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-2001-1398

The CVE-2001-1398 issue affects the Linux kernel prior to 2.2.19, arising from the masquerading code where packet length checks were lax, potentially enabling kernel memory writes via the CPIA driver off-by-one bug. Confirmed in multiple advisories (Mandrake MDKSA-2001:037 and Debian/Debian DSA-0...