Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2996-1)

Jann Horn discovered that eCryptfs improperly attempted to use the mmap handler of a lower filesystem that did not implement one, causing a recursive page fault to occur. A local unprivileged attacker could use to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with...

Cisco Nexus 5000 Series USB Driver Denial of Service Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20151204-nexus)

A vulnerability in the USB driver for Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches could allow an unauthenticated, local attacker to cause a denial of service DoS condition due to a kernel crash. Copyright C 2016 Greenbone Networks GmbH Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-2969-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2969-1 advisory. Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the Aiptek Tablet USB device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the endpoints reported by the device. A...

Microsoft Windows USB Driver CVE-2016-0190 Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Windows is prone to an information-disclosure vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this issue to obtain sensitive information that may aid in launching further attacks. Technologies Affected Microsoft Windows 8.1 for 32-bit Systems Microsoft Windows 8.1 for x64-based Systems...

USN-2971-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the Aiptek Tablet USB device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the endpoints reported by the device. An attacker with physical access could cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2015-7515 Zach Riggle discovered that the Linux kernel's list...

USN-2970-1: Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities

Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the Aiptek Tablet USB device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the endpoints reported by the device. An attacker with physical access could cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2015-7515 Ben Hawkes discovered that the Linux kernel's AIO...

USN-2969-1 linux-lts-utopic vulnerabilities

Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the Aiptek Tablet USB device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the endpoints reported by the device. An attacker with physical access could cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2015-7515 Ben Hawkes discovered that the Linux kernel's AIO...

USN-2968-1 linux vulnerabilities

Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the Aiptek Tablet USB device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the endpoints reported by the device. An attacker with physical access could cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2015-7515 Ben Hawkes discovered that the Linux kernel's AIO...

USN-2967-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly enforce rlimits for file descriptors sent over UNIX domain sockets. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. CVE-2013-4312 Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the Aiptek Tablet USB device driver in the Linux kernel did not...

USN-2965-4: Linux kernel (Qualcomm Snapdragon) vulnerability

Jann Horn discovered that the extended Berkeley Packet Filter eBPF implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly reference count file descriptors, leading to a use-after-free. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to gain administrative privileges. Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the...

USN-2965-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Jann Horn discovered that the extended Berkeley Packet Filter eBPF implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly reference count file descriptors, leading to a use-after-free. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to gain administrative privileges. CVE-2016-4557 Ralf Spenneberg...

Double free

Double free vulnerability in drivers/net/usb/cdcncm.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly have unspecified other impact by inserting a USB device with an invalid USB descriptor...

Null pointer dereference

drivers/usb/serial/cypressm8.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and system crash via a USB device without both an interrupt-in and an interrupt-out endpoint descriptor, related to the cypressgenericportpro...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2948-2)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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-2948-2: Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) regression

USN-2948-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Ubuntu 14.10 Linux kernel backported to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. An incorrect reference counting fix in the radeon driver introduced a regression that could cause a system crash. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2947-3)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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-2948-1: Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities

Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the USB driver for Clie devices in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the endpoints reported by the device. An attacker with physical access could cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2015-7566 Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the usbvision driver in...

USN-2947-3: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities

Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the usbvision driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the interfaces and endpoints reported by the device. An attacker with physical access could cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2015-7833 Venkatesh Pottem discovered a use-after-free...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2930-3)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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-2930-3: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities

Ben Hawkes discovered that the Linux netfilter implementation did not correctly perform validation when handling IPTSOSETREPLACE events. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges...