MGASA-2014-0063 Updated kernel-rt packages fix security vulnerability

This kernel update provides an update to 3.12.9 and fixes the following critical security issue: Pageexec reported a bug in the Linux kernel's recvmmsg syscall when called from code using the x32 ABI. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or...

Updated kernel-rt packages fix security vulnerability

This kernel update provides an update to 3.12.9 and fixes the following critical security issue: Pageexec reported a bug in the Linux kernel's recvmmsg syscall when called from code using the x32 ABI. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or...

Updated kernel-linus package fixes security vulnerability

This kernel update provides an update to 3.12.9 and fixes the following critical security issue: Pageexec reported a bug in the Linux kernel's recvmmsg syscall when called from code using the x32 ABI. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or...

Updated kernel package fixes a critical security issue

This kernel update provides an update to 3.12.9 and fixes the following critical security issue: Pageexec reported a bug in the Linux kernel's recvmmsg syscall when called from code using the x32 ABI. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or...

Exploit Linux 3.4+ Local Root (CONFIG_X86_X32=y)

OSVDB-ID: 2014-0038 Author: rebel Published: 2014-02-02 / ============================== recvmmsg.c - linux 3.4+ local root CONFIGX86X32=y CVE-2014-0038 / x32 ABI with recvmmsg by rebel @ irc.smashthestack.org ----------------------------------- takes about 13 minutes to run because timeout-tvsec...

Ubuntu Update for linux USN-2096-1

Check for the Version of linux OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN20961.nasl 7957 2017-12-01 06:40:08Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux USN-2096-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright C 2014 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; yo...

Ubuntu Update for linux-lts-saucy USN-2095-1

Check for the Version of linux-lts-saucy OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN20951.nasl 7957 2017-12-01 06:40:08Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux-lts-saucy USN-2095-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright C 2014 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program ...

Linux kernel 3.4+ local root (CONFIG_X86_X32=y)

Exploit for linux platform in category local exploits / ============================== recvmmsg.c - linux 3.4+ local root CONFIGX86X32=y CVE-2014-0038 / x32 ABI with recvmmsg by rebel @ irc.smashthestack.org ----------------------------------- takes about 13 minutes to run because timeout-tvsec i...

Linux Kernel 3.4 < 3.13.2 (Ubuntu 13.04/13.10 x64) - 'CONFIG_X86_X32=y' Local Privilege Escalation (3)

/ ============================== recvmmsg.c - linux 3.4+ local root CONFIGX86X32=y CVE-2014-0038 / x32 ABI with recvmmsg by rebel @ irc.smashthestack.org ----------------------------------- takes about 13 minutes to run because timeout-tvsec is decremented once per second and 0xff3 is 765. some...

USN-2095-1: Linux kernel (Saucy HWE) vulnerability

Pageexec reported a bug in the Linux kernel's recvmsg syscall when called from code using the x32 ABI. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or gain administrator privileges...

USN-2094-1: Linux kernel (Raring HWE) vulnerability

Pageexec reported a bug in the Linux kernel's recvmsg syscall when called from code using the x32 ABI. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or gain administrator privileges...

CVE-2014-0038

The compatsysrecvmmsg function in net/compat.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.2, when CONFIGX86X32 is enabled, allows local users to gain privileges via a recvmmsg system call with a crafted timeout pointer parameter...

nss and nspr security, bug fix, and enhancement update

nspr 4.9.2-4 - Resolves: rhbz924741 - Rebase to nspr-4.9.5 nss 3.14.3-6 - Resolves: rhbz986969 - nssutilReadSecmodDB leaks memory 3.14.3-5 - Define -DNOFORKCHECK when compiling softoken for ABI compatibility - Remove the unused and obsolete nss-nochktest.patch - Resolves: rhbz949845 - RFERHEL5...

Fedora 18 : fontmatrix-0.9.99-9.r1218.fc18 / icu-49.1.1-10.fc18 / libreoffice-3.6.7.2-3.fc18 / etc (2013-13479)

This is an update for icu. Unfortunately, one of the fixes adds a new virtual function to LayoutEngine class, breaking ABI. So dependent packages have to be updated too. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory...

Fedora 19 : fontmatrix-0.9.99-12.r1218.fc19 / icu-50.1.2-7.fc19 / libreoffice-4.1.0.3-2.fc19 / etc (2013-13523)

This is an update for icu. Unfortunately, one of the fixes adds a new virtual function to LayoutEngine class, breaking ABI. So dependent packages have to be updated too. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory...

SuSE 11.2 Security Update : Linux kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 7954 / 7959 / 7960)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 2 kernel was respun with the 3.0.80 update to fix a severe compatibility problem with kernel module packages KMPs like e.g. drbd. An incompatible ABI change could lead to those modules not correctly working or crashing on loading and is fixed by this...

[USN-1813-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1813-1 May 02, 2013 linux vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubunt...

Scientific Linux Security Update : Core X11 clients on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20130221)

It was found that the x11perfcomp utility included the current working directory in its PATH environment variable. Running x11perfcomp in an attacker- controlled directory would cause arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user running x11perfcomp. CVE-2011-2504 Also with this update...

[USN-1567-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1567-1 September 14, 2012 linux vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: -...

Slackware Advisory SSA:2008-315-01 gnutls

The remote host is missing an update as announced via advisory SSA:2008-315-01. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: esoftslkssa200831501.nasl 6598 2017-07-07 09:36:44Z cfischer $ Description: Auto-generated from the corresponding slackware advisory Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2012...