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-1233-1)

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...

Debian DSA-1233-1 : kernel-source-2.6.8 - several vulnerabilities

Several local and remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2006-3741 Stephane Eranian discovered a local DoS...

[SECURITY] [DSA 1233-1] New Linux 2.6.8 packages fix several vulnerabilities

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 1233-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Dann Frazier December 10th, 2006 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

DSA-1233 kernel-source-2.6.8 - several

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CVE-2006-3741

CVE-2006-3741 concerns the perfmonctl (sys_perfmonctl) system call in Linux kernels 2.4.x and 2.6.x prior to 2.6.18 on Itanium. The issue is an improper reference-count accounting for file descriptors, which can allow local users to exhaust file descriptors and cause a denial of service. The desc...