CVE-2011-2717: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component

The DHCPv6 client dhcp6c as used in the dhcpv6 project through 2011-07-25 allows remote DHCP servers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a hostname obtained from a DHCP message...

openSUSE Security Update : sysconfig (openSUSE-2012-74)

Fixed to quote config / interface variables in ifservices script and cleaned up content of the ESSID which gets appended to them by NetworkManager dispatcher hook bnc735394, CVE-2011-4182. Fixed also to return proper exit code 0 in NM dispatcher hooks. - Changed to call ip addr flush in ifdown,...

Oracle Linux 5 : initscripts (ELSA-2012-0312)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2012-0312 advisory. 8.45.42-1.0.1.el5 - Update oracle-enterprise.patch to do detection on /etc/oracle-release and /etc/enterprise-release - Patch x8664 sysctl.conf as well as defau...

initscripts security and bug fix update

8.45.42-1.0.1.el5 - Update oracle-enterprise.patch to do detection on /etc/oracle-release and /etc/enterprise-release - Patch x8664 sysctl.conf as well as default sysctl.conf - Patch sysctl.conf to default rpfilter to loose reverse path filtering has no effect for pre-2.6.32 kernels orabug 102862...