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

Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 Extended Update Support. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores...

[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: python-backports-ssl_match_hostname-3.2-0.3.a3.fc18

The Secure Sockets layer is only actually secure if you check the hostname in the certificate returned by the server to which you are connecting, and ver ify that it matches to hostname that you are trying to reach. But the matching logic, defined in RFC2818, can be a bit tricky to implemen t on...

[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: python-backports-ssl_match_hostname-3.2-0.3.a3.fc19

The Secure Sockets layer is only actually secure if you check the hostname in the certificate returned by the server to which you are connecting, and ver ify that it matches to hostname that you are trying to reach. But the matching logic, defined in RFC2818, can be a bit tricky to implemen t on...

RedHat Update for openswan RHSA-2013:0827-01

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 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 Update for linux-lts-backport-oneiric USN-1788-1

Check for the Version of linux-lts-backport-oneiric OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN17881.nasl 8456 2018-01-18 06:58:40Z teissa $ Ubuntu Update for linux-lts-backport-oneiric USN-1788-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH,...

USN-1788-1: Linux kernel (Oneiric backport) vulnerabilities

Emese Revfy discovered that in the Linux kernel signal handlers could leak address information across an exec, making it possible to bypass ASLR Address Space Layout Randomization. A local user could use this flaw to bypass ASLR to reliably deliver an exploit payload that would otherwise be stopp...

Ubuntu Update for linux-lts-backport-oneiric USN-1760-1

Check for the Version of linux-lts-backport-oneiric OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN17601.nasl 8494 2018-01-23 06:57:55Z teissa $ Ubuntu Update for linux-lts-backport-oneiric USN-1760-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH,...

CentOS Update for ccid CESA-2013:0523 centos6

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 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 scriptxrefname:"URL",...

Fedora 17 : gnome-online-accounts-3.4.2-3.fc17 (2013-2202)

Backport fix for RH 908000 CVE-2013-0240 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. %NASLMINLEVEL...

USN-1738-1: Linux kernel (Oneiric backport) vulnerability

Suleiman Souhlal, Salman Qazi, Aaron Durbin and Michael Davidson discovered a race condition in the Linux kernel's ptrace syscall. An unprivileged local attacker could exploit this flaw to run programs as an administrator...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux-lts-backport-oneiric vulnerability (USN-1738-1)

Suleiman Souhlal, Salman Qazi, Aaron Durbin and Michael Davidson discovered a race condition in the Linux kernel's ptrace syscall. An unprivileged local attacker could exploit this flaw to run programs as an administrator. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1738-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 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 Update for linux-lts-backport-oneiric USN-1738-1

Check for the Version of linux-lts-backport-oneiric OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN17381.nasl 8650 2018-02-03 12:16:59Z teissa $ Ubuntu Update for linux-lts-backport-oneiric USN-1738-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH,...

Fedora 17 : proftpd-1.3.4b-5.fc17 (2013-0483)

Jann Horn reported that there is a possible race condition in the handling of the MKD/XMKD FTP commands, when the UserOwner directive is involved, and the attacker is on the same physical machine as a running proftpd. This race applies to modsftp and the handling of the MKDIR SFTP request as well...

USN-1688-1: Linux kernel (Oneiric backport) vulnerabilities

Jon Howell reported a flaw in the Linux kernel's KVM Kernel-based virtual machine subsystem's handling of the XSAVE feature. On hosts, using qemu userspace, without the XSAVE feature an unprivileged local attacker could exploit this flaw to crash the system. CVE-2012-4461 A flaw was discovered in...

Ubuntu Update for linux-lts-backport-oneiric USN-1688-1

Check for the Version of linux-lts-backport-oneiric OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN16881.nasl 7958 2017-12-01 06:47:47Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux-lts-backport-oneiric USN-1688-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH,...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux-lts-backport-oneiric vulnerabilities (USN-1688-1)

Jon Howell reported a flaw in the Linux kernel's KVM Kernel-based virtual machine subsystem's handling of the XSAVE feature. On hosts, using qemu userspace, without the XSAVE feature an unprivileged local attacker could exploit this flaw to crash the system. CVE-2012-4461 A flaw was discovered in...

Ubuntu Update for linux-lts-backport-oneiric USN-1678-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1678-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN16781.nasl 7960 2017-12-01 06:58:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux-lts-backport-oneiric USN-1678-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH,...

Ubuntu Update for linux-lts-backport-oneiric USN-1594-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1594-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN15941.nasl 7960 2017-12-01 06:58:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux-lts-backport-oneiric USN-1594-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH,...

USN-1594-1: Linux kernel (Oneiric backport) vulnerabilities

Vadim Ponomarev discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel causing a reference leak when PID namespaces are used. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw causing a denial of service. CVE-2012-2127 A flaw was found in how the Linux kernel's KVM Kernel-based Virtual Machine subsystem handled MSI Messa...