Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2011-0927)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2011-0927 advisory. - Revert: xen hvm: svm support cleanups Andrew Jones 703715 702657 CVE-2011-1780 - Revert: xen hvm: secure svmcraccess Andrew Jones 703715 702657...

Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2009-1106)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2009-1106 advisory. - nfs v4: client handling of MAYEXEC in nfspermission Peter Staubach 500301 500302 CVE-2009-1630 - fs cifs: fix pointer and checks in cifsfollowsymlink...

SuSE 10 Security Update : the Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 7729)

This kernel update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP3 kernel fixes several security issues and bugs. The following security issues have been fixed : - A signedness issue in CIFS could possibly have lead to to memory corruption, if a malicious server could send crafted replies to the host...

SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 6641)

This update fixes various bugs and some security issues in the SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP 3 kernel. The following security issues were fixed: CVE-2009-3238: The getrandomint function in drivers/char/random.c in the Linux kernel produces insufficiently random numbers, which allows attackers to...

SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 7666)

This kernel update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP4 kernel fixes several security issues and bugs. The following security issues were fixed : - The dccprcvstateprocess function in net/dccp/input.c in the Datagram Congestion Control Protocol DCCP implementation in the Linux kernel did not...

RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2011:1350)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2011:1350 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issues: Flaws...

kernel: agp: insufficient pg_start parameter checking in AGPIOC_BIND and AGPIOC_UNBIND ioctls

The agpgenericremovememory function in drivers/char/agp/generic.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38.5 does not validate a certain start parameter, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service system crash via a crafted AGPIOCUNBIND agpioctl ioctl call, a different...

kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

2.6.32-131.17.1.el6 - Revert: net ipv6: make fragment identifications less predictable Jiri Pirko 723432 723433 CVE-2011-2699 2.6.32-131.16.1.el6 - net brmulticast: Ensure to initialize BRINPUTSKBCBskb-mroutersonly. Frantisek Hrbata 739477 738110 2.6.32-131.15.1.el6 - rebuild 2.6.32-131.14.1.el6 ...

kernel: agp: insufficient pg_start parameter checking in AGPIOC_BIND and AGPIOC_UNBIND ioctls

The agpgenericremovememory function in drivers/char/agp/generic.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38.5 does not validate a certain start parameter, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service system crash via a crafted AGPIOCUNBIND agpioctl ioctl call, a different...

kernel: agp: insufficient page_count parameter checking in agp_allocate_memory()

Multiple integer overflows in the 1 agpallocatememory and 2 agpcreateusermemory functions in drivers/char/agp/generic.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38.5 allow local users to trigger buffer overflows, and consequently cause a denial of service system crash or possibly have unspecified other...

Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1183-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1183-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN11831.nasl 7964 2017-12-01 07:32:11Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1183-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This...

Ubuntu 10.10 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1183-1)

Dan Rosenberg discovered that multiple terminal ioctls did not correctly initialize structure memory. A local attacker could exploit this to read portions of kernel stack memory, leading to a loss of privacy. CVE-2010-4076, CVE-2010-4077 Neil Horman discovered that NFSv4 did not correctly handle...

USN-1183-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Dan Rosenberg discovered that multiple terminal ioctls did not correctly initialize structure memory. A local attacker could exploit this to read portions of kernel stack memory, leading to a loss of privacy. CVE-2010-4076, CVE-2010-4077 Neil Horman discovered that NFSv4 did not correctly handle...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1168-1)

Timo Warns discovered that the LDM disk partition handling code did not correctly handle certain values. By inserting a specially crafted disk device, a local attacker could exploit this to gain root privileges. CVE-2011-1017 Neil Horman discovered that NFSv4 did not correctly handle certain orde...

kernel security and bug fix update

2.6.18-238.19.1.0.1.el5 - scsi remove printk's when doing I/O to a dead device John Sobecki, Chris Mason orabug 12342275 - char ipmi: Fix IPMI errors due to timing problems Joe Jin orabug 12561346 - scsi Fix race when removing SCSI devices Joe Jin orabug 12404566 - bonding: reread information abo...

Ubuntu Update for linux-ec2 USN-1161-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1161-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN11611.nasl 7964 2017-12-01 07:32:11Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux-ec2 USN-1161-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net Th...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1161-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 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-1168-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1168-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN11681.nasl 7964 2017-12-01 07:32:11Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1168-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1168-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 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 8.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1170-1)

Dan Rosenberg discovered that multiple terminal ioctls did not correctly initialize structure memory. A local attacker could exploit this to read portions of kernel stack memory, leading to a loss of privacy. CVE-2010-4076, CVE-2010-4077 It was discovered that Xen did not correctly handle certain...