USN-2065-1: Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities

Stephan Mueller reported an error in the Linux kernel's ansi cprng random number generator. This flaw makes it easier for a local attacker to break cryptographic protections. CVE-2013-4345 A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's IP Virtual Server IPVS support. A local user with the CAPNETADMI...

CVE-2013-6383

The aaccompatioctl function in drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c in the Linux kernel before 3.11.8 does not require the CAPSYSRAWIO capability, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted ioctl call...

kernel: crypto: info leaks in report API

The cryptoreportone function in crypto/cryptouser.c in the report API in the crypto user configuration API in the Linux kernel through 3.8.2 uses an incorrect length value during a copy operation, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the...

kernel: crypto: info leaks in report API

The report API in the crypto user configuration API in the Linux kernel through 3.8.2 uses an incorrect C library function for copying strings, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by leveraging the CAPNETADMIN capability...

Kernel: dccp: check ccid before NULL poiter dereference

net/dccp/ccid.h in the Linux kernel before 3.5.4 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and system crash by leveraging the CAPNETADMIN capability for a certain 1 sender or 2 receiver getsockopt call...

DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1826

The xfrmstatenetlink function in net/xfrm/xfrmuser.c in the Linux kernel before 3.5.7 does not properly handle error conditions in dumponestate function calls, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and system crash by leveraging the...

CVE-2013-1826

The xfrmstatenetlink function in net/xfrm/xfrmuser.c in the Linux kernel before 3.5.7 does not properly handle error conditions in dumponestate function calls, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and system crash by leveraging the...

CVE-2013-2546

The report API in the crypto user configuration API in the Linux kernel through 3.8.2 uses an incorrect C library function for copying strings, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by leveraging the CAPNETADMIN capability...

DEBIAN-CVE-2013-2547

The cryptoreportone function in crypto/cryptouser.c in the report API in the crypto user configuration API in the Linux kernel through 3.8.2 does not initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging the CAPNETADMI...

CVE-2012-6537

net/xfrm/xfrmuser.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not initialize certain structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the CAPNETADMIN capability...

CVE-2012-6536

net/xfrm/xfrmuser.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not verify that the actual Netlink message length is consistent with a certain header field, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging the CAPNETADMIN capability and providing a 1 new or 2...

UBUNTU-CVE-2013-2548

The cryptoreportone function in crypto/cryptouser.c in the report API in the crypto user configuration API in the Linux kernel through 3.8.2 uses an incorrect length value during a copy operation, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the...

UBUNTU-CVE-2013-2547

The cryptoreportone function in crypto/cryptouser.c in the report API in the crypto user configuration API in the Linux kernel through 3.8.2 does not initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging the CAPNETADMI...

CVE-2013-2546

CVE-2013-2546 concerns the Linux kernel 3.8.2 era: the crypto report API in the crypto user configuration API uses an incorrect string-copy function, enabling a local attacker with CAP_NET_ADMIN to leak information from kernel stack memory. The vulnerability is scoped to the report API in the ker...

UBUNTU-CVE-2013-1826

The xfrmstatenetlink function in net/xfrm/xfrmuser.c in the Linux kernel before 3.5.7 does not properly handle error conditions in dumponestate function calls, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and system crash by leveraging the...

VirtualBox 4.1 Final for Linux Released

VirtualBox 4.1 Final for Linux Released VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware, targeted at server, desktop and embedded use. This version is a major update. The following major new features were added: Support for cloning of VMs bug 5853, see the manual for more...

kernel: ipv6: netfilter: ip6_tables: fix infoleak to userspace

net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6tables.c in the IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not place the expected '\0' character at the end of string data in the values of certain structure members, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory by...

kernel: net/packet/af_packet.c: reading uninitialized stack memory

net/packet/afpacket.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 does not properly initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory by leveraging the CAPNETRAW capability to read copies of the applicable structures...

kvm security update

kvm-83-164.0.1.el55.25 - Added kvm-add-oracle-workaround-for-libvirt-bug.patch - Added kvm-add-oracle-workaround-for-libvirt-bug.patch kvm-83-164.el55.25 - Adding loadgsindex to kmod symbol greylist - Related: bz639886 CVE-2010-3698 kvm: invalid selector in fs/gs causes kernel panic rhel-5.5.z...

CVE-2007-1217

Buffer overflow in the bufprint function in capiutil.c in libcapi, as used in Linux kernel 2.6.9 to 2.6.20 and isdn4k-utils, allows local users to cause a denial of service crash and possibly gain privileges via a crafted CAPI packet...