SUSE CVE-2013-3228

The irdarecvmsgdgram function in net/irda/afirda.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not initialize a certain length variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call...

SUSE SLES10 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2013:1832-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 LTSS kernel received a roll up update to fix lots of moderate security issues and several bugs. The Following security issues have been fixed : CVE-2012-4530: The loadscript function in fs/binfmtscript.c in the Linux kernel did not properly handle recursion...

Fedora Update for kernel FEDORA-2013-20748

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for kernel FEDORA-2013-20748 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright C 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the ter...

Fedora Update for kernel FEDORA-2013-17010

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...

3.0.80 kernel update (important)

The kernel was updated to Linux kernel 3.0.80, fixing various bugs and security issues. Following security issues were fixed: CVE-2013-0160: Timing side channel on attacks were possible on /dev/ptmx that could allow local attackers to predict keypresses like e.g. passwords. This has been fixed...

Fedora Update for kernel FEDORA-2013-9123

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-quantal USN-1880-1

Check for the Version of linux-lts-quantal OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN18801.nasl 8672 2018-02-05 16:39:18Z teissa $ Ubuntu Update for linux-lts-quantal USN-1880-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-quantal vulnerabilities (USN-1880-1)

An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel when inotify is used to monitor the /dev/ptmx device. A local user could exploit this flaw to discover keystroke timing and potentially discover sensitive information like password length. CVE-2013-0160 An information leak was discovered in t...

USN-1880-1: Linux kernel (Quantal HWE) vulnerabilities

Andy Lutomirski discover an error in the Linux kernel's credential handling on unix sockets. A local user could exploit this flaw to gain administrative privileges. CVE-2013-1979 An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel when inotify is used to monitor the /dev/ptmx device. A local...

USN-1849-1: Linux kernel (Raring HWE) vulnerability

Kees Cook discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's iSCSI subsystem. A remote unauthenticated attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or potentially gain administrative privileges. CVE-2013-2850 An flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's perfevents interface. A...

Debian DSA-2669-1 : linux - privilege escalation/denial of service/information leak

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service, information leak or privilege escalation. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2013-0160 vladz reported a timing leak with the /dev/ptmx...

DSA-2669-1 linux - several

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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2669-1 (linux - privilege escalation/denial of service/information leak)

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service, information leak or privilege escalation. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2013-0160 vladz reported a timing leak with the /dev/ptmx...

Fedora Update for kernel FEDORA-2013-6999

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...

Fedora Update for kernel FEDORA-2013-6999

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for kernel FEDORA-2013-6999 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the term...

Fedora 17 : kernel-3.8.11-100.fc17 (2013-6999)

Update to latest upstream stable release, Linux v3.8.11. A variety of fixes across the tree. 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...

CVE-2013-3228

The irdarecvmsgdgram function in net/irda/afirda.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not initialize a certain length variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call...

CVE-2013-3228

The CVE-2013-3228 issue affects the Linux kernel’s irda_recvmsg_dgram (net/irda/af_irda.c), where a length variable is not initialized. This allows local attackers to read sensitive data from kernel stack via crafted recvmsg/recvfrom calls. Affected: Linux kernel versions before 3.9-rc7. Impact: ...