CentOS 4 : kernel (CESA-2007:0488)

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues and bugs in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel are now available. This security advisory has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the...

kernel security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2007:0488 Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues and bugs in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel are now available. This security advisory has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Lin...

Important: kernel security update

2.6.9-55.0.2.0.1 - fix entropy flag in bnx2 driver to generate entropy pool John Sobecki orabug 5931647 - fix for nfs open call taking longer issue Chuck Lever orabug 5580407 bz 219412 - fix enomem due to larger mtu size page alloc Zach Brown orabug 5486128 - fix percpu api bugon with rds Zach...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues and bugs in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel are now available. This security advisory has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the...

Linux Kernel Netfilter *_conntrack_proto_sctp.c sctp_new Function Unknown Chunk Type Remote DoS

There is a flaw in the SCTP code included in Linux kernel versions before 2.6.21.4 that results in a kernel panic when an SCTP packet with an unknown chunk type is received. An attacker can leverage this flaw to crash the remote host with a single, possibly forged, packet. C Tenable Network...

CVE-2007-2876

The sctpnew function in 1 ipconntrackprotosctp.c and 2 nfconntrackprotosctp.c in Netfilter in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.20.13, and 2.6.21.x before 2.6.21.4, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by causing certain invalid states that trigger a NULL pointer dereference...

CentOS 4 : kernel (CESA-2007:0085)

Updated kernel packages that fix two security issues and a bug in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel are now available. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system...

kernel security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2007:0085 Updated kernel packages that fix two security issues and a bug in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel are now available. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Linux kernel...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix two security issues and a bug in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel are now available. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system...

RHEL 4 : kernel (RHSA-2007:0085)

Updated kernel packages that fix two security issues and a bug in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel are now available. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDKSA-2006:182)

A number of vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in the Linux 2.6 kernel : Stephane Eranian discovered an issue with permon2.0 where, under certain circumstances, the perfmonctl system call may not correctly manage the file descriptor reference count, resulting in the system possibly...

Fedora Core 5 : kernel-2.6.16-1.2107_FC5 (2006-499)

An update to the latest upstream -stable snapshot 2.6.16.13 Among quite a few bug-fixes, are two security related fixes : Don't allow a backslash in a path component CVE-2006-1863 NETFILTER: SCTP conntrack: fix infinite loop CVE-2006-1527 Detailed changelogs of the last few point releases can be...

Fedora Core 4 : kernel-2.6.16-1.2111_FC4 (2006-573)

This update rebases to the latest upstream -stable release 2.6.16.17, where a number of security problems have been fixed, notably : SCTP: Validate the parameter length in HB-ACK chunk CVE-2006-1857 SCTP: Respect the real chunk length when walking parameters CVE-2006-1858 fs/locks.c: Fix leaseini...

Fedora Core 4 : kernel-2.6.17-1.2141_FC4 (2006-769)

An update to the latest upstream stable release 2.6.17.3, which fixes a security issue with SCTP. Further details: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.17.3 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.17.2 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the...

Fedora Core 5 : kernel-2.6.16-1.2122_FC5 (2006-572)

This update rebases to the latest upstream -stable release 2.6.16.17, where a number of security problems have been fixed, notably : SCTP: Validate the parameter length in HB-ACK chunk CVE-2006-1857 SCTP: Respect the real chunk length when walking parameters CVE-2006-1858 fs/locks.c: Fix leaseini...

Fedora Core 5 : kernel-2.6.17-1.2145_FC5 (2006-772)

An update to the latest upstream stable release 2.6.17.3, which fixes a security issue with SCTP. Further details: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.17.3 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.17.2 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDKSA-2006:151)

A number of vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in the Linux 2.6 kernel : Prior to and including 2.6.16-rc2, when running on x8664 systems with preemption enabled, local users can cause a DoS oops via multiple ptrace tasks that perform single steps CVE-2006-1066. Prior to 2.6.16, a...

Important kernel security update

2.6.9-42.0.3.0.2 -rebuilt for EL 2.6.9-42.0.3.0.1 -Fix bonding primary=ethX so it picks correct network IT 101532 ORA 5136660 2.6.9-42.0.3 -fix mprotect to not allow permission subversion Jason Baron 190073 CVE-2006-2071 -fix sysperfmonctl file descriptor reference count issue Anil Keshavamurthy...

Debian DSA-1183-1 : kernel-source-2.4.27 - several vulnerabilities

Several security related problems have been discovered in the Linux kernel which may lead to a denial of service or even the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2005-4798 A buffer overflow in NFS readlink handling...

Debian DSA-1097-1 : kernel-source-2.4.27 - several vulnerabilities

Several local and remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2006-0038 'Solar Designer' discovered that arithmet...