kernel: crypto api unprivileged arbitrary module load via request_module()

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's Crypto subsystem handled automatic loading of kernel modules. A local user could use this flaw to load any installed kernel module, and thus increase the attack surface of the running kernel...

kernel: crypto api unprivileged arbitrary module load via request_module()

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's Crypto subsystem handled automatic loading of kernel modules. A local user could use this flaw to load any installed kernel module, and thus increase the attack surface of the running kernel...

Debian DLA-264-1 : libmodule-signature-perl security update

John Lightsey discovered multiple vulnerabilities in Module::Signature, a Perl module to manipulate CPAN SIGNATURE files. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : CVE-2015-3406 Module::Signature could parse the unsigned portion of the SIGNATURE file as...

USN-2607-1: Module::Signature vulnerabilities

John Lightsey discovered that Module::Signature incorrectly handled PGP signature boundaries. A remote attacker could use this issue to trick Module::Signature into parsing the unsigned portion of the SIGNATURE file as the signed portion. CVE-2015-3406 John Lightsey discovered that...

[ MDVSA-2015:207 ] perl-Module-Signature

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2015:207 http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/ Package : perl-Module-Signature Date : April 27, 2015 Affected: Business Server 1.0 Problem Description: Updated perl-Module-Signature package fixes the...

MGASA-2015-0160 Updated perl-Module-Signature packages fix security vulnerabilities

Updated perl-Module-Signature package fixes the following security vulnerabilities reported by John Lightsey: Module::Signature could be tricked into interpreting the unsigned portion of a SIGNATURE file as the signed portion due to faulty parsing of the PGP signature boundaries. When verifying t...

Ubuntu 14.10 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2546-1)

A flaw was discovered in the automatic loading of modules in the crypto subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local user could exploit this flaw to load installed kernel modules, increasing the attack surface and potentially using this to gain administrative privileges. CVE-2013-7421 A flaw was...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-2544-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2544-1 advisory. Eric Windisch discovered flaw in how the Linux kernel's XFS file system replaces remote attributes. A local access with access to an XFS file system coul...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2543-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 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...

USN-2545-1 linux-lts-utopic vulnerabilities

A flaw was discovered in the automatic loading of modules in the crypto subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local user could exploit this flaw to load installed kernel modules, increasing the attack surface and potentially using this to gain administrative privileges. CVE-2013-7421 A flaw was...

DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9644

The Crypto API in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5 allows local users to load arbitrary kernel modules via a bind system call for an AFALG socket with a parenthesized module template expression in the salgname field, as demonstrated by the vfataes expression, a different vulnerability than...

CVE-2014-9644

The Crypto API in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5 allows local users to load arbitrary kernel modules via a bind system call for an AFALG socket with a parenthesized module template expression in the salgname field, as demonstrated by the vfataes expression, a different vulnerability than...

CVE-2013-7421

The Crypto API in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5 allows local users to load arbitrary kernel modules via a bind system call for an AFALG socket with a module name in the salgname field, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-9644...

CVE-2014-9644

CVE-2014-9644 affects the Linux kernel Crypto API prior to 3.18.5. It allows a local user to load arbitrary kernel modules by abusing a bind() call on an AF_ALG socket with a module template expression (eg, vfat(aes)) in salg_name. This is a local, privilege-related issue, separate from CVE-2013-...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2513-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 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...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2514-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 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...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2513-1)

A flaw was discovered in the Kernel Virtual Machine's KVM emulation of the SYSTENTER instruction when the guest OS does not initialize the SYSENTER MSRs. A guest OS user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service of the guest OS crash or potentially gain privileges on the guest OS...

USN-2514-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

A flaw was discovered in the Kernel Virtual Machine's KVM emulation of the SYSTENTER instruction when the guest OS does not initialize the SYSENTER MSRs. A guest OS user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service of the guest OS crash or potentially gain privileges on the guest OS...

USN-2513-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

A flaw was discovered in the Kernel Virtual Machine's KVM emulation of the SYSTENTER instruction when the guest OS does not initialize the SYSENTER MSRs. A guest OS user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service of the guest OS crash or potentially gain privileges on the guest OS...

busybox restrictions bypass

Modules loading restrictions bypass...