Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2016-8658

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - Stack-based buffer overflow in the brcmfcfg80211startap function in drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c in the Linux kernel before 4.7.5...

Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2016-0372)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 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...

SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2016:2912-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 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...

USN-3161-3: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities

Tilman Schmidt and Sasha Levin discovered a use-after-free condition in the TTY implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information kernel memory. CVE-2015-8964 It was discovered that the Video For Linux Two v4l2 implementation in the Linux kernel d...

openSUSE: Security Advisory for kernel (openSUSE-SU-2016:3021-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-3146-2)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3146-2 advisory. USN-3146-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enableme...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3146-2)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3146-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3145-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3146-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3146-1 advisory. It was discovered that the getuserasmex implementation in the Linux kernel for x86/x8664 contained extended asm statements that were incompatible with th...

USN-3146-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the getuserasmex implementation in the Linux kernel for x86/x8664 contained extended asm statements that were incompatible with the exception table. A local attacker could use this to gain administrative privileges. CVE-2016-9644 Andreas Gruenbacher and Jan Kara discovered...

USN-3145-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3145-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Marco Grassi discovered that the driver for Areca RAID Controllers in the Linux kernel...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2016:2912-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 kernel was updated to 3.12.67 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2016-7042: The prockeysshow function in security/keys/proc.c in the Linux kernel used an incorrect buffer size for certain timeout data, which allowe...

openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2016-1227) (Dirty COW)

The openSUSE 13.2 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2015-8956: The rfcommsockbind function in net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service...

openSUSE: Security Advisory for kernel (openSUSE-SU-2016:2625-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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...

Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

The openSUSE 13.2 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2015-8956: The rfcommsockbind function in net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service...

openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2016-1212) (Dirty COW)

The openSUSE Leap 42.1 kernel was updated to 4.1.34, fixing bugs and security issues. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2016-5195: A local privilege escalation using MAPPRIVATE was fixed, which is reportedly exploited in the wild bsc1004418. - CVE-2016-8658: Stack-based buffer overfl...

openSUSE: Security Advisory for kernel (openSUSE-SU-2016:2583-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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...

Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

The openSUSE Leap 42.1 kernel was updated to 4.1.34, fixing bugs and security issues. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2016-5195: A local privilege escalation using MAPPRIVATE was fixed, which is reportedly exploited in the wild bsc1004418. - CVE-2016-8658: Stack-based buffer overflo...

CVE-2016-8658

Stack-based buffer overflow in the brcmfcfg80211startap function in drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c in the Linux kernel before 4.7.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long SSID Information Eleme...