RHEL 6 : MRG (RHSA-2013:0829)

Updated kernel-rt packages that fix several security issues and multiple bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.3. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed...

RedHat Linux 6.x X Font Server DoS and Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1111/info A denial of service exists in the X11 font server shipped with RedHat Linux 6.x. Due to improper input validation, it is possible for any user to crash the X fontserver. This will prevent the X server from...

IRIX 6.2/6.3/6.4 xfs truncate() Privilege Check Vulnerability

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1540/info The truncate system call on a number of versions of the IRIX operating system with the xfs file system does not properly check permissions before truncating a file, making it possible for unprivileged users to...

X.Org xorg-x11-xfs <= 1.0.2-3.1 - Local Race Condition Exploit

No description provided by source. !/bin/sh Xorg-x11-xfs Race Condition Vuln local root exploit CVE-2007-3103 Another lame xploit by vl4dZ : works on redhat el5 and before $ id uid=1001kecos gid=1001user groups=1001user $ sh xfs-RaceCondition-root-exploit.sh Generate large data file in...

XFS Deleted Inode Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

No description provided by source. / stalehandle.c - attempt to create a stale handle and open it Copyright C 2010 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free...

XFree86 X11R6 3.3.x Font Server Remote Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6241/info A remotely exploitable buffer overrun condition has been reported in the XFS font server, fs.auto used by multiple vendors. This vulnerability may be exploited by remote attackers to execute commands on the targ...

USN-2260-1: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's pseudo tty pty device. An unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or potentially gain administrator privileges. CVE-2014-0196 Pinkie Pie discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's futex subsystem. An unprivileged...

openSUSE Security Update : Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2012:0812-1)

This kernel update of the openSUSE 12.1 kernel brings various bug and security fixes. Following issues were fixed : - tcp: drop SYN+FIN messages bnc765102, CVE-2012-2663. - net: sock: validate datalen before allocating skb in sockallocsendpskb bnc765320, CVE-2012-2136. - thp: avoid atomic64read i...

openSUSE Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2013:1619-1)

The Linux kernel was updated to 3.4.63, fixing various bugs and security issues. - Linux 3.4.59 CVE-2013-2237 bnc828119. - Linux 3.4.57 CVE-2013-2148 bnc823517. - Linux 3.4.55 CVE-2013-2232 CVE-2013-2234 CVE-2013-4162 CVE-2013-4163 bnc827749 bnc827750 bnc831055 bnc831058. - Drivers: hv: util: Fix...

openSUSE Security Update : libXfont (openSUSE-SU-2014:0711-1)

libxfont was updated to fix multiple vulnerabilities : - Integer overflow of allocations in font metadata file parsing CVE-2014-0209. - Unvalidated length fields when parsing xfs protocol replies CVE-2014-0210. - Integer overflows calculating memory needs for xfs replies CVE-2014-0211. These...

openSUSE Security Update : Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2012:0799-1)

This kernel update of the openSUSE 12.1 kernel fixes lots of bugs and security issues. Following issues were fixed : - tcp: drop SYN+FIN messages bnc765102. - net: sock: validate datalen before allocating skb in sockallocsendpskb bnc765320, CVE-2012-2136. - fcaps: clear the same personality flags...

openSUSE Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2014:0677-1)

The Linux Kernel was updated to fix various security issues and bugs. Main security issues fixed : A security issue in the tty layer that was fixed that could be used by local attackers for code execution CVE-2014-0196. Two security issues in the floppy driver were fixed that could be used by loc...

USN-2239-1: Linux kernel (Saucy HWE) vulnerabilities

Pinkie Pie discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's futex subsystem. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or gain administrative privileges. CVE-2014-3153 A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel virtual machine's kvm validation of interrupt...

USN-2226-1 linux vulnerabilities

Matthew Daley reported an information leak in the floppy disk driver of the Linux kernel. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory. CVE-2014-1738 Matthew Daley reported a flaw in the handling of ioctl commands by the floppy...

kernel: security and bugfix update (important)

The Linux Kernel was updated to fix various security issues and bugs. Main security issues fixed: A security issue in the tty layer that was fixed that could be used by local attackers for code execution CVE-2014-0196. Two security issues in the floppy driver were fixed that could be used by loca...

DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0210

Multiple buffer overflows in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.8 and 1.4.9x before 1.4.99.901 allow remote font servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted xfs protocol reply to the 1 fsrecvconnsetup, 2 fsreadopenfont, 3 fsreadqueryinfo, 4 fsreadextentinfo, 5 fsreadglyphs, 6 fsreadlist, or 7...

CVE-2014-0210

Multiple buffer overflows in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.8 and 1.4.9x before 1.4.99.901 allow remote font servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted xfs protocol reply to the 1 fsrecvconnsetup, 2 fsreadopenfont, 3 fsreadqueryinfo, 4 fsreadextentinfo, 5 fsreadglyphs, 6 fsreadlist, or 7...

Integer overflow

Multiple integer overflows in the 1 fsgetreply, 2 fsallocglyphs, and 3 fsreadextentinfo functions in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.8 and 1.4.9x before 1.4.99.901 allow remote font servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted xfs reply, which triggers a buffer overflow...

Buffer overflow

Multiple buffer overflows in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.8 and 1.4.9x before 1.4.99.901 allow remote font servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted xfs protocol reply to the 1 fsrecvconnsetup, 2 fsreadopenfont, 3 fsreadqueryinfo, 4 fsreadextentinfo, 5 fsreadglyphs, 6 fsreadlist, or 7...

CVE-2014-0210

The CVE-2014-0210 entry affects X.Org libXfont prior to 1.4.8 and 1.4.9x prior to 1.4.99.901, with multiple buffer overflows in the xfs protocol replies that could allow a remote font server to execute arbitrary code. Connected advisories confirm affected components and versions and suggest upgra...