CVE-2016-2550

The Linux kernel before 4.5 allows local users to bypass file-descriptor limits and cause a denial of service memory consumption by leveraging incorrect tracking of descriptor ownership and sending each descriptor over a UNIX socket before closing it. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an...

CVE-2016-2550: Undefined Security Weakness

The Linux kernel before 4.5 allows local users to bypass file-descriptor limits and cause a denial of service memory consumption by leveraging incorrect tracking of descriptor ownership and sending each descriptor over a UNIX socket before closing it. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2946-1)

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...

USN-2946-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Venkatesh Pottem discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's CXGB3 driver. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2015-8812 Xiaofei Rex Guo discovered a timing side channel vulnerability in the Linux...

glibc Privilege Escalation

The vulnerability of the ptchown function in the glibc execution library arises from the lack of namespace checking related to the file descriptor passed as an argument. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a local attacker to record keyboard input, replace data, or potentially increase their...

USN-2929-1 linux vulnerabilities

Ben Hawkes discovered that the Linux netfilter implementation did not correctly perform validation when handling IPTSOSETREPLACE events. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges...

CVE-2016-2856

ptchown in the glibc package before 2.19-18+deb8u4 on Debian jessie; the elibc package before 2.15-0ubuntu10.14 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and before 2.19-0ubuntu6.8 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS; and the glibc package before 2.21-0ubuntu4.2 on Ubuntu 15.10 and before 2.23-0ubuntu1 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and 16.10...

Design/Logic Flaw

ptchown in the glibc package before 2.19-18+deb8u4 on Debian jessie; the elibc package before 2.15-0ubuntu10.14 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and before 2.19-0ubuntu6.8 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS; and the glibc package before 2.21-0ubuntu4.2 on Ubuntu 15.10 and before 2.23-0ubuntu1 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and 16.10...

CVE-2016-2856

ptchown in the glibc package before 2.19-18+deb8u4 on Debian jessie; the elibc package before 2.15-0ubuntu10.14 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and before 2.19-0ubuntu6.8 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS; and the glibc package before 2.21-0ubuntu4.2 on Ubuntu 15.10 and before 2.23-0ubuntu1 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and 16.10...

Fedora 21 : lxdm-0.4.1-10.fc21 (2015-7766c0d939)

It is found that lxdm does not close file descriptor for log file althouhg it should. Also session started via lxdm can allow any local user to connect X. This new rpm should fix these issues. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedor...

Updated asterisk packages fix CVE-2016-2316

Updated asterisk packages fix security vulnerability: chansip in Asterisk Open Source 11.x before 11.21.1, when the timert1 sip.conf configuration is set to a value greater than 1245, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service file descriptor consumption via vectors related to large...

CVE-2016-2550

The Linux kernel before 4.5 allows local users to bypass file-descriptor limits and cause a denial of service memory consumption by leveraging incorrect tracking of descriptor ownership and sending each descriptor over a UNIX socket before closing it. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an...

PT-2016-5202

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 4.5 Description The issue allows local users to bypass file-descriptor limits, causing a denial of service due to memory consumption. This is achieved by leveraging incorrect tracking of descriptor ownership and...

CVE-2016-2316

chansip in Asterisk Open Source 1.8.x, 11.x before 11.21.1, 12.x, and 13.x before 13.7.1 and Certified Asterisk 1.8.28, 11.6 before 11.6-cert12, and 13.1 before 13.1-cert3, when the timert1 sip.conf configuration is set to a value greater than 1245, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of...

CVE-2016-2316

chansip in Asterisk Open Source 1.8.x, 11.x before 11.21.1, 12.x, and 13.x before 13.7.1 and Certified Asterisk 1.8.28, 11.6 before 11.6-cert12, and 13.1 before 13.1-cert3, when the timert1 sip.conf configuration is set to a value greater than 1245, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of...

DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2316

chansip in Asterisk Open Source 1.8.x, 11.x before 11.21.1, 12.x, and 13.x before 13.7.1 and Certified Asterisk 1.8.28, 11.6 before 11.6-cert12, and 13.1 before 13.1-cert3, when the timert1 sip.conf configuration is set to a value greater than 1245, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of...

CVE-2016-2316

chansip in Asterisk Open Source 1.8.x, 11.x before 11.21.1, 12.x, and 13.x before 13.7.1 and Certified Asterisk 1.8.28, 11.6 before 11.6-cert12, and 13.1 before 13.1-cert3, when the timert1 sip.conf configuration is set to a value greater than 1245, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of...

CVE-2016-2316

chansip in Asterisk Open Source 1.8.x, 11.x before 11.21.1, 12.x, and 13.x before 13.7.1 and Certified Asterisk 1.8.28, 11.6 before 11.6-cert12, and 13.1 before 13.1-cert3, when the timert1 sip.conf configuration is set to a value greater than 1245, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of...

CVE-2013-4312

The Linux kernel before 4.4.1 allows local users to bypass file-descriptor limits and cause a denial of service memory consumption by sending each descriptor over a UNIX socket before closing it, related to net/unix/afunix.c and net/unix/garbage.c...

Design/Logic Flaw

The Linux kernel before 4.4.1 allows local users to bypass file-descriptor limits and cause a denial of service memory consumption by sending each descriptor over a UNIX socket before closing it, related to net/unix/afunix.c and net/unix/garbage.c...