Oracle Linux 8 : kernel (ELSA-2022-9496)

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2022-9496 advisory. - debug: lockdown kgdb Orabug: 34270802 CVE-2022-21499 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory...

Malicious code in advanced-wp-debugger (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware fef1ec84f4bb1ea8fbe94dcf92aaf76599a7124588be3dd18e000aff7b89c0e2 Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be...

Malicious code in debugger-evil-lib (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware 60c944bf3379b2fdf578e9176fed770942b3a07f717997aa5ce5cdf8689fcbe7 Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be...

Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2022-9495)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2022-9495 advisory. 3.10.0-1160.66.1.0.2.el7 - debug: lock down kgdb Orabug: 34270798 CVE-2022-21499 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle...

Privilege Escalation

linux is vulnerable to privilege escalation. The vulnerability exists due to a lack of sanitization of access to the kernel debugger when booted in secure boot environments allowing an attacker to bypass UEFI Secure Boot restrictions...

CVE-2022-21499

A flaw was found in the kernel/debug/debugcore.c in the Linux kernel in lockdown mode. This flaw allows an attacker with local access to trigger the debugger, bypass lockdown and write anonymously. Mitigation Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don...

CVE-2022-21499

KGDB and KDB allow read and write access to kernel memory, and thus should be restricted during lockdown. An attacker with access to a serial port could trigger the debugger so it is important that the debugger respect the lockdown mode when/if it is triggered. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.7...

CVE-2022-21499

KGDB and KDB allow read and write access to kernel memory, and thus should be restricted during lockdown. An attacker with access to a serial port could trigger the debugger so it is important that the debugger respect the lockdown mode when/if it is triggered. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.7...

CVE-2022-21499

KGDB and KDB allow read and write access to kernel memory, and thus should be restricted during lockdown. An attacker with access to a serial port could trigger the debugger so it is important that the debugger respect the lockdown mode when/if it is triggered. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.7...

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-21499

KGDB and KDB allow read and write access to kernel memory, and thus should be restricted during lockdown. An attacker with access to a serial port could trigger the debugger so it is important that the debugger respect the lockdown mode when/if it is triggered. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.7...

Design/Logic Flaw

KGDB and KDB allow read and write access to kernel memory, and thus should be restricted during lockdown. An attacker with access to a serial port could trigger the debugger so it is important that the debugger respect the lockdown mode when/if it is triggered. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.7...

CVE-2022-21499

CVE-2022-21499: KGDB/KDB can read/write kernel memory if lockdown is triggered; attacker with serial-port access could trigger debugger. Connected advisories reiter the risk and note the need to ensure lockdown mode is respected, but do not specify a patched version or remediation beyond that. Th...

CVE-2022-21499

KGDB and KDB allow read and write access to kernel memory, and thus should be restricted during lockdown. An attacker with access to a serial port could trigger the debugger so it is important that the debugger respect the lockdown mode when/if it is triggered. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.7...

CVE-2022-21499

KGDB and KDB allow read and write access to kernel memory, and thus should be restricted during lockdown. An attacker with access to a serial port could trigger the debugger so it is important that the debugger respect the lockdown mode when/if it is triggered. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.7...

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities (USN-5471-1)

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5471-1 advisory. It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly restrict access to the kernel debugger when booted in secure boot environments. A privileged...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5465-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5465-1 advisory. It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly restrict access to the kernel debugger when booted in secure boot environments. A privileged...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities (USN-5470-1)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5470-1 advisory. It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly restrict access to the kernel debugger when booted in secure boot environments. A privileged attacker cou...

LSN-0086-1: Kernel Live Patch Security Notice

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the network scheduling subsystem of the Linux kernel, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.CVE-2021-39713 Yiqi Sun and Kevin Wang...

GtkRadiant 1.6.6 Buffer Overflow

===== Intro ===== GtkRadiant is a cross-platform level editor software for idtech game engines such as Quake. It comes with data authoring tools and a BSP map compiler called q3map2 which parses MAP files. The code has been around for a long time and uses unsafe string copy and format functions. ...

Updated kernel packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel update is based on upstream 5.15.43 and fixes at least the following security issues: A race condition in the perf subsystem allows for a local privilege escalation. NOTE: Mageia kernels by default has disabled the perf usage for unprivileged users, effectively rendering this...