openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2016-1015)

The openSUSE 13.2 kernel was updated to fix various bugs and security issues. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2016-1583: Prevent the usage of mmap when the lower file system does not allow it. This could have lead to local privilege escalation when ecryptfs-utils was installed and...

SUSE-SU-2016:2014-1 Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 7 for SLE 12

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.44-5218 fixes several issues. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2016-4470: The keyrejectandlink function in security/keys/key.c in the Linux kernel did not ensure that a certain data structure is initialized, which allowed local users to cause a...

SUSE-SU-2016:1961-1 Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 0 for SLE 12 SP1

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.49-11.1 fixes the several issues. These security issues were fixed: - CVE-2016-4470: The keyrejectandlink function in security/keys/key.c in the Linux kernel did not ensure that a certain data structure is initialized, which allowed local users to cause a...

Fedora 22 : kernel (2016-84fdc82b74)

The 4.4.10 update contains a number of important fixes across the tree 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 format it as much as possible without introducin...

Fedora 24 : kernel (2016-f8739a80b0)

The 4.5.5 stable update contains a number of important fixes across the tree. 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 format it as much as possible without...

SUSE: Security Advisory for kernel (SUSE-SU-2016:1690-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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...

CVE-2016-0758

CVE-2016-0758 concerns an integer overflow in the Linux kernel’s ASN.1 DER decoder (lib/asn1_decoder.c) that could allow local privilege escalation. The Android 2016-10-05 bulletin documents this as a kernel ASN.1 decoder elevation-of-privilege issue with Critical severity, affecting Nexus device...

openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2016-753)

The openSUSE Leap 42.1 kernel was updated to 4.1.26 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2016-1583: Prevent the usage of mmap when the lower file system does not allow it. This could have lead to local privilege escalation when ecryptfs-utils wa...

Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

The openSUSE Leap 42.1 kernel was updated to 4.1.26 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2016-1583: Prevent the usage of mmap when the lower file system does not allow it. This could have lead to local privilege escalation when ecryptfs-utils was...

Fedora Update for kernel FEDORA-2016-84fdc82b74

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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...

Fedora Update for kernel FEDORA-2016-f8739a80b0

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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...

RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2016:1033-01

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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...

OracleVM 3.3 : kernel-uek (OVMSA-2016-0053)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - KEYS: Fix ASN.1 indefinite length object parsing This fixes CVE-2016-0758. David Howells Orabug: 23279020 CVE-2016-0758 - net: add validation for the socket syscall protocol argument Hannes Frederic...

Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2016-3565)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2016-3565 advisory. - KEYS: Fix ASN.1 indefinite length object parsing This fixes CVE-2016-0758. David Howells Orabug: 23279020 CVE-2016-0758 - net: add validation for...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

kernel-uek 3.8.13-118.6.2 - KEYS: Fix ASN.1 indefinite length object parsing This fixes CVE-2016-0758. David Howells Orabug: 23279020 CVE-2016-0758 - net: add validation for the socket syscall protocol argument Hannes Frederic Sowa Orabug: 23267997 CVE-2015-8543 CVE-2015-8543 - ipv6: addrconf:...

OracleVM 3.4 : kernel-uek (OVMSA-2016-0052)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - move part of fix for 'unix: properly account for FDs passed over unix sockets' Chuck Anderson Orabug: 23294626 CVE-2013-4312 CVE-2013-4312 - KEYS: Fix ASN.1 indefinite length object parsing This fixes...

USN-2977-1 Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities | Cloud Foundry

USN-2977-1 Linux kernel Vivid HWE vulnerabilities High Vendor Canonical Ubuntu Versions Affected Canonical Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Description Philip Pettersson discovered that the Linux kernel’s ASN.1 DER decoder did not properly process certificate files with tags of indefinite length. A local...

Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2016-3559)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2016-3559 advisory. - KEYS: Fix ASN.1 indefinite length object parsing This fixes CVE-2016-0758. David Howells Orabug: 23279022 CVE-2016-0758 - unix: properly account...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2979-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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: Security Advisory (USN-2978-2)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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...