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-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...

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...

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...

RHEL 3 : kernel (RHSA-2003:416)

Updated kernel packages are now available that fix a security vulnerability which may allow local users to gain root privileges. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. Paul Starzetz discovered a flaw in bounds checking in mremap in the Linux kernel versions 2.4.23 a...

RHEL 3 : kernel (RHSA-2004:183)

Updated kernel packages that fix two privilege escalation vulnerabilities are now available. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. iSEC Security Research discovered a flaw in the ipsetsockopt function code of the Linux kernel versions 2.4.22 to 2.4.25 inclusive. Th...

RHEL 2.1 : kernel (RHSA-2003:239)

Updated kernel packages that address various security vulnerabilities are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. Security issues have been found that affect the versions of the Linux kernel shipped with Red Hat Enterprise...

RHEL 2.1 : kernel (RHSA-2003:147)

These updated kernel packages address security vulnerabilites, including two possible data corruption scenarios. In addition, a number of drivers have been updated, improvements made to system performance, and various issues have been resolved. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the...

RHEL 2.1 : kernel (RHSA-2003:103)

Updated kernel packages are now available that fix a ptrace-related vulnerability which can lead to elevated root privileges. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. A vulnerability has been found in version 2.4.18 of the kernel. This vulnerability allows a local use...

RHEL 2.1 : kernel (RHSA-2004:354)

Updated kernel packages that fix a security vulnerability affecting the kernel nfs server for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 are now available. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. During an audit of the Linux kernel, SUSE discovered a flaw that allowed a user to ma...

RHEL 2.1 : kernel (RHSA-2003:419)

Updated kernel packages are now available that fix a security vulnerability which may allow local users to gain root privileges. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. Paul Starzetz discovered a flaw in bounds checking in mremap in the Linux kernel versions 2.4.23 a...

RHEL 3 : kernel (RHSA-2004:066)

Updated kernel packages that fix a security vulnerability that may allow local users to gain root privileges are now available. These packages also resolve other minor issues. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. Paul Starzetz discovered a flaw in return value...

RHEL 3 : kernel (RHSA-2004:017)

Updated kernel packages are now available as part of ongoing support and maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 3. This is the first regular update. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. This is the first regular kernel update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux...