kernel: iptables restriction bypass if a protocol handler kernel module not loaded

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's netfilter subsystem handled generic protocol tracking. As demonstrated in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol SCTP case, a remote attacker could use this flaw to bypass intended iptables rule restrictions when the associated connection tracking...

USN-2517-1 linux-lts-utopic vulnerabilities

A flaw was discovered in the Kernel Virtual Machine's KVM emulation of the SYSTENTER instruction when the guest OS does not initialize the SYSENTER MSRs. A guest OS user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service of the guest OS crash or potentially gain privileges on the guest OS...

Debian DSA-3170-1 : linux - security update

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service, information leaks or privilege escalation. - CVE-2013-7421 / CVE-2014-9644 It was discovered that the Crypto API allowed unprivileged users to load arbitrary kernel modules. A local user can use...

[SECURITY] [DLA 155-1] linux-2.6 security update

Package : linux-2.6 Version : 2.6.32-48squeeze11 CVE ID : CVE-2013-6885 CVE-2014-7822 CVE-2014-8133 CVE-2014-8134 CVE-2014-8160 CVE-2014-9420 CVE-2014-9584 CVE-2014-9585 CVE-2015-1421 CVE-2015-1593 This update fixes the CVEs described below. A further issue, CVE-2014-9419, was considered, but...

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

Updated kernel packages that fix three security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 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,...

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

Updated kernel packages that fix two security issues and one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 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, which gi...

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

Updated kernel packages that fix three security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severit...

kernel: netfilter: nf_conntrack_dccp: incorrect skb_header_pointer API usages

net/netfilter/nfconntrackprotodccp.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.6 uses a DCCP header pointer incorrectly, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code via a DCCP packet that triggers a call to the 1 dccpnew, 2 dccppacket, or 3...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel-rt security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Updated kernel-rt packages that fix multiple security issues, several bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base...

USN-2158-1: Linux kernel (Raring HWE) vulnerabilities

Stephan Mueller reported an error in the Linux kernel's ansi cprng random number generator. This flaw makes it easier for a local attacker to break cryptographic protections. CVE-2013-4345 Nico Golde and Fabian Yamaguchi reported buffer underflow errors in the implementation of the XFS filesystem...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-raring vulnerabilities (USN-2158-1)

Stephan Mueller reported an error in the Linux kernel's ansi cprng random number generator. This flaw makes it easier for a local attacker to break cryptographic protections. CVE-2013-4345 Nico Golde and Fabian Yamaguchi reported buffer underflow errors in the implementation of the XFS filesystem...

Ubuntu Update for linux USN-2140-1

Check for the Version of linux OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN21401.nasl 7957 2017-12-01 06:40:08Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux USN-2140-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright C 2014 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; yo...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2137-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 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 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-saucy vulnerabilities (USN-2137-1)

An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel when built with the NetFilter Connection Tracking NFCONNTRACK support for IRC protocol NFNATIRC. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to obtain potentially sensitive kernel information when communicating over a client- to-client IRC...

USN-2140-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel when built with the NetFilter Connection Tracking NFCONNTRACK support for IRC protocol NFNATIRC. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to obtain potentially sensitive kernel information when communicating over a client- to-client IRC...

USN-2137-1: Linux kernel (Saucy HWE) vulnerabilities

An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel when built with the NetFilter Connection Tracking NFCONNTRACK support for IRC protocol NFNATIRC. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to obtain potentially sensitive kernel information when communicating over a client- to-client IRC...

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

Updated kernel packages that fix two security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity...

SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 4186)

This kernel update fixes the following security problems : - The IPv6 protocol allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted IPv6 type 0 route headers IPV6RTHDRTYPE0 that create network amplification between two routers. CVE-2007-2242 The default is that RH0 is disabled now. To...

Ubuntu Update for linux-source-2.6.15/2.6.17/2.6.20 vulnerabilities USN-464-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-464-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN4641.nasl 7969 2017-12-01 09:23:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux-source-2.6.15/2.6.17/2.6.20 vulnerabilities USN-464-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2009 Greenbone...

SuSE Security Update: Kernel Update for SUSE Linux 10.1 (kernel-4193)

This kernel update brings the kernel to the one shipped with SLES 10 Service Pack 1 and also fixes the following security problems: - CVE-2007-2242: The IPv6 protocol allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted IPv6 type 0 route headers IPV6RTHDRTYPE0 that create network...