Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64

These new kernel packages contain fixes for the following security issues : A memory leak was found in the Red Hat Content Accelerator kernel patch. A local user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service memory exhaustion. CVE-2007-5494, Important A flaw was found in the handling of IEEE...

Scientific Linux Security Update : foomatic on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

Foomatic is a comprehensive, spooler-independent database of printers, printer drivers, and driver descriptions. The package also includes spooler-independent command line interfaces to manipulate queues and to print files and manipulate print jobs. foomatic-rip is a print filter written in Perl...

CentOS Update for hpijs CESA-2011:0154 centos5 x86_64

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 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 scriptxrefname:"URL",...

Microsoft Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Privilege Elevation Vulnerabilities (2718523)

This host has important security update missing according to Microsoft Bulletin MS12-047. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: secpodms12-047.nasl 5346 2017-02-19 08:43:11Z cfi $ Microsoft Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Privilege Elevation Vulnerabilities 2718523 Authors: Madhuri D Copyright: Copyright c...

Microsoft Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Privilege Elevation Vulnerabilities (2718523)

This host has important security update missing according to Microsoft Bulletin MS12-047. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 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...

MS12-047: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2718523)

The remote Windows host is affected by several vulnerabilities in the kernel-mode drivers that could allow elevation of privilege : - Flaws in the way the Windows kernel-mode drivers handles specific keyboard layouts could be exploited to execute arbitrary code in kernel mode. CVE-2012-1890 -...

CVE-2012-1893

win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 does not properly validate callback parameters during creation of a hook procedure, which allows local users t...

RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2011:1350-01

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2011:1350-01 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the ter...

Ubuntu Update for network-manager USN-1483-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1483-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN14831.nasl 7960 2017-12-01 06:58:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for network-manager USN-1483-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH,...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 11.04 / 11.10 : network-manager-applet vulnerability (USN-1483-2)

USN-1483-1 fixed a vulnerability in NetworkManager by disabling the creation of WPA-secured AdHoc wireless connections. This update provides the corresponding change for network-manager-applet. It was discovered that certain wireless drivers incorrectly handled the creation of WPA-secured AdHoc...

GLSA-201206-19 : NVIDIA Drivers: Privilege escalation

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201206-19 NVIDIA Drivers: Privilege escalation A vulnerability has been found in the way NVIDIA drivers handle read/write access to GPU device nodes, allowing access to arbitrary system memory locations. NOTE: Exposure to this...

Ubuntu Update for thunderbird USN-1463-4

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1463-4 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN14634.nasl 7960 2017-12-01 06:58:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for thunderbird USN-1463-4 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net...

NVIDIA Drivers: Privilege escalation

Background The NVIDIA drivers provide X11 and GLX support for NVIDIA graphic boards. Description A vulnerability has been found in the way NVIDIA drivers handle read/write access to GPU device nodes, allowing access to arbitrary system memory locations. NOTE: Exposure to this vulnerability is...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1463-3)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 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...

CVE-2011-1160

The tpmopen function in drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not initialize a certain buffer, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory via unspecified vectors...

CVE-2011-1021

The CVE-2011-1021 entry describes a local privilege escalation in the Linux kernel caused by the ACPI debugfs interface. Vulnerable component: drivers/acpi/debugfs.c. Affected software: Linux kernel versions before 3.0. Root-level access is required to write to /sys/kernel/debug/acpi/custom_metho...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 11.04 / 11.10 / 12.04 LTS : firefox regressions (USN-1463-3)

USN-1463-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The new package caused a regression in the rendering of Hebrew text and the ability of the Hotmail inbox to auto-update. This update fixes the problem. Jesse Ruderman, Igor Bukanov, Bill McCloskey, Christian Holler, Andrew McCreight, Olli Pettay, Boris...

USN-1463-3: Firefox regressions

USN-1463-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The new package caused a regression in the rendering of Hebrew text and the ability of the Hotmail inbox to auto-update. This update fixes the problem. Original advisory details: Jesse Ruderman, Igor Bukanov, Bill McCloskey, Christian Holler, Andrew...

The specified transports are not available

Challenge The SAN or Virtual Appliance mode intermittently fails with the error: Error: Client error: The specified transports are not available. Available transports: nbd. Specified transports: san. VMDK path: Datastore VMname/VMName.vmdk. The following entries can be seen in the VeeamAgent log:...

CVE-2012-2313

The CVE-2012-2313 issue affects the Linux kernel up to version 3.3.7, where rio_ioctl in drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/dl2k.c does not restrict access to the SIOCSMIIREG ioctl. This allows local attackers to write data to an Ethernet adapter via an ioctl call. The vulnerability is rooted in insuffic...