openSUSE Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2011:0004-1)

The openSUSE 11.3 kernel was updated to fix various bugs and security issues. Following security issues have been fixed: CVE-2010-4347: A local user could inject ACPI code into the kernel via the world-writable 'customdebug' file, allowing local privilege escalation. CVE-2010-4258: A local attack...

Ubuntu Update for linux-source-2.6.15 vulnerabilities USN-1071-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1071-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN10711.nasl 7964 2017-12-01 07:32:11Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux-source-2.6.15 vulnerabilities USN-1071-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH,...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2126-1 (linux-2.6)

The remote host is missing an update to linux-2.6 announced via advisory DSA 2126-1. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb21261.nasl 6613 2017-07-07 12:08:40Z cfischer $ Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 2126-1 linux-2.6 Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2010 E-Soft Inc...

CVE-2010-4078

CVE-2010-4078 affects the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc6, where the sisfb_ioctl function in drivers/video/sis/sis_main.c fails to properly initialize a structure member. This allows local users to leak potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via the FBIOGET_VBLANK ioctl. Connec...