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 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",...

RedHat Update for cifs-utils RHSA-2012:0902-04

Check for the Version of cifs-utils OpenVAS Vulnerability Test RedHat Update for cifs-utils RHSA-2012:0902-04 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under...

cifs-utils: mount.cifs file existence disclosure vulnerability

mount.cifs in cifs-utils 2.6 allows local users to determine the existence of arbitrary files or directories via the file path in the second argument, which reveals their existence in an error message...

SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 8162)

This Linux kernel update fixes various security issues and bugs in the SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP4 kernel. The following security issues have been fixed : - A memory corruption when mounting a hfsplus filesystem was fixed that could be used by local attackers able to mount filesystem to crash th...

RedHat Update for fuse RHSA-2011:1083-01

Check for the Version of fuse OpenVAS Vulnerability Test RedHat Update for fuse RHSA-2011:1083-01 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms o...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : ncpfs (MDVSA-2012:084)

Multiple vulnerabilities has been discovered and corrected in ncpfs : ncpfs 2.2.6 and earlier attempts to use 1 ncpmount to append to the /etc/mtab file and 2 ncpumount to append to the /etc/mtab.tmp file without first checking whether resource limits would interfere, which allows local users to...