RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2014:0925)

Updated kernel packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Extended Update Support. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed...

Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2014-1167)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-1167 advisory. - kernel futex: Fix errors in nested key ref-counting Denys Vlasenko 1094457 1094458 CVE-2014-0205 - net vxlan: fix NULL pointer dereference Jiri Benc...

Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2014-0981)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-0981 advisory. - netdrv pppol2tp: fail when socket option level is not SOLPPPOL2TP 1119461 1119462 CVE-2014-4943 - kernel utrace: force IRET path after...

kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

2.6.32-431.23.3 - netdrv pppol2tp: fail when socket option level is not SOLPPPOL2TP 1119461 1119462 CVE-2014-4943 2.6.32-431.23.2 - kernel utrace: force IRET path after utracefinishvfork Oleg Nesterov 1115932 1115933 CVE-2014-4699 2.6.32-431.23.1 - net iptunnel: fix iptunnelfind to return NULL in...

kernel, perf, python security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2014:0924 Updated kernel packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base...

Oracle Linux 7 : unbreakable enterprise kernel (ELSA-2014-3049)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-3049 advisory. - l2tp: fix an unprivileged user to kernel privilege escalation Sasha Levin Orabug: 19229497 CVE-2014-4943 CVE-2014-4943 - ptrace,x86: force IRET path...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140723)

It was found that the Linux kernel's ptrace subsystem allowed a traced process' instruction pointer to be set to a non-canonical memory address without forcing the non-sysret code path when returning to user space. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system or, potentially...

Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2014-0923)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-0923 advisory. - net l2tpppp: fail when socket option level is not SOLPPPOL2TP Petr Matousek 1119465 1119466 CVE-2014-4943 Tenable has extracted the preceding...

Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2014-0924)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-0924 advisory. - netdrv pppol2tp: fail when socket option level is not SOLPPPOL2TP 1119461 1119462 CVE-2014-4943 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block...

kernel security update

2.6.32-431.20.5 - netdrv pppol2tp: fail when socket option level is not SOLPPPOL2TP 1119461 1119462 CVE-2014-4943 2.6.32-431.20.4 - kernel utrace: force IRET path after utracefinishvfork Oleg Nesterov 1115932 1115933 CVE-2014-4699...

Oracle Linux 6 : unbreakable enterprise kernel (ELSA-2014-3046)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-3046 advisory. - l2tp: fix an unprivileged user to kernel privilege escalation Sasha Levin Orabug: 19229497 CVE-2014-4943 CVE-2014-4943 - ptrace,x86: force IRET path...

CVE-2014-4943

The PPPoL2TP feature in net/l2tp/l2tpppp.c in the Linux kernel through 3.15.6 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging data-structure differences between an l2tp socket and an inet socket...

CVE-2014-4943

The PPPoL2TP feature in net/l2tp/l2tpppp.c in the Linux kernel through 3.15.6 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging data-structure differences between an l2tp socket and an inet socket...

Design/Logic Flaw

The PPPoL2TP feature in net/l2tp/l2tpppp.c in the Linux kernel through 3.15.6 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging data-structure differences between an l2tp socket and an inet socket...

Immunity Canvas: LINUX_PPPOL2TP

Name| linuxpppol2tp ---|--- CVE| CVE-2014-4943 Exploit Pack| CANVAS Description| pppol2tp local root Notes| Repeatability: Single Notes: Exploit for Linux = 3.4.x amd64 and = 3.7.x x86 Tested on + Ubuntu 13.04 / 13.10 / 14.04 x86/amd64 + Fedora 17 amd64 only + Fedora 18/19/20 x86/amd64 Note:...

CVE-2014-4943

The PPPoL2TP feature in net/l2tp/l2tpppp.c in the Linux kernel through 3.15.6 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging data-structure differences between an l2tp socket and an inet socket...

CVE-2014-4943

CVE-2014-4943 affects the Linux kernel up to 3.15.6, specifically the PPPoL2TP feature in net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c. The vulnerability arises from data-structure differences between an l2tp socket and an inet socket, enabling local privilege escalation. Public details in connected sources include PoC/e...

CVE-2014-4943

The PPPoL2TP feature in net/l2tp/l2tpppp.c in the Linux kernel through 3.15.6 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging data-structure differences between an l2tp socket and an inet socket...

CVE-2014-4943

The PPPoL2TP feature in net/l2tp/l2tpppp.c in the Linux kernel through 3.15.6 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging data-structure differences between an l2tp socket and an inet socket...

kernel: L2TP send buffer allocation size overflows

Multiple integer overflows in the 1 pppol2tpsendmsg function in net/l2tp/l2tpppp.c, and the 2 l2tpipsendmsg function in net/l2tp/l2tpip.c, in the PPPoL2TP and IPoL2TP implementations in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 allow local users to cause a denial of service heap memory corruption and pani...