OracleVM 3.2 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2016-0167)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - aacraid: Check size values after double-fetch from user Dave Carroll Orabug: 25060055 CVE-2016-6480 CVE-2016-6480 - audit: fix a double fetch in auditlogsingleexecvearg Paul Moore Orabug: 25059962...

Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2016-3646)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2016-3646 advisory. - aacraid: Check size values after double-fetch from user Dave Carroll Orabug: 25060055 CVE-2016-6480 CVE-2016-6480 - audit: fix a double fetch in...

Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2016-3644)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2016-3644 advisory. - acpi: Disable ACPI table override if securelevel is set Linn Crosetto Orabug: 25058966 CVE-2016-3699 - aacraid: Check size values after...

OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2016-0162)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - acpi: Disable ACPI table override if securelevel is set Linn Crosetto Orabug: 25058966 CVE-2016-3699 - aacraid: Check size values after double-fetch from user Dave Carroll Orabug: 25060060 CVE-2016-64...

Critical kernel security update: vulnerability fixes CVE-2016-7910, CVE-2016-7911 (and other), new kernel 2.6.32-042stab120.11

This update provides a new Virtuozzo 6.0 kernel 2.6.32-042stab120.11 based on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 kernel 2.6.32-642.6.1.el6. The new kernel provides security and stability fixes. Vulnerability id: CVE-2016-1583 Stack overflow via ecryptfs and /proc/$pid/environ. It was found that...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

2.6.39-400.290.2 - aacraid: Check size values after double-fetch from user Dave Carroll Orabug: 25060055 CVE-2016-6480 CVE-2016-6480 - audit: fix a double fetch in auditlogsingleexecvearg Paul Moore Orabug: 25059962 CVE-2016-6136 - ecryptfs: don't allow mmap when the lower fs doesn't support it...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

kernel-uek 4.1.12-61.1.19 - acpi: Disable ACPI table override if securelevel is set Linn Crosetto Orabug: 25058966 CVE-2016-3699 - aacraid: Check size values after double-fetch from user Dave Carroll Orabug: 25060060 CVE-2016-6480 CVE-2016-6480 - audit: fix a double fetch in auditlogsingleexecvea...

kernel: Stack overflow via ecryptfs and /proc/$pid/environ

It was found that stacking a file system over procfs in the Linux kernel could lead to a kernel stack overflow due to deep nesting, as demonstrated by mounting ecryptfs over procfs and creating a recursion by mapping /proc/environ. An unprivileged, local user could potentially use this flaw to...

kernel security and bug fix update

2.6.32-642.11.1 - mm close FOLL MAPPRIVATE race Larry Woodman 1385116 1385117 CVE-2016-5195 2.6.32-642.10.1 - scsi fnic: Fix to cleanup aborted IO to avoid device being offlined by mid-layer Maurizio Lombardi 1382620 1341298 2.6.32-642.9.1 - net vlan: Fix FCOEMTU support Maurizio Lombardi 1381592...

Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2016-3636)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2016-3636 advisory. - ecryptfs: forbid opening files without mmap handler Jann Horn Orabug: 24971919 CVE-2016-1583 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directl...

OracleVM 3.3 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2016-0155)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - ecryptfs: forbid opening files without mmap handler Jann Horn Orabug: 24971919 CVE-2016-1583 - RDS: IB: fix panic with handlers running post teardown Santosh Shilimkar Orabug: 24395795 %NASLMINLEVEL...

Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2016-3635)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2016-3635 advisory. - sched: panic on corrupted stack end Jann Horn Orabug: 24971921 CVE-2016-1583 - ecryptfs: forbid opening files without mmap handler Jann Horn Orabug:...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

kernel-uek 3.8.13-118.14.1 - ecryptfs: forbid opening files without mmap handler Jann Horn Orabug: 24971919 CVE-2016-1583 - RDS: IB: fix panic with handlers running post teardown Santosh Shilimkar Orabug: 24395795...

Fedora 23 : ecryptfs-utils (2016-70b5173c05)

ecryptfs-utils updated to 111 - fix ecryptfs-setup-swap improperly configures encrypted swap when using GPT partitioning on a NVMe or MMC drive CVE-2016-6224, rhbz1356828 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system...

[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: ecryptfs-utils-111-1.fc23

eCryptfs is a stacked cryptographic filesystem that ships in Linux kernel versions 2.6.19 and above. This package provides the mount helper and supporting libraries to perform key management and mount functions. Install ecryptfs-utils if you would like to mount eCryptfs...

kernel: Stack overflow via ecryptfs and /proc/$pid/environ

It was found that stacking a file system over procfs in the Linux kernel could lead to a kernel stack overflow due to deep nesting, as demonstrated by mounting ecryptfs over procfs and creating a recursion by mapping /proc/environ. An unprivileged, local user could potentially use this flaw to...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2016:2105-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 kernel was updated to 3.12.62 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2014-9904: The sndcompresscheckinput function in sound/core/compressoffload.c in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly check fo...

Updated kernel-tmb packages fix security vulnerabilities

This update is based on the upstream 4.4.16 kernel and fixes at least theese security issues: nfsd in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 allows local users to bypass intended file-permission restrictions by setting a POSIX ACL, related to nfs2acl.c, nfs3acl.c, and nfs4acl.c. CVE-2016-1237. The...

Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

The openSUSE 13.2 kernel was updated to fix various bugs and security issues. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2016-1583: Prevent the usage of mmap when the lower file system does not allow it. This could have lead to local privilege escalation when ecryptfs-utils was installed and...

Fedora Update for ecryptfs-utils FEDORA-2016-41301e2187

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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...