USN-1431-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

A flaw was found in the Linux's kernels ext4 file system when mounted with a journal. A local, unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service. CVE-2011-4086 Sasha Levin discovered a flaw in the permission checking for device assignments requested via the kvm ioctl in the...

[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: cifs-utils-5.4-1.fc16

The SMB/CIFS protocol is a standard file sharing protocol widely deployed on Microsoft Windows machines. This package contains tools for mounting shares on Linux using the SMB/CIFS protocol. The tools in this package work in conjunction with support in the kernel to allow one to mount a SMB/CIFS...

[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: cifs-utils-5.4-1.fc15

The SMB/CIFS protocol is a standard file sharing protocol widely deployed on Microsoft Windows machines. This package contains tools for mounting shares on Linux using the SMB/CIFS protocol. The tools in this package work in conjunction with support in the kernel to allow one to mount a SMB/CIFS...

Fedora 16 : cifs-utils-5.4-1.fc16 (2012-6375)

This updates the cifs-utils package to version 5.4, which contains a number of bugfixes and enhancements. Highlights include : - mount.cifs now supports the -s option by passing 'sloppy' to the kernel in the options string - cifs.upcall now properly respects the domainrealm section in krb5.conf -...

RHEL 5 / 6 : samba and samba3x (RHSA-2012:0533)

Updated samba3x and samba packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 respectively. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux-lts-backport-oneiric vulnerabilities (USN-1433-1)

A flaw was found in the Linux's kernels ext4 file system when mounted with a journal. A local, unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service. CVE-2011-4086 Sasha Levin discovered a flaw in the permission checking for device assignments requested via the kvm ioctl in the...

Ubuntu 11.10 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1431-1)

A flaw was found in the Linux's kernels ext4 file system when mounted with a journal. A local, unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service. CVE-2011-4086 Sasha Levin discovered a flaw in the permission checking for device assignments requested via the kvm ioctl in the...

SuSE 11.2 Security Update : cifs-utils (SAT Patch Number 6196)

The following issue has been fixed : - Don't allow unprivileged users to mount onto dirs to which they can't chdir. CVE-2012-1586 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from SuSE 11 update information. The text...

Fedora 15 : cifs-utils-5.4-1.fc15 (2012-6398)

This updates the cifs-utils package to version 5.4, which contains a number of bugfixes and enhancements. Highlights include : - mount.cifs now supports the -s option by passing 'sloppy' to the kernel in the options string - cifs.upcall now properly respects the domainrealm section in krb5.conf -...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2450-1 (samba)

The remote host is missing an update to samba announced via advisory DSA 2450-1. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb24501.nasl 6612 2017-07-07 12:08:03Z cfischer $ Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 2450-1 samba Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2012 E-Soft Inc...

Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1425-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1425-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN14251.nasl 7960 2017-12-01 06:58:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1425-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux-ec2 vulnerabilities (USN-1426-1)

Sasha Levin discovered a flaw in the permission checking for device assignments requested via the kvm ioctl in the Linux kernel. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system causing a denial of service. CVE-2011-4347 Stephan Barwolf discovered a flaw in the KVM kernel-based virtual machin...

USN-1426-1: Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities

Sasha Levin discovered a flaw in the permission checking for device assignments requested via the kvm ioctl in the Linux kernel. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system causing a denial of service. CVE-2011-4347 Stephan Bärwolf discovered a flaw in the KVM kernel-based virtual machin...

USN-1425-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sasha Levin discovered a flaw in the permission checking for device assignments requested via the kvm ioctl in the Linux kernel. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system causing a denial of service. CVE-2011-4347 Stephan Bärwolf discovered a flaw in the KVM kernel-based virtual machin...

[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: samba-3.5.14-73.fc15.1

Samba is the suite of programs by which a lot of PC-related machines share files, printers, and other information such as lists of available files and printers. The Windows NT, OS/2, and Linux operating systems support this natively, and add-on packages can enable the same thing for DOS, Windows,...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security and bug fix update

2.6.39-100.6.1 - regset: Return -EFAULT, not -EIO, on host-side memory fault H. Peter Anvin CVE-2012-1097 - regset: Prevent null pointer reference on readonly regsets H. Peter Anvin CVE-2012-1097 - cifs: fix dentry refcount leak when opening a FIFO on lookup Jeff Layton CVE-2012-1090...

[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: samba-3.6.4-82.fc17.1

Samba is the suite of programs by which a lot of PC-related machines share files, printers, and other information such as lists of available files and printers. The Windows NT, OS/2, and Linux operating systems support this natively, and add-on packages can enable the same thing for DOS, Windows,...

RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2012:0481)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2012:0481 advisory. - kernel: sysctl: restrict write access to dmesgrestrict CVE-2011-4080 - kernel: block: CLONEIO iocontext refcounting issues CVE-2012-0879 -...

kernel: cifs: dentry refcount leak when opening a FIFO on lookup leads to panic on unmount

The cifslookup function in fs/cifs/dir.c in the Linux kernel before 3.2.10 allows local users to cause a denial of service OOPS via attempted access to a special file, as demonstrated by a FIFO...

kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

2.6.32-220.13.1.el6 - Revert: fs NFSv4: include bitmap in nfsv4 get acl data Sachin Prabhu 753231 753232 CVE-2011-4131 2.6.32-220.12.1.el6 - net netsched: qdiscallochandle can be too slow Jiri Pirko 805458 785891 - fs procfs: add hidepid= and gid= mount options Jerome Marchand 770651 770652 - fs...