Ubuntu 4.10 / 5.04 / 5.10 : linux-source-2.6.8.1/-2.6.10/-2.6.12 vulnerabilities (USN-231-1)

Rudolf Polzer reported an abuse of the 'loadkeys' command. By redefining one or more keys and tricking another user like root into logging in on a text console and typing something that involves the redefined keys, a local user could cause execution of arbitrary commands with the privileges of th...

USN-231-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Rudolf Polzer reported an abuse of the 'loadkeys' command. By redefining one or more keys and tricking another user like root into logging in on a text console and typing something that involves the redefined keys, a local user could cause execution of arbitrary commands with the privileges of th...

SUSE-SA:2005:067: kernel

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2005:067 kernel. This kernel update for SUSE Linux 10.0 contains fixes for XEN, various security fixes and bug fixes. This update includes a more recent snapshot of the upcoming XEN 3.0. Many bugs have been fixed. Stability for x8664 h...

CVE-2005-3807

CVE-2005-3807 describes a memory leak in the VFS lease handling (locks.c) in Linux kernels 2.6.10–2.6.15 that can lead to local denial of service (memory exhaustion) when Samba activities trigger re-allocation of an fasync entry after clean-up. Multiple connected advisories (Ubuntu USN-231-1 and ...