Oracle Linux 4 : kernel (ELSA-2006-0617 / ELSA-2006-0689)

Updated kernel packages that fix security issues are now available. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. These new kernel packages contain fixes for the security...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 1103-1 (kernel-source-2.6.8)

The remote host is missing an update to kernel-source-2.6.8 announced via advisory DSA 1103-1. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb11031.nasl 6616 2017-07-07 12:10:49Z cfischer $ Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 1103-1 Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2007 E-Soft Inc...

Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1103)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Fedora Core 4 : kernel-2.6.16-1.2111_FC4 (2006-573)

This update rebases to the latest upstream -stable release 2.6.16.17, where a number of security problems have been fixed, notably : SCTP: Validate the parameter length in HB-ACK chunk CVE-2006-1857 SCTP: Respect the real chunk length when walking parameters CVE-2006-1858 fs/locks.c: Fix leaseini...

CentOS 4 : kernel (CESA-2006:0617)

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel are now available. This security advisory has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating syste...

CVE-2006-1858

SCTP in Linux kernel before 2.6.16.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash and possibly execute arbitrary code via a chunk length that is inconsistent with the actual length of provided parameters...

CVE-2006-1858

SCTP in Linux kernel before 2.6.16.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash and possibly execute arbitrary code via a chunk length that is inconsistent with the actual length of provided parameters...

CVE-2006-1858

CVE-2006-1858 affects the Linux kernel SCTP chunk length handling. The vulnerability arises when a chunk length is inconsistent with the actual parameters, enabling remote attackers to trigger a crash and potentially execute arbitrary code. Connected advisories show mitigations via kernel securit...