USN-2333-1: Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities

A bug was discovered in the handling of pathname components when used with an autofs direct mount. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash via an open system call. CVE-2014-0203 Toralf Förster reported an error in the Linux kernels syscall auditing on 32 bit...

Kernel: ALSA: control: protect user controls against races & memory disclosure

An information leak flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ALSA implementation handled access of the user control's state. A local, privileged user could use this flaw to leak kernel memory to user space...

Kernel: ALSA: control: use-after-free in replacing user controls

A use-after-free flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ALSA implementation handled user controls. A local, privileged user could use this flaw to crash the system...

Kernel: ALSA: control: integer overflow in id.index & id.numid

An integer overflow flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ALSA implementation handled user controls. A local, privileged user could use this flaw to crash the system...

OpenJDK: remove insecure Java Sound provider caching (Sound, 8026163)

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 5.0u61, 6u71, 7u51, and 8, and Java SE Embedded 7u51, allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Sound...

AIX Java Advisory : java_apr2014_advisory.asc

The version of Java SDK installed on the remote host is potentially affected by the following vulnerabilities : - There is an information disclosure flaw in libjpeg and libjpeg-turbo allowing remote attackers access to uninitialized memory via crafted JPEG images. CVE-2013-6629 - A vulnerability ...

[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: cinnamon-control-center-2.2.10-1.fc20.1

This package contains configuration utilities for the Cinnamon desktop, whi ch allow to configure accessibility options, desktop fonts, keyboard and mouse properties, sound setup, desktop theme and background, user interface properties, screen resolution, and other settings...

[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: pulseaudio-5.0-7.fc20

PulseAudio is a sound server for Linux and other Unix like operating systems. It is intended to be an improved drop-in replacement for the Enlightened Sound Daemon ESOUND...

[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: fldigi-3.21.83-2.fc20

Fldigi is a modem program which supports most of the digital modes used by ham radio operators today. You can also use the program for calibrating your sound card to WWV or doing a frequency measurement test. The program also c omes with a CW decoder. fldigi is written with the help of the Fast...

[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: control-center-3.10.3-2.fc20

This package contains configuration utilities for the GNOME desktop, which allow to configure accessibility options, desktop fonts, keyboard and mouse properties, sound setup, desktop theme and background, user interface properties, screen resolution, and other settings...

[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: speech-dispatcher-0.8-9.fc20

Common interface to different TTS engines Handling concurrent synthesis requests =E2=80=93 requests may come asynchronously from multiple sources within an application and/or from more different applications. Subsequent serialization, resolution of conflicts and priorities of incoming requests...

Inxi - A newer, better system information script for irc, administration, and system troubleshooters

A newer, better system information script for irc, administration, and system troubleshooters. Inxi Options Inxi has a wide range of options and custom triggers, along with useful defaults like -b or -F. Plain inxi, no options, prints a single line of basic system information. Here is a screensho...

DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4652

Race condition in the tlv handler functionality in the sndctlelemusertlv function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access...

DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4656

Multiple integer overflows in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 allow local users to cause a denial of service by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access, related to 1 index values in the sndctladd function and 2 numid values in the...

Design/Logic Flaw

The sndctlelemadd function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 does not check authorization for SNDRVCTLIOCTLELEMREPLACE commands, which allows local users to remove kernel controls and cause a denial of service use-after-free and system...

Race condition

Race condition in the tlv handler functionality in the sndctlelemusertlv function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access...

CVE-2014-4652

Race condition in the tlv handler functionality in the sndctlelemusertlv function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access...

CVE-2014-4654

The sndctlelemadd function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 does not check authorization for SNDRVCTLIOCTLELEMREPLACE commands, which allows local users to remove kernel controls and cause a denial of service use-after-free and system...

CVE-2014-4655

CVE-2014-4655 affects the Linux kernel ALSA control path: snd_ctl_elem_add in sound/core/control.c does not correctly maintain user_ctl_count, enabling a local DoS via a large number of SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_REPLACE calls to /dev/snd/controlCX. Affected: Linux kernel prior to 3.15.2 (ALSA control ...

CVE-2014-4655

The sndctlelemadd function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 does not properly maintain the userctlcount value, which allows local users to cause a denial of service integer overflow and limit bypass by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX acces...