Debian Security Advisory DSA 2325-1 (kfreebsd-8)

The remote host is missing an update to kfreebsd-8 announced via advisory DSA 2325-1. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb23251.nasl 6612 2017-07-07 12:08:03Z cfischer $ Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 2325-1 kfreebsd-8 Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2012 E-Soft Inc...

Debian DSA-2325-1 : kfreebsd-8 - privilege escalation/denial of service

Buffer overflow in the 'Linux emulation' support in FreeBSD kernel allows local users to cause a denial of service panic and possibly execute arbitrary code by calling the bind system call with a long path for a UNIX-domain socket, which is not properly handled when the address is used by other...