Update request kernel-linus-4.4.26-1 fixes security issues

This update is based on the upstream 4.4.26 kernel and fixes at least these security issues: An issue with ASN.1 DER decoder was reported that could lead to memory corruptions, possible privilege escalation, or complete local denial of service via x509 certificate DER files CVE-2016-0758...

RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2016:2133)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2016:2133 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: A race condition was found in the way...

CVE-2016-5195

Race condition in mm/gup.c in the Linux kernel 2.x through 4.x before 4.8.3 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging incorrect handling of a copy-on-write COW feature to write to a read-only memory mapping, as exploited in the wild in October 2016, aka "Dirty COW."...

Slackware 14.0 / 14.1 / 14.2 / current : kernel (SSA:2016-305-01) (Dirty COW)

New kernel packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix a security issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Slackware Security Advisory 2016-305-01. The text itself is...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and enhancement update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 Extended Update Support. 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...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 Long Life. 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...

SUSE-SU-2016:2673-1 Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 7 for SLE 12 SP1

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.62-6062 fixes several issues. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2016-5195: A local privilege escalation using MAPPRIVATE was fixed, which is reportedly exploited in the wild bsc1004419. - CVE-2016-8666: The IP stack in the Linux kernel allowed...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20161028) (Dirty COW)

Security Fixes : - A race condition was found in the way the Linux kernel's memory subsystem handled the copy-on-write COW breakage of private read-only memory mappings. An unprivileged, local user could use this flaw to gain write access to otherwise read-only memory mappings and thus increase...

Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2016-2124)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2016-2124 advisory. - mm Fix Privilege escalation via MAPPRIVATE Larry Woodman 1385112 CVE-2016-5195 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from th...

RHEL 5 : kernel (RHSA-2016:2124)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2016:2124 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: A race condition was found in the way...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. 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...

RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2016:2120)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2016:2120 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: A race condition was found in the way the Linux...

RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2016:2105-01

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...

RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2016:2105)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2016:2105 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: A race condition was found in the way the Linux...

RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2016:2118)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2016:2118 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: A race condition was found in the way the Linux...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2016:2659-1) (Dirty COW)

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.55-5245 fixes several issues. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2016-5195: A local privilege escalation using MAPPRIVATE was fixed, which is reportedly exploited in the wild bsc1004419. - CVE-2016-4997: The compat IPTSOSETREPLACE and...

Linux Dirty COW Local File Overwrite

Added: 10/27/2016 CVE: CVE-2016-5195 BID: 93793 Background This tool allows you to overwrite an arbitrary file on Linux systems. Problem A race condition exists in the way the Linux kernel's memory subsystem handles the copy-on-write COW breakage of private read-only memory mappings. An...

Linux Dirty COW Local File Overwrite

Added: 10/27/2016 CVE: CVE-2016-5195 BID: 93793 Background This tool allows you to overwrite an arbitrary file on Linux systems. Problem A race condition exists in the way the Linux kernel's memory subsystem handles the copy-on-write COW breakage of private read-only memory mappings. An...

RHEL 7 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2016:2110)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2016:2110 advisory. The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirement...

openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2016-1227) (Dirty COW)

The openSUSE 13.2 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2015-8956: The rfcommsockbind function in net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service...