USN-1749-1: Linux kernel (Quantal HWE) vulnerability

Mathias Krause discovered a bounds checking error for netlink messages requesting SOCKDIAGBYFAMILY. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to crash the system or run programs as an administrator...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1562-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 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...

Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1507-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1507-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN15071.nasl 7960 2017-12-01 06:58:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1507-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This...

CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2008:0129 centos5 x86_64

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2008:0129 centos5 x8664 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it...

OpenBSD 3.3/3.4 - 'sysctl' Local Denial of Service

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9073/info A denial of service vulnerability has been reported for OpenBSD, specifically when handling malformed calls to sysctl. By invoking systcl and passing a specific flag in conjunction with a negative argument may trigger a kernel panic. This cou...

Linux Kernel 2.2 - ldd core Force Reboot (Denial of Service)

Linux Kernel 2.2 - ldd core Force Reboot Denial of Service source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/344/info Due to a rare and subtle bug in the 2.2.0 kernel, a linux machine can be forced to reboot by an unpriviliged local user. The reason for this is because of the invalid ELF core layout and...