Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2008-0233)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2008-0233 advisory. - Update: fs fix race condition in dnotify Alexander Viro 439758 CVE-2008-1375 - Update: xen ia64: ftp stress test fixes between HVM/Dom0 Tetsu Yamamot...

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

This update addresses the following security issues : - a buffer overflow was found in the Linux kernel Partial Reliable Stream Control Transmission Protocol PR-SCTP implementation. This could, potentially, lead to a denial of service if a Forward-TSN chunk is received with a large stream ID...

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

This update fixes the following security issues : - a NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the sctprcvootb function in the Linux kernel Stream Control Transmission Protocol SCTP implementation. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted SCTP packet to a target system, resulting in a...

SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 8162)

This Linux kernel update fixes various security issues and bugs in the SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP4 kernel. The following security issues have been fixed : - A memory corruption when mounting a hfsplus filesystem was fixed that could be used by local attackers able to mount filesystem to crash th...

CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2009:0331 centos4 i386

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2009:0331 centos4 i386 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it und...

kernel security and bug fix update

2.6.9-89.0.18.0.1.EL - fix skb alignment that was causing sendto to fail with EFAULT Olaf Kirch orabug 6845794 - fix enomem due to larger mtu size page alloc Zach Brown orabug 5486128 - backout patch sysrq-b that queues upto keventd thread Guru Anbalagane orabug 6125546 - netrx/netpoll race...

kernel security update

2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.EL - fix skb alignment that was causing sendto to fail with EFAULT Olaf Kirch orabug 6845794 fix enomem due to larger mtu size page alloc Zach Brown orabug 5486128 - backout patch sysrq-b that queues upto keventd thread Guru Anbalagane orabug 6125546 - netrx/netpoll race avoidanc...

RHEL 4 : kernel (RHSA-2009:0331)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2009:0331 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update addresses the following security issues: a...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

Updated kernel packages that resolve several security issues and fix various bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any...

kernel security and bug fix update

2.6.18-53.1.19.0.1.el5 - NET Add entropy support to e1000 and bnx2 John Sobecki ORA 6045759 - NET Fix msi issue with kexec/kdump Michael Chan ORA 6219364 - MM Fix allocpagesnode static nid' race made kernel crash Joe Jin ORA 6187457 - splice Fix bad unlockpage in error case Jens Axboe ORA 6263574...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 1011-1 (kernel-patch-vserver, util-vserver)

The remote host is missing an update to kernel-patch-vserver, util-vserver announced via advisory DSA 1011-1. Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Debian vserver support for Linux. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2005-4347 Bjø...

CVE-2005-4347

The Linux 2.4 kernel patch in kernel-patch-vserver before 1.9.5.5 and 2.x before 2.3 for Debian GNU/Linux does not correctly set the "chroot barrier" with util-vserver, which allows attackers to access files on the host system that are outside of the vserver...

CVE-2005-4347

CVE-2005-4347 affects Linux 2.4 kernel patch kernel-patch-vserver (and 2.x) for Debian; the chroot barrier is not set correctly in util-vserver, potentially permitting unauthorised escapes from a vserver to the host. OpenVAS/Debian DSAs describe that this vulnerability is limited to the 2.4 patch...

CVE-2005-4347

The Linux 2.4 kernel patch in kernel-patch-vserver before 1.9.5.5 and 2.x before 2.3 for Debian GNU/Linux does not correctly set the "chroot barrier" with util-vserver, which allows attackers to access files on the host system that are outside of the vserver...