RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2016:2118)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2016:2118 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: A race condition was found in the way the Linux...

Linux Dirty COW Local File Overwrite

Added: 10/27/2016 CVE: CVE-2016-5195 BID: 93793 Background This tool allows you to overwrite an arbitrary file on Linux systems. Problem A race condition exists in the way the Linux kernel's memory subsystem handles the copy-on-write COW breakage of private read-only memory mappings. An...

RHEL 7 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2016:2110)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2016:2110 advisory. The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirement...

RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2016:2106)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2016:2106 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: A race condition was found in the way the Linux...

Linux Dirty COW Local File Overwrite

Added: 10/27/2016 CVE: CVE-2016-5195 BID: 93793 Background This tool allows you to overwrite an arbitrary file on Linux systems. Problem A race condition exists in the way the Linux kernel's memory subsystem handles the copy-on-write COW breakage of private read-only memory mappings. An...

Linux Dirty COW Local File Overwrite

Added: 10/27/2016 CVE: CVE-2016-5195 BID: 93793 Background This tool allows you to overwrite an arbitrary file on Linux systems. Problem A race condition exists in the way the Linux kernel's memory subsystem handles the copy-on-write COW breakage of private read-only memory mappings. An...

Linux Dirty COW Local File Overwrite

Added: 10/27/2016 CVE: CVE-2016-5195 BID: 93793 Background This tool allows you to overwrite an arbitrary file on Linux systems. Problem A race condition exists in the way the Linux kernel's memory subsystem handles the copy-on-write COW breakage of private read-only memory mappings. An...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2016:2657-1) (Dirty COW)

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.60-5254 fixes several issues. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2016-5195: A local privilege escalation using MAPPRIVATE was fixed, which is reportedly exploited in the wild bsc1004419. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the precedi...

CentOS 6 : kernel (CESA-2016:2105) (Dirty COW)

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. 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...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2016:2658-1) (Dirty COW)

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.60-5249 fixes several issues. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2016-5195: A local privilege escalation using MAPPRIVATE was fixed, which is reportedly exploited in the wild bsc1004419. - CVE-2016-4997: The compat IPTSOSETREPLACE and...

kernel: mm: privilege escalation via MAP_PRIVATE COW breakage

A race condition was found in the way the Linux kernel's memory subsystem handled the copy-on-write COW breakage of private read-only memory mappings. An unprivileged, local user could use this flaw to gain write access to otherwise read-only memory mappings and thus increase their privileges on...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. 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...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel-rt security update

An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.5. 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...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 Extended Update Support. 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...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2016:2614-1) (Dirty COW)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 LTSS kernel was updated to fix one security issue. This security bug was fixed : - CVE-2016-5195: Local privilege escalation using MAPPRIVATE. It is reportedly exploited in the wild bsc1004418. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2016:2636-1) (Dirty COW)

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.51-5231 fixes several issues. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2016-5195: A local privilege escalation using MAPPRIVATE was fixed, which is reportedly exploited in the wild bsc1004419. - CVE-2016-4997: The compat IPTSOSETREPLACE and...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2016:2585-1) (Dirty COW)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 kernel was updated to fix one security issue. This security bug was fixed : - CVE-2016-5195: Local privilege escalation using MAPPRIVATE. It is reportedly exploited in the wild bsc1004418. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2016:2593-1) (Dirty COW)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 GA LTSS kernel was updated to fix two issues. This security bug was fixed : - CVE-2016-5195: Local privilege escalation using MAPPRIVATE. It is reportedly exploited in the wild bsc1004418. The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2016:2632-1) (Dirty COW)

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.51-5234 fixes several issues. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2016-5195: A local privilege escalation using MAPPRIVATE was fixed, which is reportedly exploited in the wild bsc1004418. - CVE-2016-4997: The compat IPTSOSETREPLACE and...

Linux Kernel 2.6.22 < 3.9 - 'Dirty COW PTRACE_POKEDATA' Race Condition (Write Access Method)

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