openSUSE Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2012:1330-1)

This kernel update to 3.4.11 fixes various bugs and security issues. The changes up to 3.4.11 contain both security and bugfixes and are not explicitly listed here. Following security issues were fixed: CVE-2012-3520: Force passing credentials, otherwise local services could be fooled to assume...

openSUSE Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2010:0655-1)

This update of the openSUSE 11.3 kernel fixes two local root exploits, various other security issues and some bugs. Following security issues are fixed by this update: CVE-2010-3301: Mismatch between 32bit and 64bit register usage in the system call entry path could be used by local attackers to...

openSUSE Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2014:0678-1)

This Linux kernel security update fixes various security issues and bugs. 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...

openSUSE Security Update : java-1_6_0-sun (openSUSE-SU-2011:0633-1)

Oracle Java 6 Update 26 fixes several security vulnerabilities. Please refer to Oracle's site for further information: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpujun e2011-313339.html CVE-2011-0862, CVE-2011-0873, CVE-2011-0815, CVE-2011-0817, CVE-2011-0863, CVE-2011-0864,...

openSUSE: Security Advisory for kernel (openSUSE-SU-2014:0678-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 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...

kernel: security and bugfix update (important)

This Linux kernel security update fixes various security issues and bugs. 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...

Oracle Linux 5 : Important: / kernel (ELSA-2007-0993)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2007-0993 advisory. - CVE-2007-4571 ALSA memory disclosure flaw - Tick divider bugs on x8664 - CVE-2007-5494 openOATOMICLOOKUP leaks dentry - PATCH jbd: wait for already...

Oracle Linux 5 : Unbreakable enterprise kernel (ELSA-2010-2011)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2010-2011 advisory. - sctp Do not reset the packet during sctppacketconCVE-2010-3432 - drm/i915 Sanity check pread/pwrite CVE-2010-2962 - wireless fix kernel heap content...

SuSE 11.2 Security Update : Linux kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 6923 / 6926 / 6931)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP2 kernel was updated to 3.0.42 which fixes various bugs and security issues. The following security issues have been fixed : - A denial of service in key management was fixed. This was fixed in 3.0.28 already, but is listed here. Some more security and bug fixes mig...

kernel: security and bugfix update (important)

This kernel update to 3.4.11 fixes various bugs and security issues. The changes up to 3.4.11 contain both security and bugfixes and are not explicitly listed here. Following security issues were fixed: CVE-2012-3520: Force passing credentials, otherwise local services could be fooled to assume...

Slackware Advisory SSA:2004-119-01 kernel security updates

The remote host is missing an update as announced via advisory SSA:2004-119-01. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: esoftslkssa200411901.nasl 6598 2017-07-07 09:36:44Z cfischer $ Description: Auto-generated from the corresponding slackware advisory Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2012...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL4.x i386/x86_64

A flaw was found in the handling of process death signals. This allowed a local user to send arbitrary signals to the suid-process executed by that user. A successful exploitation of this flaw depends on the structure of the suid-program and its signal handling. CVE-2007-3848, Important - A flaw...

SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 4472)

This kernel update fixes the following security problems : - It was possible for local user to become root by exploiting a bug in the IA32 system call emulation. This affects x8664 platforms with kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x before 2.6.22.7 only. CVE-2007-4573 - An information disclosure vulnerability ...

SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 2605)

This kernel update fixes the following security problems : - The ftdisio driver allowed local users to cause a denial of service memory consumption by writing more data to the serial port than the hardware can handle, which causes the data to be queued. This requires this driver to be loaded, whi...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : Linux kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 5493 / 5510 / 5511)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 1 kernel has been updated to version 2.6.32.49 and fixes various bugs and security issues. - The TCP/IP initial sequence number generation effectively only used 24 bits of 32 to generate randomness, making a brute-force man-in-the-middle attack on TCP/IP...

Fedora 14 : xmms-1.2.11-15.20071117cvs.fc14 (2011-9421)

fix CVE-2007-0653 better late than never, huh? fix alsa output plugin loop fix desktop file Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible...

Fedora 15 : xmms-1.2.11-15.20071117cvs.fc15 (2011-9413)

fix CVE-2007-0653 better late than never, huh? fix alsa output plugin loop fix desktop file Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible...

kernel: ALSA: caiaq - Fix possible string-buffer overflow

Multiple buffer overflows in the caiaq Native Instruments USB audio functionality in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38-rc4-next-20110215 might allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long USB device name, related to 1 the sndusbcaiaqaudioinit...

openSUSE Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2010:0895-2)

This security update of the SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 GA kernel updates the kernel to 2.6.27.54 and fixes various security issues and other bugs. Following security issues were fixed: CVE-2010-3310: Multiple integer signedness errors in net/rose/afrose.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to...

CVE-2011-1476

Integer underflow in the Open Sound System OSS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 on unspecified non-x86 platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service memory corruption by leveraging write access to /dev/sequencer...