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

Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a...

Oracle Linux 4 : kernel (ELSA-2011-0263)

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2011:0263 : Updated kernel packages that fix three security issues, hundreds of bugs, and add numerous enhancements are now available as part of the ongoing support and maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4. This is the ninth regular update. The Red Hat...

Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2011-0303)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2011-0303 advisory. - net fix unix socket local dos Neil Horman 656759 656760 CVE-2010-4249 - net core: clear allocs for privileged ethtool actions Jiri Pirko 672432 67243...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux-lts-backport-maverick vulnerabilities (USN-1083-1)

Dan Rosenberg discovered that the RDS network protocol did not correctly check certain parameters. A local attacker could exploit this gain root privileges. CVE-2010-3904 Nelson Elhage discovered several problems with the Acorn Econet protocol driver. A local user could cause a denial of service...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 10.10 : linux-mvl-dove vulnerabilities (USN-1093-1)

Dan Rosenberg discovered that the RDS network protocol did not correctly check certain parameters. A local attacker could exploit this gain root privileges. CVE-2010-3904 Nelson Elhage discovered several problems with the Acorn Econet protocol driver. A local user could cause a denial of service...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64

This update fixes the following security issues : - A flaw was found in the sctpicmpprotounreachable function in the Linux kernel's Stream Control Transmission Protocol SCTP implementation. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service. CVE-2010-4526, Important - A missing...

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

This update fixes the following security issues : - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's garbage collector for AFUNIX sockets. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to trigger a denial of service out-of-memory condition. CVE-2010-4249, Moderate - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's...

sos security, bug fix, and enhancement update

2.2-17.0.1.el6 - Direct traceroute to linux.oracle.com John Haxby orabug 11713272 - Allow '-' in ticket SR numbers John Haxby - Disable --upload option as it will not work with Oracle support - Check oraclelinux-release instead of redhat-release to get OS version John Haxby bug 11681869 - Remove ...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2264-1 (linux-2.6)

The remote host is missing an update to linux-2.6 announced via advisory DSA 2264-1. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb22641.nasl 6613 2017-07-07 12:08:40Z cfischer $ Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 2264-1 linux-2.6 Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2011 E-Soft Inc...

CVE-2010-4655

net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging the CAPNETADMIN capability for an ethtool ioctl call...

Design/Logic Flaw

net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging the CAPNETADMIN capability for an ethtool ioctl call...

CVE-2010-4655

CVE-2010-4655 affects the Linux kernel’s net/core/ethtool.c, where uninitialized data structures in ethtool ioctl handling could allow a local user with CAP_NET_ADMIN to leak information from kernel heap memory. The initial description specifies the vulnerability exists in kernel builds before 2....

Debian DSA-2264-1 : linux-2.6 - privilege escalation/denial of service/information leak

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leak. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2010-2524 David Howells reported an issue in the Common...

[SECURITY] [DSA 2264-1] linux-2.6 security update

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2264-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ dann frazier June 18, 2011 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

DSA-2264-1 linux-2.6 - several issues

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USN-1146-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Kees Cook discovered that some ethtool functions did not correctly clear heap memory. A local attacker with CAPNETADMIN privileges could exploit this to read portions of kernel heap memory, leading to a loss of privacy. CVE-2010-4655 Kees Cook discovered that the IOWarrior USB device driver did n...

USN-1119-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

Dan Rosenberg discovered that the RDS network protocol did not correctly check certain parameters. A local attacker could exploit this gain root privileges. CVE-2010-3904 Nelson Elhage discovered several problems with the Acorn Econet protocol driver. A local user could cause a denial of service...

kernel: heap contents leak for CAP_NET_ADMIN via ethtool ioctl

net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging the CAPNETADMIN capability for an ethtool ioctl call...

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

Updated kernel packages that fix multiple 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...

kernel security and bug fix update

2.6.32-71.24.1.el6 - fs Revert 'fs inotify: stop kernel memory leak on file creation failure' Eric Paris 656831 656832 CVE-2010-4250 2.6.32-71.23.1.el6 - x86 Revert 'x86 mtrr: Assume SYSCFGTom2ForceMemTypeWB exists on all future AMD CPUs' Frank Arnold 683813 652208 2.6.32-71.22.1.el6 - rebuild...