Debian Security Advisory DSA 047-1 (various kernel packages)

The remote host is missing an update to various kernel packages announced via advisory DSA 047-1. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb0471.nasl 6616 2017-07-07 12:10:49Z cfischer $ Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 047-1 Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2007 E-Soft Inc...

CVE-2001-1394

CVE-2001-1394 is a Linux kernel local vulnerability describing a signedness error in (1) getsockopt and (2) setsockopt prior to kernel version 2.2.19 that allows local users to cause a denial of service. The connected documents confirm the affected component is the Linux kernel and specify the is...