openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2016-1212) (Dirty COW)

The openSUSE Leap 42.1 kernel was updated to 4.1.34, fixing bugs and security issues. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2016-5195: A local privilege escalation using MAPPRIVATE was fixed, which is reportedly exploited in the wild bsc1004418. - CVE-2016-8658: Stack-based buffer overfl...

CVE-2016-0247

IBM Security Guardium 8.2 before p310, 9.x through 9.5 before p700, and 10.x through 10.1 before p100 allows local users to obtain sensitive cleartext information via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by password information...

CVE-2016-0247

IBM Security Guardium 8.2 before p310, 9.x through 9.5 before p700, and 10.x through 10.1 before p100 allows local users to obtain sensitive cleartext information via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by password information...

CVE-2016-0247

CVE-2016-0247 affects IBM Security Guardium: local users can obtain sensitive information (passwords in clear text) via unspecified vectors. Affected versions include Guardium 8.2 (before p310), 9.x (through 9.5 before p700), and 10.x (through 10.1 before p100). IBM notes the issue as a password-...

CVE-2016-7440

The C software implementation of AES Encryption and Decryption in wolfSSL formerly CyaSSL before 3.9.10 makes it easier for local users to discover AES keys by leveraging cache-bank timing differences...

CVE-2016-5625

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL 5.7.14 and earlier allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via vectors related to Server: Packaging...

CVE-2016-5195

Race condition in mm/gup.c in the Linux kernel 2.x through 4.x before 4.8.3 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging incorrect handling of a copy-on-write COW feature to write to a read-only memory mapping, as exploited in the wild in October 2016, aka "Dirty COW."...

CVE-2016-7097

The filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2 preserves the setgid bit during a setxattr call, which allows local users to gain group privileges by leveraging the existence of a setgid program with restrictions on execute permissions...

CVE-2015-3288

mm/memory.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1.4 mishandles anonymous pages, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service page tainting via a crafted application that triggers writing to page zero...

Null pointer dereference

drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ibsrpt.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and system crash by using an ABORTTASK command to abort a device write operation...

CVE-2016-7097

The filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2 preserves the setgid bit during a setxattr call, which allows local users to gain group privileges by leveraging the existence of a setgid program with restrictions on execute permissions...

CVE-2016-7042

The prockeysshow function in security/keys/proc.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2, when the GNU Compiler Collection gcc stack protector is enabled, uses an incorrect buffer size for certain timeout data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service stack memory corruption and panic by...

CVE-2016-7425

The arcmsriopmessagexfer function in drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsrhba.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2 does not restrict a certain length field, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service heap-based buffer overflow via an ARCMSRMESSAGEWRITEWQBUFFER control code...

CVE-2016-7425

The arcmsriopmessagexfer function in drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsrhba.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2 does not restrict a certain length field, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service heap-based buffer overflow via an ARCMSRMESSAGEWRITEWQBUFFER control code...

CVE-2016-7097

The filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2 preserves the setgid bit during a setxattr call, which allows local users to gain group privileges by leveraging the existence of a setgid program with restrictions on execute permissions...

CVE-2016-3270

The Graphics component in the kernel in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2; Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1; Windows 7 SP1; Windows 8.1; Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2; Windows RT 8.1; and Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Win32k...

CVE-2016-3266

The kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607 allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Win32k Elevation of...

CVE-2016-0073

The kernel in Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that makes an API call to access sensitive information in the registry, aka "Windows Kernel Local Elevation of...

Privilege escalation

The kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607 allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Win32k Elevation of...

Privilege escalation

The kernel in Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that makes an API call to access sensitive information in the registry, aka "Windows Kernel Local Elevation of...