CVE-2005-0637

The copy functions in locore.s such as copyout in OpenBSD 3.5 and 3.6, and possibly other BSD based operating systems, may allow attackers to exceed certain address boundaries and modify kernel memory...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. This update 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 system. This advisory...

[SA14295] Linux Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities

TITLE: Linux Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA14295 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/14295/ CRITICAL: Moderately critical IMPACT: Unknown, Security Bypass, Exposure of sensitive information, DoS WHERE: From remote OPERATING SYSTEM: Linux Kernel 2.6.x...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 are now available. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. This advisory includes fixes for the following security issues: iSEC Security Research discovered a VMA handling flaw i...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 are now available. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. This advisory includes fixes for the following security issues: iSEC Security Research discovered a VMA handling flaw i...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 are now available. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. This advisory includes fixes for several security issues: Petr Vandrovec discovered a flaw in the 32bit emulation code...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 are now available. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. This update includes fixes for several security issues: A missing serialization flaw in unixdgramrecvmsg was discovered...

Fedora Core 3 : kernel-2.6.9-1.681_FC3 (2004-451)

This update brings an updated -ac patch which which adds several security fixes, and various other fixes that have occurred since the release of Fedora Core 3. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has...

Linux Kernel (<= 2.4.27 2.6.8) binfmt_elf Executable File Read Exploit

No description provided by source. / binfmtelf executable file read vulnerability gcc -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer elfdump.c -o elfdump Copyright c 2004 iSEC Security Research. All Rights Reserved. THIS PROGRAM IS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY IT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY. COPYING,...

CVE-2002-1319

The Linux kernel 2.4.20 and earlier, and 2.5.x, when running on x86 systems, allows local users to cause a denial of service hang via the emulation mode, which does not properly clear TF and NT EFLAGs...

[ GLSA 200408-24 ] Linux Kernel: Multiple information leaks

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RHEL 3 : kernel (RHSA-2004:413)

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 are now available. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. Paul Starzetz discovered flaws in the Linux kernel when handling file offset pointers. These consist of invalid conversio...

Linux Kernel File Offset Pointer Handling Memory Disclosure Exploit

Exploit for linux platform in category local exploits =================================================================== Linux Kernel File Offset Pointer Handling Memory Disclosure Exploit =================================================================== / CAN-2004-0415 / gcc -O3 prockmemdump....

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix potential information leaks and a incorrect driver permission for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 are now available. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. Paul Starzetz discovered flaws in the Linux kernel when handling file offset...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDKSA-2004:001)

A flaw in bounds checking in mremap in the Linux kernel versions 2.4.23 and previous was discovered by Paul Starzetz. This flaw may be used to allow a local attacker to obtain root privilege. Another minor information leak in the RTC real time clock routines was fixed as well. All Mandrake Linux...

Fedora Core 1 : kernel-2.4.22-1.2197.nptl (2004-206)

During an audit of the Linux kernel, SUSE discovered a flaw that allowed a user to make unauthorized changes to the group ID of files in certain circumstances. In the 2.4 kernel, as shipped with Fedora Core 1, the only way this could happen is through the kernel nfs server. A user on a system tha...

Fedora Core 1 : kernel-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl (2004-080)

The previous security errata 2.4.22-1.2173 unfortunately contained a bug which made some systems unbootable, due to breakage in the aacraid scsi driver. This update contains no further changes vs 2173. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from...

RHEL 2.1 : kernel (RHSA-2003:408)

Updated kernel packages that address various security vulnerabilities, fix a number of bugs, and update various drivers are now available. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. The execve system call in Linux 2.4.x records the file descriptor of the executable...

RHEL 2.1 : kernel (RHSA-2004:044)

Updated kernel packages are now available that fix a few security issues, an NFS performance issue, and an e1000 driver loading issue introduced in Update 3. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. Alan Cox found issues in the R128 Direct Render Infrastructure that...

RHEL 3 : kernel (RHSA-2004:255)

Updated kernel packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 that fix security vulnerabilities are now available. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. A flaw was found in Linux kernel versions 2.4 and 2.6 for x86 and x8664 that allowed local users to cause a denial of...