OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2016-0162)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - acpi: Disable ACPI table override if securelevel is set Linn Crosetto Orabug: 25058966 CVE-2016-3699 - aacraid: Check size values after double-fetch from user Dave Carroll Orabug: 25060060 CVE-2016-64...

Critical kernel security update: vulnerability fixes CVE-2016-7910, CVE-2016-7911 (and other), new kernel 2.6.32-042stab120.11

This update provides a new Virtuozzo 6.0 kernel 2.6.32-042stab120.11 based on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 kernel 2.6.32-642.6.1.el6. The new kernel provides security and stability fixes. Vulnerability id: CVE-2016-1583 Stack overflow via ecryptfs and /proc/$pid/environ. It was found that...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

2.6.39-400.290.2 - aacraid: Check size values after double-fetch from user Dave Carroll Orabug: 25060055 CVE-2016-6480 CVE-2016-6480 - audit: fix a double fetch in auditlogsingleexecvearg Paul Moore Orabug: 25059962 CVE-2016-6136 - ecryptfs: don't allow mmap when the lower fs doesn't support it...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

kernel-uek 4.1.12-61.1.19 - acpi: Disable ACPI table override if securelevel is set Linn Crosetto Orabug: 25058966 CVE-2016-3699 - aacraid: Check size values after double-fetch from user Dave Carroll Orabug: 25060060 CVE-2016-6480 CVE-2016-6480 - audit: fix a double fetch in auditlogsingleexecvea...

kernel: Stack overflow via ecryptfs and /proc/$pid/environ

It was found that stacking a file system over procfs in the Linux kernel could lead to a kernel stack overflow due to deep nesting, as demonstrated by mounting ecryptfs over procfs and creating a recursion by mapping /proc/environ. An unprivileged, local user could potentially use this flaw to...

kernel security and bug fix update

2.6.32-642.11.1 - mm close FOLL MAPPRIVATE race Larry Woodman 1385116 1385117 CVE-2016-5195 2.6.32-642.10.1 - scsi fnic: Fix to cleanup aborted IO to avoid device being offlined by mid-layer Maurizio Lombardi 1382620 1341298 2.6.32-642.9.1 - net vlan: Fix FCOEMTU support Maurizio Lombardi 1381592...

Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2016-3636)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2016-3636 advisory. - ecryptfs: forbid opening files without mmap handler Jann Horn Orabug: 24971919 CVE-2016-1583 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directl...

Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2016-3635)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2016-3635 advisory. - sched: panic on corrupted stack end Jann Horn Orabug: 24971921 CVE-2016-1583 - ecryptfs: forbid opening files without mmap handler Jann Horn Orabug:...

OracleVM 3.3 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2016-0155)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - ecryptfs: forbid opening files without mmap handler Jann Horn Orabug: 24971919 CVE-2016-1583 - RDS: IB: fix panic with handlers running post teardown Santosh Shilimkar Orabug: 24395795 %NASLMINLEVEL...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

kernel-uek 3.8.13-118.14.1 - ecryptfs: forbid opening files without mmap handler Jann Horn Orabug: 24971919 CVE-2016-1583 - RDS: IB: fix panic with handlers running post teardown Santosh Shilimkar Orabug: 24395795...

Fedora 23 : ecryptfs-utils (2016-70b5173c05)

ecryptfs-utils updated to 111 - fix ecryptfs-setup-swap improperly configures encrypted swap when using GPT partitioning on a NVMe or MMC drive CVE-2016-6224, rhbz1356828 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system...

[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: ecryptfs-utils-111-1.fc23

eCryptfs is a stacked cryptographic filesystem that ships in Linux kernel versions 2.6.19 and above. This package provides the mount helper and supporting libraries to perform key management and mount functions. Install ecryptfs-utils if you would like to mount eCryptfs...

kernel: Stack overflow via ecryptfs and /proc/$pid/environ

It was found that stacking a file system over procfs in the Linux kernel could lead to a kernel stack overflow due to deep nesting, as demonstrated by mounting ecryptfs over procfs and creating a recursion by mapping /proc/environ. An unprivileged, local user could potentially use this flaw to...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2016:2105-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 kernel was updated to 3.12.62 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2014-9904: The sndcompresscheckinput function in sound/core/compressoffload.c in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly check fo...

Updated kernel-tmb packages fix security vulnerabilities

This update is based on the upstream 4.4.16 kernel and fixes at least theese security issues: nfsd in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 allows local users to bypass intended file-permission restrictions by setting a POSIX ACL, related to nfs2acl.c, nfs3acl.c, and nfs4acl.c. CVE-2016-1237. The...

Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

The openSUSE 13.2 kernel was updated to fix various bugs and security issues. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2016-1583: Prevent the usage of mmap when the lower file system does not allow it. This could have lead to local privilege escalation when ecryptfs-utils was installed and...

Fedora Update for ecryptfs-utils FEDORA-2016-41301e2187

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...

eCryptfs ecryptfs-setup-swap information disclosure vulnerability (CNVD-2016-05533)

eCryptfs Enterprise Cryptographic Filesystem is a set of disk encryption software for encrypted Linux systems maintained by software developers Dustin Kirkland and Tyler Hicks. The software is compatible with POSIX file system level encryption and supports file granularity file or directory...

eCryptfs ecryptfs-setup-swap Information Disclosure Vulnerability

eCryptfs Enterprise Cryptographic Filesystem is a set of disk encryption software for encrypted Linux systems maintained by software developers Dustin Kirkland and Tyler Hicks. The software is compatible with POSIX file system level encryption and supports file granularity file or directory...

CVE-2016-6224

ecryptfs-setup-swap in eCryptfs does not prevent the unencrypted swap partition from activating during boot when using GPT partitioning on a 1 NVMe or 2 MMC drive, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an...