kernel: /proc/PID/io infoleak

fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.4 does not properly restrict access to /proc//io files, which allows local users to obtain sensitive I/O statistics by polling a file, as demonstrated by discovering the length of another user's password...

kernel: /proc/PID/io infoleak

fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.4 does not properly restrict access to /proc//io files, which allows local users to obtain sensitive I/O statistics by polling a file, as demonstrated by discovering the length of another user's password...

ecryptfs: multiple flaws to mount/umount arbitrary locations and possibly disclose confidential information

utils/mount.ecryptfsprivate.c in ecryptfs-utils before 90 does not properly maintain the mtab file during error conditions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service table corruption or bypass intended unmounting restrictions via a umount system call...

PT-2011-3435 · Microsoft · Windows Server 2003 +5

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Microsoft Windows XP versions SP2 through SP3 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 version SP2 Microsoft Windows Vista versions SP1 through SP2 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 versions Gold through SP2, R2, and R2 SP1 Microsoft Windows 7 versions Gold...

PT-2011-3442 · Microsoft · Windows Xp +5

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Windows XP versions SP2 through SP3 Windows Server 2003 version SP2 Windows Vista versions SP1 through SP2 Windows Server 2008 versions Gold through R2 SP1 Windows 7 versions Gold through SP1 Description: An elevation of privilege issue exist...

kernel: fs/partitions: Corrupted OSF partition table infoleak

The osfpartition function in fs/partitions/osf.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 does not properly handle an invalid number of partitions, which might allow local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory via vectors related to partition-table parsing...

CVE-2011-1784

The pidfilewrite function in core/pidfile.c in keepalived 1.2.2 and earlier uses 0666 permissions for the 1 keepalived.pid, 2 checkers.pid, and 3 vrrp.pid files in /var/run/, which allows local users to kill arbitrary processes by writing a PID to one of these files...

kernel: potential kernel deadlock when creating circular epoll file structures

fs/eventpoll.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 places epoll file descriptors within other epoll data structures without properly checking for 1 closed loops or 2 deep chains, which allows local users to cause a denial of service deadlock or stack memory consumption via a crafted application tha...

kernel: ima: fix add LSM rule bug

The imalsmruleinit function in security/integrity/ima/imapolicy.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37, when the Linux Security Modules LSM framework is disabled, allows local users to bypass Integrity Measurement Architecture IMA rules in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging an administrator's...

kernel: CAP_SYS_MODULE bypass via CAP_NET_ADMIN

The devload function in net/core/dev.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 allows local users to bypass an intended CAPSYSMODULE capability requirement and load arbitrary modules by leveraging the CAPNETADMIN capability...

CVE-2011-1500

PreferencesPithosDialog.py in Pithos 0.3.7 does not properly restrict permissions for the .config/pithos.ini file in a user's home directory, which allows local users to obtain Pandora credentials by reading this file...

DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1681

vmware-hgfsmounter in VMware Open Virtual Machine Tools aka open-vm-tools 8.4.2-261024 and earlier attempts to append to the /etc/mtab file without first checking whether resource limits would interfere, which allows local users to trigger corruption of this file via a process with a small...

CVE-2011-1679

ncpfs 2.2.6 and earlier attempts to use 1 ncpmount to append to the /etc/mtab file and 2 ncpumount to append to the /etc/mtab.tmp file without first checking whether resource limits would interfere, which allows local users to trigger corruption of the /etc/mtab file via a process with a small...

PT-2011-3288 · Vmware +1 · Vmware Open Virtual Machine Tools +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: VMware Open Virtual Machine Tools versions 8.4.2-261024 and earlier Description: The issue allows local users to trigger corruption of the /etc/mtab file via a process with a small RLIMIT FSIZE value. This occurs because vmware-hgfsmounter...

libcgroup: Uncheck origin of NETLINK messages

The cgrereceivenetlinkmsg function in daemon/cgrulesengd.c in cgrulesengd in the Control Group Configuration Library aka libcgroup or libcg before 0.37.1 does not verify that netlink messages originated in the kernel, which allows local users to bypass intended resource restrictions via a crafted...

PT-2011-1619 · Linux +1 · Linux Kernel +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.36 Description: The issue allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory. This is possible by leveraging the CAP NET ADMIN capability for an ethtool ioctl call, due to...

CVE-2010-3316

The runcoprocess function in pamxauth.c in the pamxauth module in Linux-PAM aka pam before 1.1.2 does not check the return values of the setuid, setgid, and setgroups system calls, which might allow local users to read arbitrary files by executing a program that relies on the pamxauth PAM check...

kvm: x86: zero kvm_vcpu_events->interrupt.pad infoleak

Linux kernel 2.6.33 and 2.6.34.y does not initialize the kvmvcpuevents-interrupt.pad structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via unspecified vectors...

kernel: logic error in INET_DIAG bytecode auditing

net/ipv4/inetdiag.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 does not properly audit INETDIAG bytecode, which allows local users to cause a denial of service kernel infinite loop via crafted INETDIAGREQBYTECODE instructions in a netlink message that contains multiple attribute elements, as...

kernel: net/packet/af_packet.c: reading uninitialized stack memory

net/packet/afpacket.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 does not properly initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory by leveraging the CAPNETRAW capability to read copies of the applicable structures...