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...