Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2011-4080

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - The sysrqsysctlhandler function in kernel/sysctl.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not require the CAPSYSADMIN capability to modify the dmesgrestrict...

CVE-2011-4080

CVE-2011-4080 affects the Linux kernel: sysrq_sysctl_handler in kernel/sysctl.c did not require CAP_SYS_ADMIN to modify dmesg_restrict, enabling local users (e.g., in LXC) to bypass restrictions and read the kernel ring buffer with root privileges. Public sources (Red Hat, SUSE, NVD) cite impact ...

RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2012:0481)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2012:0481 advisory. - kernel: sysctl: restrict write access to dmesgrestrict CVE-2011-4080 - kernel: block: CLONEIO iocontext refcounting issues CVE-2012-0879 -...