Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDKSA-2007:078)

Some vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in the Linux 2.6 kernel : When SELinux hooks are enabled, the kernel could allow a local user to cause a DoS crash via a malformed file stream that triggers a NULL pointer derefernece CVE-2006-6056. Multiple buffer overflows in the 1 read and 2...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDKSA-2006:086)

A number of vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in the Linux 2.6 kernel : Prior to Linux kernel 2.6.16.5, the kernel does not properly handle uncanonical return addresses on Intel EM64T CPUs which causes the kernel exception handler to run on the user stack with the wrong GS...

SUSE-SA:2006:006: kernel

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2006:006 kernel. The Linux kernel on SUSE Linux 10.0 has been updated to fix following security problems: - CVE-2006-0454: An extra dst release when ipoptionsecho failed was fixed. This problem could be triggered by remote attackers an...

Fedora Core 4 : kernel-2.6.13-1.1532_FC4 (2005-1013)

Wed Oct 19 2005 Dave Jones 2.6.13-1.1532FC4 - Fix CVE-2005-2973 ipv6 infinite loop - Disable ACPI burst again, it's still problematic. - Update to the final upstream variant of the IDE/SATA fix. - Sun Oct 16 2005 Dave Jones 2.6.13-1.1531FC4 - Stop IDE claiming legacy ports before libata in...

Fedora Core 4 : kernel-2.6.12-1.1456_FC4 (2005-906)

Thu Sep 22 2005 Dave Jones 2.6.12-1.1456FC4 - Disable crash driver on Xen kernels. - Wed Sep 14 2005 Dave Jones 2.6.12-1.1455FC4 - Fixes for CVE-2005-2490 and CVE-2005-2492 - Thu Sep 8 2005 Rik van Riel - upgrade to a newer Xen snapshot - exclude Xen TPM bits, since those conflict with 2.6.12.5 -...

Fedora Core 3 : kernel-2.6.12-1.1378_FC3 (2005-905)

Wed Sep 14 2005 Dave Jones 2.6.12-1.1378FC3 - Fixes for CVE-2005-2490 and CVE-2005-2492 - Mon Sep 5 2005 Dave Jones - Fix aic7xxx issue with 4GB. 167049 - Fri Sep 2 2005 Dave Jones 2.6.12-1.1377FC3 - Various post 2.6.13 ACPI updates. 20050902 - Mon Aug 29 2005 Dave Jones - Fix local builds when...

Fedora Core 4 : kernel-2.6.12-1.1447_FC4 (2005-820)

Fri Aug 26 2005 Dave Jones 2.6.12-1.1447FC4 - Better identify local builds. 159696 - Fix disk/net dump & netconsole. 152586 - Fix up sleeping in invalid context in sym2 driver. 164995 - Fix 'semaphore is not ready' error in snd-intel8x0m. - Restore hwclock functionality on some systems. 144894 -...

CVE-2005-0963

An error in the Toshiba ACPI BIOS 1.6 causes the BIOS to only examine the first slot in the Master Boot Record MBR table for an active partition, which prevents the system from booting even though the MBR is not malformed. NOTE: it has been debated as to whether or not this issue poses a security...

CVE-2005-0963

An error in the Toshiba ACPI BIOS 1.6 causes the BIOS to only examine the first slot in the Master Boot Record MBR table for an active partition, which prevents the system from booting even though the MBR is not malformed. NOTE: it has been debated as to whether or not this issue poses a security...

CVE-2005-0963

CVE-2005-0963 concerns an error in the Toshiba ACPI BIOS 1.6 that causes the BIOS to only examine the first slot in the Master Boot Record (MBR) table for an active partition, preventing boot even when the MBR is not malformed. The description notes that there is debate on whether this constitute...