Debian Security Advisory DSA 1017-1 (kernel-source-2.6.8)

The remote host is missing an update to kernel-source-2.6.8 announced via advisory DSA 1017-1. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb10171.nasl 6616 2017-07-07 12:10:49Z cfischer $ Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 1017-1 Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2007 E-Soft Inc...

CVE-2005-3053

The CVE-2005-3053 issue is a Linux kernel 2.6.x local vulnerability where set_mempolicy accepts a negative first argument, triggering a BUG() and a potential denial of service. The Debian DSAs enumerate CVE-2005-3053 among several local/remote problems in kernel-source-2.6.8 and recommend upgradi...