SuSE 11.1 Security Update : Linux kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 2568 / 2569 / 2570)

This SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 1 kernel update brings the Linux kernel to version 2.6.32.13. It also contains a fix for the following security issue : - If SCTP is enabled, the sctpprocessunkparam function in net/sctp/smmakechunk.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : Linux kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 3760 / 3762 / 3763)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 1 kernel was updated to 2.6.32.27 and fixes various bugs and security issues. The following security issues were fixed : - A local attacker could use a Oops kernel crash caused by other flaws to write a 0 byte to a attacker controlled address in the kerne...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : Linux kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 3462 / 3463)

This update of the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 kernel brings the kernel to 2.6.32.24 and fixes some critical security bugs and other non-security bugs. Following security bugs were fixed : - A iovec integer overflow in RDS sockets was fixed which could lead to local attackers gaining kern...

SuSE 11 Security Update : Linux kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 1079 / 1087)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 kernel was updated to fix various bugs and several security issues. It was also updated to the stable release 2.6.27.25. The following security issues were fixed : - A local denial of service problem in the splice2 system call was fixed. CVE-2009-1961 - A crash on r81...

RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2011:0163-01

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 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 scriptxrefname:"URL",...

RHEL 5 : kernel (RHSA-2011:0163)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2011:0163 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issue: A flaw was foun...

Mandriva Update for kernel MDVSA-2010:257 (kernel)

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Mandriva Update for kernel MDVSA-2010:257 kernel Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under t...

SuSE 10 Security Update : the Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 7257)

This kernel update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP3 kernel fixes several security issues and bugs. The following security issues were fixed : - Multiple integer overflows in the sndctlnew function in sound/core/control.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc5-next-20100929 allow local users to...

SuSE 11 Security Update : Linux kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 2682 / 2687 / 2689)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 kernel was updated to 2.6.27.48, fixing various bugs and security issues : - The dogfs2setflags function in fs/gfs2/file.c of the Linux kernel does not verify the ownership of a file, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions via a SETFLAGS ioctl...

CentOS 4 : kernel (CESA-2010:0779)

Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed...

kernel security update

2.6.18-194.17.1.0.2.el5 - rds fix access issue with rds Chris Mason CVE-2010-3904 orabug 10226701...

SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (i386) (ZYPP Patch Number 7059)

This SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP3 kernel update fixes a severe regression introduced by previous bugfix updates that would corrupt NFSv4 mounted data. The update also fixes several other bugs and following security issue : - drivers/net/r8169.c in the r8169 driver of Linux kernel 2.6.32.3 and...

SuSE 10 Security Update : the Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 7160)

This kernel update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP3 kernel fixes several critical security issues. The following security issues were fixed : - Incorrect buffer handling in the biarch-compat buffer handling could be used by local attackers to gain root privileges. This problem affects foremos...

SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux Kernel (x86) (ZYPP Patch Number 6694)

This update fixes various bugs and some security issues in the SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP 3 kernel. The following security issues were fixed: CVE-2009-3939: A sysctl variable of the megaraidsas driver was worldwriteable, allowing local users to cause a denial of service or potential code...

SuSE 10 Security Update : the Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 6779)

This update fixes various bugs and some security issues in the SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP 3 kernel. The following security issues were fixed : - drivers/net/e1000/e1000main.c in the e1000 driver in the Linux kernel handles Ethernet frames that exceed the MTU by processing certain trailing payloa...

SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 7112)

This SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP3 kernel was updated to fix various bugs and one security issue. - The nfswaitonrequest function in fs/nfs/pagelist.c in the Linux kernel allowed attackers to cause a denial of service Oops via unknown vectors related to truncating a file and an operation that is n...

CentOS 4 : kernel (CESA-2010:0718)

Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is...

Unbreakable enterprise kernel security update

2.6.32-100.20.1.el5 - fs xfs: return inode fork offset in bulkstat for fsr Dave Chinner - fs xfs: always use iget in bulkstat Dave Chinner CVE-2010-2943 - fs xfs: validate untrusted inode numbers during lookup Dave Chinner CVE-2 010-2943 - fs xfs: rename XFSIGETBULKSTAT to XFSIGETUNTRUSTED Dave...

CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2010:0718 centos4 i386

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2010:0718 centos4 i386 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it und...

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 5. 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...