openSUSE Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2010:0895-2)

This security update of the SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 GA kernel updates the kernel to 2.6.27.54 and fixes various security issues and other bugs. Following security issues were fixed: CVE-2010-3310: Multiple integer signedness errors in net/rose/afrose.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to...

USN-1074-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Al Viro discovered a race condition in the TTY driver. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2009-4895 Dan Rosenberg discovered that the MOVEEXT ext4 ioctl did not correctly check file permissions. A local attacker could overwrite append-only...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 8.04 LTS / 9.04 / 9.10 / 10.04 LTS / 10.10 : linux, linux-ec2, linux-source-2.6.15 vulnerabilities (USN-1000-1)

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 Al Viro discovered a race condition in the TTY driver. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a...

USN-1000-1: Linux kernel 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 Al Viro discovered a race condition in the TTY driver. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a...

CVE-2010-2946: Improper Input Validation

fs/jfs/xattr.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35.2 does not properly handle a certain legacy format for storage of extended attributes, which might allow local users by bypass intended xattr namespace restrictions via an "os2." substring at the beginning of a name...

HP-UX Security Patch : PHKL_26794

JFS;stickybit;quota access;vxmaxlink tune %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. if !definedfunc"bnrandom" exit0; include'deprecatednasllevel.inc'; include'compat.inc'; if description scriptid26364; scriptversion"1.8"; scriptsetattributeattribute:"pluginmodificationdate",...

HP-UX Security Patch : PHKL_28428

mmap/fork io,VM-JFS ddlock,thrd prf,usr lim %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. if !definedfunc"bnrandom" exit0; include'deprecatednasllevel.inc'; include'compat.inc'; if description scriptid26388; scriptversion"1.8"; scriptsetattributeattribute:"pluginmodificationdate",...

HP-UX Security Patch : PHKL_27278

mmap io,VM-JFS ddlock,thread perf,user limit %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. if !definedfunc"bnrandom" exit0; include'deprecatednasllevel.inc'; include'compat.inc'; if description scriptid26371; scriptversion"1.8"; scriptsetattributeattribute:"pluginmodificationdate",...

CentOS 3 : kernel (CESA-2005:293)

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 kernel are now available. This security advisory has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating syste...

Ubuntu 4.10 : linux-source-2.6.8.1 vulnerabilities (USN-110-1)

Alexander Nyberg discovered an integer overflow in the sysfswritefile function. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the kernel or possibly even execute arbitrary code with root privileges by writing to an user-writable file in /sys under certain low-memory conditions. However, there are...

security flaw

The JFS file system code in Linux 2.4.x has an information leak in which in-memory data is written to the device for the JFS file system, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the raw device...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 kernel are now available. This security advisory has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating syste...

USN-110-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Alexander Nyberg discovered an integer overflow in the sysfswritefile function. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the kernel or possibly even execute arbitrary code with root privileges by writing to an user-writable file in /sys under certain low-memory conditions. However, there are...

Linux kernel multiple vulnerabilities

sysfswritefile integer overflow, futex functions DoS, ext3 and jfs race conditions...

CVE-2002-1618

JFS JFS3.1 and OnlineJFS in HP-UX 10.20, 11.00, and 11.04 does not properly implement the sticky bit functionality, which could allow attackers to bypass intended restrictions on filesystems...

CVE-2002-1618

The CVE-2002-1618 entry concerns HP-UX’s JFS (JFS3.1 and OnlineJFS) on HP-UX 10.20, 11.00, and 11.04, where the sticky bit functionality is not properly implemented. This could allow attackers to bypass intended filesystem restrictions. The description does not provide concrete remediation steps ...

CVE-2002-1618: Undefined Security Weakness

JFS JFS3.1 and OnlineJFS in HP-UX 10.20, 11.00, and 11.04 does not properly implement the sticky bit functionality, which could allow attackers to bypass intended restrictions on filesystems...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDKSA-2004:029)

A vulnerability was found in the R128 DRI driver by Alan Cox. This could allow local privilege escalation. The previous fix, in MDKSA-2004:015 only partially corrected the problem; the full fix is included CVE-2004-0003. A local root vulnerability was discovered in the isofs component of the Linu...

SuSE-SA:2004:009: Linux Kernel

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SuSE-SA:2004:009 Linux Kernel. iDEFENSE Inc. informed us about a buffer overflow in the linux 2.4 kernel code which handles ISO9660 filesystems. The original code is not able to handle very long symlink names. The vulnerability can be triggere...

CVE-2004-0181

The JFS file system code in Linux 2.4.x has an information leak in which in-memory data is written to the device for the JFS file system, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the raw device...