CVE-2017-5572

An issue was discovered in Linux Foundation xapi in Citrix XenServer through 7.0. An authenticated read-only administrator can corrupt the host database...

CVE-2017-5573

An issue was discovered in Linux Foundation xapi in Citrix XenServer through 7.0. An authenticated read-only administrator can cancel tasks of other administrators...

CVE-2017-5572: Improper Privilege Management

An issue was discovered in Linux Foundation xapi in Citrix XenServer through 7.0. An authenticated read-only administrator can corrupt the host database...

XenServer Pool Master is Unable to Boot with Error: "unexpected inconsistency; Run fsck Manually"

The following error is displayed when booting XenServer pool master: "Unexpected inconsistency; Run fsck Manually" The df -h command shows filesystem is read only...

Server: Bypass received read-only share permissions using read-write reshare

User can upload and modify the link share contents even though the original sharer has only read-only access. For more information please consult the official advisory. This advisory is licensed CC BY-SA 4.0...

Kibana 5.0.2 released with a fix for improper authentication

With X-Pack installed, operations in the Advanced Settings panel of the Management tab and operations from the short URL service were performed as the "Kibana Server" user regardless of the user that is currently authenticated. As a result, a user that was defined as read-only could make changes ...

Lynxspring JENEsys BAS Bridge Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Lynxspring is a US based company.BAS Bridge is a web based SCADA system.BAS servers are deployed in areas such as commercial facilities, manufacturing, energy, water and wastewater systems and many more. An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Lynxspring JENEsys BAS Bridge. An attacker...

DEBIAN-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."...

Linux Kernel EXT4 Error Handling Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Mounting a crafted EXT4 image as read-only leads to a kernel panic. Since the mounting procedure is a privileged operation, an attacker is probably not able to trigger this vulnerability on the commandline. Instead the automatic mounting feature of the GUI via a crafted USB-device is required...

kernel: mm: privilege escalation via MAP_PRIVATE COW breakage

A race condition was found in the way the Linux kernel's memory subsystem handled the copy-on-write COW breakage of private read-only memory mappings. An unprivileged, local user could use this flaw to gain write access to otherwise read-only memory mappings and thus increase their privileges on...

kernel: mm: privilege escalation via MAP_PRIVATE COW breakage

A race condition was found in the way the Linux kernel's memory subsystem handled the copy-on-write COW breakage of private read-only memory mappings. An unprivileged, local user could use this flaw to gain write access to otherwise read-only memory mappings and thus increase their privileges on...

Stable Channel Update for Chrome OS

The Stable channel has been updated to 54.0.2840.79 Platform version: 8743.76.0 for all Chrome OS devices except HP Chromebook 13 G1, Acer Chromebook 14 for Work and Thinkpad 13 Chromebook. This build contains a number of bug fixes, security updates, and feature enhancements. Systems will be...

UCloud-2 0 1 6 1 0-0 0 1: kernel‘Dirty Cow’to mention the right vulnerability Security Alert-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

The Linux kernel recently the outbreak of the’Dirty Cow’Vulnerability, CVE-2 0 1 6-5 1 9 5, can lead to a low-rights user to achieve the local extraction rights. Please check you are using the kernel is in the affected range, and timely upgrades. The scope of the impact Linux kernel =2.6.22...

kernel: mm: privilege escalation via MAP_PRIVATE COW breakage

A race condition was found in the way the Linux kernel's memory subsystem handled the copy-on-write COW breakage of private read-only memory mappings. An unprivileged, local user could use this flaw to gain write access to otherwise read-only memory mappings and thus increase their privileges on...

[ASA-201610-14] linux: privilege escalation

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201610-14 ========================================== Severity: High Date : 2016-10-22 CVE-ID : CVE-2016-5195 Package : linux Type : privilege escalation Remote : No Link : https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CVE Summary ======= The package linux before version...

Linux kernel local elevation of privilege vulnerability (Dirty COW)

The Linux kernel is the kernel used by the operating system Linux, released by the Linux Foundation in the United States. The Linux Kernel local elevation of privilege vulnerability can be exploited by a low-privileged local attacker to gain write access to other read-only memory maps, which in...

[ASA-201610-11] linux-lts: privilege escalation

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201610-11 ========================================== Severity: High Date : 2016-10-21 CVE-ID : CVE-2016-5195 Package : linux-lts Type : privilege escalation Remote : No Link : https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CVE Summary ======= The package linux-lts before...

MBRFilter — Open Source Tool to Protect Against 'Master Boot Record' Malware

Ransomware threat has risen exponentially so much that ransomware authors have started abusing the MBR in their attacks to lock down your entire computer instead of just encrypting your important files on hard drive. Talos team at Cisco Systems has released a free, open-source tool that protects...

USN-3106-4 linux-snapdragon vulnerability

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the memory manager of the Linux kernel when handling copy-on-write breakage of private read-only memory mappings. A local attacker could use this to gain administrative privileges...

USN-3106-1 linux vulnerability

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the memory manager of the Linux kernel when handling copy-on-write breakage of private read-only memory mappings. A local attacker could use this to gain administrative privileges...