RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2017:0086)

An update for kernel 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 th...

OracleVM 3.2 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0006)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - nvme: Limit command retries Ashok Vairavan Orabug: 25342947 - tcp: fix use after free in tcpxmitretransmitqueue Eric Dumazet Orabug: 25374376 CVE-2016-6828 - ALSA: pcm : Call killfasync in stream lock...

Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2017-3509)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2017-3509 advisory. - net: avoid signed overflows for SOSND|RCVBUFFORCE Eric Dumazet Orabug: 25203623 CVE-2016-9793 - tcp: fix use after free in tcpxmitretransmitqueue...

Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2017-3510)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2017-3510 advisory. - tcp: fix use after free in tcpxmitretransmitqueue Eric Dumazet Orabug: 25374376 CVE-2016-6828 - ALSA: pcm : Call killfasync in stream lock Takash...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

kernel-uek 4.1.12-61.1.25 - KEYS: Fix short sprintf buffer in /proc/keys show function David Howells Orabug: 25306361 CVE-2016-7042 - nvme: Limit command retries Keith Busch Orabug: 25374751 - fs/proc/taskmmu.c: fix mmaccess mode parameter in pagemapread Kenny Keslar Orabug: 25374977 - tcp: fix u...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

kernel-uek 3.8.13-118.16.2 - net: avoid signed overflows for SOSND|RCVBUFFORCE Eric Dumazet Orabug: 25203623 CVE-2016-9793 3.8.13-118.16.1 - nvme: Limit command retries Ashok Vairavan Orabug: 25374794 - tcp: fix use after free in tcpxmitretransmitqueue Eric Dumazet Orabug: 25374371 CVE-2016-6828 ...

Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2017-0036)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2017-0036 advisory. - net Fix use after free in the recvmmsg exit path Davide Caratti 1390805 1390046 CVE-2016-7117 - net tcp: fix use after free in tcpxmitretransmitqueue...

kernel security and bug fix update

2.6.32-642.13.1 - net Fix use after free in the recvmmsg exit path Davide Caratti 1390805 1390046 CVE-2016-7117 - net vlan: Propagate MAC address to VLANs Jarod Wilson 1396479 1381585 - net tcp: fix use after free in tcpxmitretransmitqueue Mateusz Guzik 1379527 1379529 CVE-2016-6828 - net...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2016:2976-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. For the PowerPC64 a new 'bigmem' flavor has been added to support big Power machines. FATE319026 The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2016-7042: The prockeysshow function in security/keys/proc....

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2016:2912-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 kernel was updated to 3.12.67 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2016-7042: The prockeysshow function in security/keys/proc.c in the Linux kernel used an incorrect buffer size for certain timeout data, which allowe...

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...

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...

Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

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...

CVE-2016-6828

The tcpchecksendhead function in include/net/tcp.h in the Linux kernel before 4.7.5 does not properly maintain certain SACK state after a failed data copy, which allows local users to cause a denial of service tcpxmitretransmitqueue use-after-free and system crash via a crafted SACK option...

CVE-2016-6828

The vulnerability CVE-2016-6828 affects the Linux kernel and is triggered by a local attacker exploiting a use-after-free in the TCP transmit path. Specifically, the tcp_check_send_head path in include/net/tcp.h leaves SACK state in an inconsistent condition after a failed data copy, enabling a l...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3097-2)

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...

USN-3097-2: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

Marco Grassi discovered a use-after-free condition could occur in the TCP retransmit queue handling code in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2016-6828 Pengfei Wang discovered a race condition in the...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3099-4)

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-3099-3)

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-3097-1)

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...