Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDVSA-2008:112)

Some vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in the Linux 2.6 kernel : The Datagram Congestion Control Protocol DCCP subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.18, and probably other versions, does not properly check feature lengths, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code,...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 7.10 / 8.04 LTS : linux, linux-source-2.6.15/22 vulnerabilities (USN-659-1)

It was discovered that the direct-IO subsystem did not correctly validate certain structures. A local attacker could exploit this to cause a system crash, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2007-6716 It was discovered that the disabling of the ZEROPAGE optimization could lead to large memory...

Mandriva Update for kernel MDVSA-2008:112 (kernel)

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Mandriva Update for kernel MDVSA-2008:112 kernel Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under t...

Ubuntu Update for linux, linux-source-2.6.15/22 vulnerabilities USN-659-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-659-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN6591.nasl 7969 2017-12-01 09:23:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux, linux-source-2.6.15/22 vulnerabilities USN-659-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2009 Greenbone Networks...

Linux kernel dccp_setsockopt_change() integer overflow

Integer overflow in the dccpsetsockoptchange function in net/dccp/proto.c in the Datagram Congestion Control Protocol DCCP subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.17-rc1 through 2.6.26.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service panic via a crafted integer value, related to Change L and Chan...

RHEL 5 : kernel (RHSA-2008:0957)

Updated kernel packages that resolve several security issues and fix various bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Updated 12th November 2008 The original packages distributed wi...

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

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1.0. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux...