Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL3.x i386/x86_64

CVE-2008-5029 kernel: Unix sockets kernel panic CVE-2008-5300 kernel: fix soft lockups/OOM issues with unix socket garbage collector CVE-2009-1337 kernel: exitnotify: kill the wrong capableCAPKILL check CVE-2009-1385 kernel: e1000cleanrxirq denial of service CVE-2009-1895 kernel: personality: fix...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDVSA-2009:119)

Some vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in the Linux 2.6 kernel : The exitnotify function in kernel/exit.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.30-rc1 does not restrict exit signals when the CAPKILL capability is held, which allows local users to send an arbitrary signal to a process by...

VMSA-2010-0010 : ESX 3.5 third-party update for Service Console kernel

a. Service Console update for COS kernel The service console package kernel is updated to version 2.4.21-63. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project cve.mitre.org has assigned the names CVE-2008-5029, CVE-2008-5300, CVE-2009-1337, CVE-2009-1385, CVE-2009-1895, CVE-2009-2848, CVE-2009-300...

VMSA-2010-0010:ESX 3.5 third party update for Service Console kernel

VMSA-2010-0010 ESX 3.5 third party update for Service Console kernel VMware Security Advisory VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2010-0010 VMware Security Advisory Synopsis: ESX 3.5 third party update for Service Console kernel VMware Security Advisory Issue date: 2010-06-24 VMware Securi...

RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1550

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2009:1550. For details on the issues addressed in this update, please visit the referenced security advisories. Users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. The system must b...

kernel security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2009:1550 Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues and multiple bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The kernel packages...

SLES10: Security update for the Linux kernel

The remote host is missing updates to packages that affect the security of your system. One or more of the following packages are affected: kernel-bigsmp kernel-debug kernel-default kernel-kdump kernel-smp kernel-source kernel-syms kernel-vmi kernel-vmipae kernel-xen kernel-xenpae More details ma...

SLES10: Security update for the Linux kernel

The remote host is missing updates to packages that affect the security of your system. One or more of the following packages are affected: kernel-bigsmp kernel-debug kernel-default kernel-kdump kernel-smp kernel-source kernel-syms kernel-vmi kernel-vmipae kernel-xen kernel-xenpae More details ma...

SuSE Security Advisory SUSE-SA:2009:032 (kernel)

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory SUSE-SA:2009:032. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: susesa2009032.nasl 6668 2017-07-11 13:34:29Z cfischer $ Description: Auto-generated from advisory SUSE-SA:2009:032 kernel Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2009 E-Soft Inc...

Fedora Core 10 FEDORA-2009-5356 (kernel)

The remote host is missing an update to kernel announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-5356. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: fcore20095356.nasl 6624 2017-07-10 06:11:55Z cfischer $ Description: Auto-generated from advisory FEDORA-2009-5356 kernel Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2009 E-So...

Fedora Core 10 FEDORA-2009-5356 (kernel)

The remote host is missing an update to kernel announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-5356. Note: This VT has been deprecated and is therefore no longer functional. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 E-Soft Inc. Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the...

RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1077

The remote host is missing updates to the kernel announced in advisory RHSA-2009:1077. This update includes backported fixes for two approved security issues. These issues only affected users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.7 Extended Update Support, as they have already been addressed for users of...

Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1800-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 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...

RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1024

The remote host is missing updates to the kernel announced in advisory RHSA-2009:1024. Security Fixes: the exitnotify function in the Linux kernel did not properly reset the exit signal if a process executed a set user ID setuid application before exiting. This could allow a local, unprivileged...

[SECURITY] [DSA 1800-1] New Linux 2.6.26 packages fix several vulnerabilities

---------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-1800-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ dann frazier May 15, 2009 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - ----------------------------------------------------------------------...

DSA-1800-1 linux-2.6 user-mode-linux - several vulnerabilities

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CentOS Security Advisory CESA-2009:0473 (kernel)

The remote host is missing updates to kernel announced in advisory CESA-2009:0473. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 E-Soft Inc. 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 OR GPL-3.0-on...

RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:0451

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2009:0451. The kernel-rt packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. These updated packages fix the following security issues: a logic error was found in the dosetlk function of the Linux kernel Network...

CVE-2009-1337

The exitnotify function in kernel/exit.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.30-rc1 does not restrict exit signals when the CAPKILL capability is held, which allows local users to send an arbitrary signal to a process by running a program that modifies the exitsignal field and then uses an exec system...

CVE-2009-1337

CVE-2009-1337 : Affected: Linux kernel up to 2.6.30-rc1 (exit_notify in kernel/exit.c). Root cause: exit_notify does not restrict exit signals when CAP_KILL is held, enabling a local user to set a process exit_signal and use exec to launch a setuid program. Impact: local privilege escalation via ...