Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

The openSUSE 14.2 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2016-9576: A use-after-free vulnerability in the SCSI generic driver allows users with write access to /dev/sg or /dev/bsg to elevate their privileges bsc1013604. The...

[SECURITY] [DSA 3696-1] linux security update

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3696-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso October 19, 2016 https://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 3696-1 (linux - security update)

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks. CVE-2015-8956 It was discovered that missing input sanitising in RFCOMM Bluetooth socket handling may result in denial of service or information leak...

QEMU '/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c' Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

QEMU is a simulation processor software developed by French programmer Fabrice Bellard. The software is fast and cross-platform. QEMU '/scsi/vmwpvscsi.c' has a local denial of service vulnerability. An attacker is allowed to exploit this vulnerability to crash the application, resulting in a deni...

kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

2.6.32-573.22.1 - mm always decrement anonvma degree when the vma list is empty Jerome Marchand 1318364 1309898 2.6.32-573.21.1 - fs pipe: fix offset and len mismatch on pipeiovcopytouser failure Seth Jennings 1310148 1302223 CVE-2016-0774 - fs gfs2: Add missing else in transaddmeta/data Robert S...

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

Updated kernel-rt packages that fix two security issues, several bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.5. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which giv...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2759-1)

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-2738-1)

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-2734-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

It was discovered that an integer overflow error existed in the SCSI generic sg driver in the Linux kernel. A local attacker with write permission to a SCSI generic device could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or potentially escalate their privileges...

USN-2733-1: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerability

It was discovered that an integer overflow error existed in the SCSI generic sg driver in the Linux kernel. A local attacker with write permission to a SCSI generic device could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or potentially escalate their privileges...

[USN-2692-1] QEMU vulnerabilities

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2692-1 July 28, 2015 qemu vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubunt...

USN-2692-1 qemu vulnerabilities

Matt Tait discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled PIT emulation. In a non-default configuration, a malicious guest could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host as the user running the QEMU process. In the default installation, when QEMU is use...

USN-2692-1: QEMU vulnerabilities

Matt Tait discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled PIT emulation. In a non-default configuration, a malicious guest could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host as the user running the QEMU process. In the default installation, when QEMU is use...

Linux Gather Virtual Environment Detection

This module attempts to determine whether the system is running inside of a virtual environment and if so, which one. This module supports detection of Hyper-V, VMWare, VirtualBox, Xen, Bhyve and QEMU/KVM. This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source:...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL4.x i386/x86_64

A flaw was found in the handling of process death signals. This allowed a local user to send arbitrary signals to the suid-process executed by that user. A successful exploitation of this flaw depends on the structure of the suid-program and its signal handling. CVE-2007-3848, Important - A flaw...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64

These new kernel packages contain fixes for the following security issues : - A flaw was found in the backported stack unwinder fixes in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. On AMD64 and Intel 64 platforms, a local user could trigger this flaw and cause a denial of service. CVE-2007-4574, Important - A fl...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL3.x i386/x86_64

A flaw was found in the handling of process death signals. This allowed a local user to send arbitrary signals to the suid-process executed by that user. A successful exploitation of this flaw depends on the structure of the suid-program and its signal handling. CVE-2007-3848, Important A flaw wa...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64

This update fixes the following security issue : - A flaw was found in the sctpicmpprotounreachable function in the Linux kernel's Stream Control Transmission Protocol SCTP implementation. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service. CVE-2010-4526, Important This update als...

CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2011:0163 centos5 x86_64

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 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 scriptxrefname:"URL",...

VMware ESXi/ESX patches and VI Client update resolve multiple security issues (VMSA-2011-0009.3)

The remote ESXi is missing one or more security related Updates from VMSA-2011-0009.3. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 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...