USN-3510-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Mohamed Ghannam discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the Netlink subsystem XFRM in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2017-16939 It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-3508-2)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3508-2 advisory. USN-3508-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 17.04. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement H...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3510-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3510-1 advisory. Mohamed Ghannam discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the Netlink subsystem XFRM in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3507-2)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 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-3509-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 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 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities (USN-3511-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3511-1 advisory. Mohamed Ghannam discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the Netlink subsystem XFRM in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this...

Ubuntu 17.04 : linux, linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities (USN-3508-1) (Dirty COW)

Mohamed Ghannam discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the Netlink subsystem XFRM in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2017-16939 It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3510-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 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...

USN-3508-2: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3508-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 17.04. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 17.04 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Mohamed Ghannam discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the Netlink subsyste...

USN-3508-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Mohamed Ghannam discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the Netlink subsystem XFRM in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2017-16939 It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:3225-1) (Dirty COW)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2017-1000405: A bug in the THP CoW support could be used by local attackers to corrupt memory of other processes and cause them to crash bnc1069496. -...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:3210-1) (Dirty COW)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2017-16939: The XFRM dump policy implementation in net/xfrm/xfrmuser.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of servi...

SUSE-SU-2017:3210-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2017-16939: The XFRM dump policy implementation in net/xfrm/xfrmuser.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of servic...

CVE-2017-16939

The XFRM dump policy implementation in net/xfrm/xfrmuser.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.11 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service use-after-free via a crafted SORCVBUF setsockopt system call in conjunction with XFRMMSGGETPOLICY Netlink messages...

CVE-2017-16939

The XFRM dump policy implementation in net/xfrm/xfrmuser.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.11 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service use-after-free via a crafted SORCVBUF setsockopt system call in conjunction with XFRMMSGGETPOLICY Netlink messages...

CVE-2017-16939

CVE-2017-16939 affects the Linux kernel XFRM Netlink path. The use-after-free occurs in the XFRM dump policy code (net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c) when a crafted SO_RCVBUF setsockopt is used with XFRM_MSG_GETPOLICY, allowing a local attacker with CAP_NET_ADMIN to trigger a denial of service or potentially ...

CVE-2017-16939

The XFRM dump policy implementation in net/xfrm/xfrmuser.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.11 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service use-after-free via a crafted SORCVBUF setsockopt system call in conjunction with XFRMMSGGETPOLICY Netlink messages...

Linux Kernel (Ubuntu 17.04) - XFRM Local Privilege Escalation

Linux Kernel Ubuntu 17.04 - XFRM Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Summary The following advisory describes a Use-after-free vulnerability found in Linux kernel that can lead to privilege escalation. The vulnerability found in Netlink socket subsystem – XFRM. Netlink is used to transfer...

Linux Kernel (Ubuntu 17.04) - 'XFRM' Local Privilege Escalation

Vulnerability Summary The following advisory describes a Use-after-free vulnerability found in Linux kernel that can lead to privilege escalation. The vulnerability found in Netlink socket subsystem – XFRM. Netlink is used to transfer information between the kernel and user-space processes. It...