Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3360-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3360-1 advisory. It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly initialize a Wake- on-Lan data structure. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3360-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 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-3360-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly initialize a Wake- on-Lan data structure. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information kernel memory. CVE-2014-9900 It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly restrict access to /proc/iomem. A local attacker...

The vulnerability in the kernel/events/core.c component of the Android operating system allows a hacker to increase their privileges.

The vulnerability of the kernel/events/core.c component of the Android operating system’s kernel is related to deficiencies in access control for certain functions. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to enhance their privileges by using the functions perfpmuregister and...

Debian DLA-833-1 : linux security update

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or have other impacts. CVE-2014-9888 Russell King found that on ARM systems, memory allocated for DMA buffers was mapped with executable permission. This made it easier to...

Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3791-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 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...

RHEL 6 : MRG (RHSA-2013:1264)

Updated kernel-rt packages that fix several security issues and multiple bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.3. 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...

Kernel: perf/x86: offcore_rsp valid mask for SNB/IVB

arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perfeventintel.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9, when the Performance Events Subsystem is enabled, specifies an incorrect bitmask, which allows local users to cause a denial of service general protection fault and system crash by attempting to set a reserved bit...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel-rt security and bug fix update

Updated kernel-rt packages that fix several security issues and multiple bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.3. 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...

Amazon Linux AMI : kernel (ALAS-2011-16)

The skbgroheaderslow function in include/linux/netdevice.h in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.4, when Generic Receive Offload GRO is enabled, resets certain fields in incorrect situations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service system crash via crafted network traffic. Race...

CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2013:1173 centos6

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2013:1173 centos6 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under th...

CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2013:1173 centos6

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 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...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20130827)

This update fixes the following security issues : - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's Stream Control Transmission Protocol SCTP implementation handled duplicate cookies. If a local user queried SCTP connection information at the same time a remote attacker has initialized a crafted...

kernel, perf, python security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2013:1173 Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs 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 Scorin...

Kernel: perf/x86: offcore_rsp valid mask for SNB/IVB

arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perfeventintel.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9, when the Performance Events Subsystem is enabled, specifies an incorrect bitmask, which allows local users to cause a denial of service general protection fault and system crash by attempting to set a reserved bit...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs 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 scores, which give detailed...

DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4254

The validateevent function in arch/arm/kernel/perfevent.c in the Linux kernel before 3.10.8 on the ARM platform allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and system crash by adding a hardware event to an event group led by a software event...

CVE-2013-2146

arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perfeventintel.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9, when the Performance Events Subsystem is enabled, specifies an incorrect bitmask, which allows local users to cause a denial of service general protection fault and system crash by attempting to set a reserved bit...

CVE-2013-2146

arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perfeventintel.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9, when the Performance Events Subsystem is enabled, specifies an incorrect bitmask, which allows local users to cause a denial of service general protection fault and system crash by attempting to set a reserved bit...

DEBIAN-CVE-2013-2146

arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perfeventintel.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9, when the Performance Events Subsystem is enabled, specifies an incorrect bitmask, which allows local users to cause a denial of service general protection fault and system crash by attempting to set a reserved bit...