Fedora Core 3 : kernel-2.6.9-1.724_FC3 (2004-582)

A large change over previous kernels has been made. The 4G:4G memory split patch has been dropped, and Fedora kernels now revert back to the upstream 3G:1G kernel/userspace split. A number of security fixes are present in this update. CVE-2004-1016: Paul Starzetz discovered a buffer overflow...

RHEL 2.1 : kernel (RHSA-2004:505)

Updated kernel packages are now available as part of ongoing support and maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 2.1. This is the sixth regular update. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. This is the sixth regular kernel update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: Updated Itanium kernel packages resolve security issues

Updated Itanium kernel packages are now available as part of ongoing support and maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 2.1. This is the sixth regular update. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. This is the sixth regular Itanium kernel update to Red Hat...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: Updated kernel packages fix security vulnerability

Updated kernel packages are now available as part of ongoing support and maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 2.1. This is the sixth regular update. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. This is the sixth regular kernel update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux...

RHEL 3 : kernel (RHSA-2004:549)

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 2 : kernel-2.6.9-1.6_FC2 (2004-450)

This update brings a rebase to 2.6.9, including various security fixes incorporated into the upstream kernel, and also includes Alan Cox's -ac patchset, which adds additional security fixes. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora...

[SA12682] SGI IRIX update for kernel

TITLE: SGI IRIX update for kernel SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA12682 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/12682/ CRITICAL: Moderately critical IMPACT: Spoofing, Manipulation of data, DoS WHERE: From remote OPERATING SYSTEM: SGI IRIX 6.5.x http://secunia.com/product/132/ DESCRIPTION: SGI has...

Debian DSA-475-1 : linux-kernel-2.4.18-hppa - several vulnerabilities

Several local root exploits have been discovered recently in the Linux kernel. This security advisory updates the PA-RISC kernel 2.4.18 for Debian GNU/Linux. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems that are fixed with this update : - CAN-2003-0961 : An...

Debian DSA-480-1 : linux-kernel-2.4.17+2.4.18-hppa - several vulnerabilities

Several serious problems have been discovered in the Linux kernel. This update takes care of Linux 2.4.17 and 2.4.18 for the hppa PA-RISC architecture. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems that will be fixed with this update : - CAN-2004-0003 A...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDKSA-2001:079-2)

Alexander Viro discovered a vulnerability in the devfs implementation that is shipped with Mandrake Linux 8.1. We are aware of the problem and are currently working on a solution. As a workaround, until an update becomes available, please boot with the devfs=nomount option. Rafal Wojtczuk found a...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated Itanium kernel packages that fix a number of security issues are now available. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. This kernel updates several important drivers and fixes a number of bugs including potential security vulnerabilities. Paul Starzetz...

Fedora Core 2 : kernel-2.6.7-1.494.2.2 (2004-247)

This update kernel for Fedora Core 2 contains the security fixes as found by Paul Starzetz from isec.pl. In addition this kernel contains a significant number of bugfixes that are inherited from the newer kernel.org kernel this release is based on. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted...

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...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDKSA-2001:071)

A security hole was found in the earlier Linux 2.4 kernels dealing with iptables RELATED connection tracking. The iptables ipconntrackftp module, which is used for stateful inspection of FTP traffic, does not validate parameters passed to it in an FTP PORT command. Due to this flaw, carefully...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDKSA-2003:014)

An updated kernel for 9.0 is available with a number of bug fixes. Supermount has been completely overhauled and should be solid on all systems. Other fixes include XFS with high memory, a netfilter fix, a fix for Sony VAIO DMI, i845 should now work with UDMA, and new support for VIA C3 is...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDKSA-2002:041)

A problem was discovered in the CIPE VPN tunnel implementation in the Linux kernel where a malformed packet could cause a crash. Andrew Griffiths discovered a vulnerability that allows remote machines to read random memory by utilizing a bug in the ICMP implementation of Linux kernels. This only...

Fedora Core 2 : kernel-2.6.6-1.435 (2004-171)

This update includes a fix for the local DoS as described in http://linuxreviews.org/news/2004-06-11kernelcrash/index.html Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and...

Solaris 2.6 (x86) : 105182-38

SunOS 5.6x86: kernel update patch. Date this patch was last updated by Sun : Mar/04/04 %NASLMINLEVEL 999999 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as the associated patch is not currently a recommended security fix. Disabled on 2011/09/17. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. if !...

Solaris 8 (sparc) : 108528-29

SunOS 5.8: kernel update and Apache patch. Date this patch was last updated by Sun : Feb/03/04 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text in this plugin was extracted from the Oracle SunOS Patch Updates. include'deprecatednasllevel.inc'; include'compat.inc'; if...

Solaris 8 (x86) : 108529-29

SunOS 5.8x86: kernel update and Apache patch. Date this patch was last updated by Sun : Feb/04/04 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text in this plugin was extracted from the Oracle SunOS Patch Updates. include'deprecatednasllevel.inc'; include'compat.inc'; if...