openSUSE Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2010:1047-1)

This security update of the openSUSE 11.1 kernel updates the kernel to 2.6.27.56 and fixes various security issues and other bugs. Following security issues were fixed by this update: CVE-2010-2963: A problem in the compat ioctl handling in video4linux allowed local attackers with a video device...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : Linux kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 3462 / 3463)

This update of the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 kernel brings the kernel to 2.6.32.24 and fixes some critical security bugs and other non-security bugs. Following security bugs were fixed : - A iovec integer overflow in RDS sockets was fixed which could lead to local attackers gaining kern...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : Linux kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 3433 / 3436 / 3445)

This update of the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 kernel brings the kernel to 2.6.32.24 and fixes some critical security bugs and other non-security bugs. Following security bugs were fixed : - A iovec integer overflow in RDS sockets was fixed which could lead to local attackers gaining kern...

Memory corruption

drivers/media/video/v4l2-compat-ioctl32.c in the Video4Linux V4L implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 on 64-bit platforms does not validate the destination of a memory copy operation, which allows local users to write to arbitrary kernel memory locations, and consequently gain...

CVE-2010-2963

CVE-2010-2963 affects the Linux kernel’s Video4Linux (V4L) implementation on x86_64, where a flaw in the v4l2-compat ioctl32 code fails to validate the destination of a memory copy, enabling a local user to write arbitrary kernel memory via VIDIOCSTUNER on a /dev/video device followed by VIDIOCSM...

openSUSE Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2010:0919-1)

This update of the openSUSE 11.2 Linux kernel fixes two critical security issues and some bugs. Following security issues were fixed: CVE-2010-3904: A local privilege escalation in RDS sockets allowed local attackers to gain root privileges. CVE-2010-2963: A problem in the compat ioctl handling i...

Mandriva Update for sane MDVA-2010:134 (sane)

Check for the Version of sane OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Mandriva Update for sane MDVA-2010:134 sane Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the term...

Mandriva Update for sane MDVA-2010:134 (sane)

Check for the Version of sane OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Mandriva Update for sane MDVA-2010:134 sane Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the term...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDVSA-2008:223)

Some vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in the Linux 2.6 kernel : Buffer overflow in format descriptor parsing in the uvcparseformat function in drivers/media/video/uvc/uvcdriver.c in uvcvideo in the video4linux V4L implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.1 has unknown impact...

CVE-2008-3496

Buffer overflow in format descriptor parsing in the uvcparseformat function in drivers/media/video/uvc/uvcdriver.c in uvcvideo in the video4linux V4L implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.1 has unknown impact and attack vectors...

CVE-2008-3496

Buffer overflow in format descriptor parsing in the uvcparseformat function in drivers/media/video/uvc/uvcdriver.c in uvcvideo in the video4linux V4L implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.1 has unknown impact and attack vectors...

CVE-2008-3496

CVE-2008-3496 affects the Linux kernel uvcvideo (V4L) in drivers/media/video/uvc/uvc_driver.c, where a buffer overflow in format descriptor parsing occurs in uvc_parse_format. Affected are kernels older than 2.6.26.1; the ChangeLog indicates this version contains the fix. Public disclosures in SU...