USN-508-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

A buffer overflow was discovered in the Moxa serial driver. Local attackers could execute arbitrary code and gain root privileges. CVE-2005-0504 A flaw was discovered in the IPv6 stack's handling of type 0 route headers. By sending a specially crafted IPv6 packet, a remote attacker could cause a...

Debian DSA-1184-2 : kernel-source-2.6.8 - several vulnerabilities

This advisory covers the S/390 components of the recent security update for the Linux 2.6.8 kernel that were missing due to technical problems. For reference, please see the text of the original advisory. Several security related problems have been discovered in the Linux kernel which may lead to...

Buffer overflow in moxa driver

Buffer overflow in the MoxaDriverIoctl function for the moxa serial driver moxa.c in Linux 2.2.x, 2.4.x, and 2.6.x before 2.6.22 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a certain modified length value...

RHEL 2.1 : kernel (RHSA-2005:529)

Updated kernel packages that fix a number of security issues as well as other bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 32 bit architectures This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Linux kernel handles the basic...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix a number of security issues as well as other bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 32 bit architectures This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Linux kernel handles the basic...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages are now available to correct security issues and bugs for Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 2.1 Itanium. 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 syste...

USN-103-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Mathieu Lafon discovered an information leak in the ext2 file system driver. When a new directory was created, the ext2 block written to disk was not initialized, so that previous memory contents which could contain sensitive data like passwords became visible on the raw device. This is...

CVE-2005-0504

Buffer overflow in the MoxaDriverIoctl function for the moxa serial driver moxa.c in Linux 2.2.x, 2.4.x, and 2.6.x before 2.6.22 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a certain modified length value...

CVE-2003-0461

/proc/tty/driver/serial in Linux 2.4.x reveals the exact number of characters used in serial links, which could allow local users to obtain potentially sensitive information such as the length of passwords...