Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 are now available. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. This update includes fixes for several security issues: A missing serialization flaw in unixdgramrecvmsg was discovered...

Speedtouch USB driver for linux format string bugs

Format string bug on syslog call...

[ GLSA 200411-04 ] Speedtouch USB driver: Privilege escalation vulnerability

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Speedtouch USB driver: Privilege escalation vulnerability

Background The speedtouch package contains a driver for the ADSL SpeedTouch USB modem. Description The Speedtouch USB driver contains multiple format string vulnerabilities in modemrun, pppoa2 and pppoa3. This flaw is due to an improperly made syslog system call. Impact A malicious local user cou...

GLSA-200411-04 : Speedtouch USB driver: Privilege escalation vulnerability

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200411-04 Speedtouch USB driver: Privilege escalation vulnerability The Speedtouch USB driver contains multiple format string vulnerabilities in modemrun, pppoa2 and pppoa3. This flaw is due to an improperly made syslog system cal...

CVE-2004-0834

CVE-2004-0834 describes a local;format-string vulnerability in the Speedtouch USB driver prior to version 1.3.1. The flaw affects the driver’s logging calls in modem_run, pppoa2 and pppoa3, allowing a malicious local user to potentially execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. Affected pr...

CVE-2004-0834

Format string vulnerability in Speedtouch USB driver before 1.3.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via 1 modemrun, 2 pppoa2, or 3 pppoa3...

CVE-2004-0075

The Vicam USB driver in Linux before 2.4.25 does not use the copyfromuser function when copying data from userspace to kernel space, which crosses security boundaries and allows local users to cause a denial of service...

CVE-2004-0075

The CVE-2004-0075 issue affects the Linux kernel's Vicam USB driver prior to 2.4.25. The vulnerability arises because data copied from userspace to kernel space does not use copy_from_user, crossing security boundaries and enabling a local attacker to cause a denial of service. Public advisories ...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDKSA-2004:015)

Paul Staretz discovered a flaw in return value checking in the mremap function in the Linux kernel, versions 2.4.24 and previous that could allow a local user to obtain root privileges. A vulnerability was found in the R128 DRI driver by Alan Cox. This could allow local privilege escalation. A fl...

CVE-2004-0075

The Vicam USB driver in Linux before 2.4.25 does not use the copyfromuser function when copying data from userspace to kernel space, which crosses security boundaries and allows local users to cause a denial of service...

CVE-2004-0075

The Vicam USB driver in Linux before 2.4.25 does not use the copyfromuser function when copying data from userspace to kernel space, which crosses security boundaries and allows local users to cause a denial of service...