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...

USN-244-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Doug Chapman discovered a flaw in the reference counting in the sysmqopen function. By calling this function in a special way, a local attacker could exploit this to cause a kernel crash. CVE-2005-3356 Karl Janmar discovered that the /proc file system module used signed data types in a wrong way....

[Full-disclosure] [USN-244-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities

=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-244-1 January 18, 2006 linux-source-2.6.8.1/-2.6.10/-2.6.12 vulnerabilities CVE-2005-3356, CVE-2005-4605, CVE-2005-4618, CVE-2005-4639, CVE-2006-0095, CVE-2006-0096...

CVE-2006-0096

CVE-2006-0096 affects the SDLA driver in Linux kernels 2.6.x before 2.6.11 and 2.4.x before 2.4.29, describing lax capability checks for firmware upgrades. The description notes local attack vectors and an unclear impact; later investigation mentions that exploitation may require root privileges ...