Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3234-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3234-1 advisory. Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the ext4 implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate meta block groups. An attacker with physical access...

USN-3234-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the ext4 implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate meta block groups. An attacker with physical access could use this to specially craft an ext4 image that causes a denial of service system crash. CVE-2016-10208 It was discovered that the Linux...

slocate 2.5/2.6 - Local Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6676/info A vulnerability has been discovered in slocate. It has been reported that a buffer overrun occurs when running the slocate program with command line arguments of excessive length. Specifically, it is possible to...

tmux privilege escalation

Elevated group privileges are not dropped...

gpm-root fails to correctly release GID 0 membership for user defined menus

Overview gpm-root does not properly drop group privileges. Local users can gain group privileges by starting a utility from gpm-root. The gpm package is usually included in Linux distributions, and can be started from the command line or in the startup script /etc/rc.d/rc.local. Description gpm...