Vulnerabilities in the Debian GNU/Linux operating system that allow a local malicious individual to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information

Multiple vulnerabilities exist in the kernel-image-2.2.20-sun4dm-smp operating system from Debian GNU/Linux. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may lead to breaches of confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information. These vulnerabilities can be exploited by local...

Apple Rolls Out iOS 8 with Bucket of Security Fixes

Apple has finally released iOS 8, the latest version of its operating system, for free to iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users. The company has assured that the latest iOS 8 update is a significant step away up from iOS 7. You can grab the new update through an over-the-air update accessible by goin...

Apple Launches iOS 8, Fixes Dozens of Security Flaws

Apple has released iOS 8, a massive update to its mobile operating system, that includes fixes for more than 40 security vulnerabilities. Apple is touting iOS 8 as the biggest update to the software since it launched the App Store, and, aside from the security fixes, there are hundreds of new...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux-ec2 vulnerabilities (USN-1877-1)

Andrew Honig reported a flaw in the way KVM Kernel-based Virtual Machine emulated the IOAPIC. A privileged guest user could exploit this flaw to read host memory or cause a denial of service crash the host. CVE-2013-1798 An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel's rcvmsg path for ATM...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux-ec2 vulnerabilities (USN-1556-1)

Chen Haogang discovered an integer overflow that could result in memory corruption. A local unprivileged user could use this to crash the system. CVE-2012-0044 A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Reliable Datagram Sockets RDS protocol implementation. A local, unprivileged user could use this...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1394-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 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...

Google: Kernel Flaws in Windows, Linux, VmWare

CanSecWest: Two security researchers at search engine giant Google have discovered 20 kernel bugs, about half remaining unpatched, affecting Windows, Linux and the popular VMware virtualization software over the last several years. Read the full article. TechTarget...

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...