Ubuntu Update for linux-source-2.6.15/20/22 vulnerabilities USN-618-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-618-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN6181.nasl 7969 2017-12-01 09:23:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux-source-2.6.15/20/22 vulnerabilities USN-618-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH...

kernel: setrlimit(RLIMIT_CPUINFO) with zero value doesn't inherit properly across children

Linux kernel 2.6.17, and other versions before 2.6.22, does not check when a user attempts to set RLIMITCPU to 0 until after the change is made, which allows local users to bypass intended resource limits...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 7.04 / 7.10 : linux-source-2.6.15/20/22 vulnerabilities (USN-618-1)

It was discovered that the ALSA /proc interface did not write the correct number of bytes when reporting memory allocations. A local attacker might be able to access sensitive kernel memory, leading to a loss of privacy. CVE-2007-4571 Multiple buffer overflows were discovered in the handling of...

USN-618-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the ALSA /proc interface did not write the correct number of bytes when reporting memory allocations. A local attacker might be able to access sensitive kernel memory, leading to a loss of privacy. CVE-2007-4571 Multiple buffer overflows were discovered in the handling of...

CVE-2008-1294

Linux kernel 2.6.17, and other versions before 2.6.22, does not check when a user attempts to set RLIMITCPU to 0 until after the change is made, which allows local users to bypass intended resource limits...

CVE-2008-1294

Linux kernel 2.6.17, and other versions before 2.6.22, does not check when a user attempts to set RLIMITCPU to 0 until after the change is made, which allows local users to bypass intended resource limits...

Design/Logic Flaw

Linux kernel 2.6.17, and other versions before 2.6.22, does not check when a user attempts to set RLIMITCPU to 0 until after the change is made, which allows local users to bypass intended resource limits...

CVE-2008-1294

Linux kernel 2.6.17, and other versions before 2.6.22, does not check when a user attempts to set RLIMITCPU to 0 until after the change is made, which allows local users to bypass intended resource limits...

CVE-2008-1294

Mode C: CVE-2008-1294 affects the Linux kernel 2.6.x line (notably 2.6.17 and earlier than 2.6.22). The issue is that RLIMIT_CPU is not validated when a user sets it to 0 until after the change is applied, allowing a local user to bypass CPU time limits. Multiple connected advisories cite this CV...

krb5 security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2008:0164 Updated krb5 packages that resolve several issues and fix multiple bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Kerberos is a network...

RHEL 5 : krb5 (RHSA-2008:0164)

Updated krb5 packages that resolve several issues and fix multiple bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Kerberos is a network authentication system which allows clients and serve...

krb5 security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2008:0181 Updated krb5 packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 and 3. This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Kerberos is a network...

Critical: Red Hat Security Advisory: krb5 security and bugfix update

Updated krb5 packages that resolve several issues and fix multiple bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Kerberos is a network authentication system which allows clients and serve...

openSUSE 10 Security Update : cron (cron-1440)

A missing check on the return value of setuid in vixie-cron could be used by a local user to gain root privileges by exhausting resource limits and waiting for a cronjob to trigger. This is tracked by the Mitre CVE ID CVE-2006-2607. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

GLSA-200704-22 : BEAST: Denial of Service

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200704-22 BEAST: Denial of Service BEAST, which is installed as setuid root, fails to properly check whether it can drop privileges accordingly if seteuid fails due to a user exceeding assigned resource limits. Impact : A local us...

GLSA-200608-25 : X.org and some X.org libraries: Local privilege escalations

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200608-25 X.org and some X.org libraries: Local privilege escalations Several X.org libraries and X.org itself contain system calls to setuid functions, without checking their result. Impact : Local users could deliberately exceed...

X.org and some X.org libraries: Local privilege escalations

Background X.org is an implementation of the X Window System. Description Several X.org libraries and X.org itself contain system calls to setuid functions, without checking their result. Impact Local users could deliberately exceed their assigned resource limits and elevate their privileges afte...

CVE-2006-3378

passwd command in shadow in Ubuntu 5.04 through 6.06 LTS, when called with the -f, -g, or -s flag, does not check the return code of a setuid call, which might allow local users to gain root privileges if setuid fails in cases such as PAM failures or resource limits...

DEBIAN-CVE-2006-3378

passwd command in shadow in Ubuntu 5.04 through 6.06 LTS, when called with the -f, -g, or -s flag, does not check the return code of a setuid call, which might allow local users to gain root privileges if setuid fails in cases such as PAM failures or resource limits...

aRts: Privilege escalation

Background aRts is a real time modular system for synthesizing audio used by KDE. artswrapper is a helper application used to start the aRts daemon. Description artswrapper fails to properly check whether it can drop privileges accordingly if setuid fails due to a user exceeding assigned resource...