kvm: cat /dev/port in guest cause the host hang

The pitioportread function in the Programmable Interval Timer PIT emulation in i8254.c in KVM 83 does not properly use the pitstate data structure, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service host OS crash or hang by attempting to read the /dev/port file...

kvm: cat /dev/port in guest cause the host hang

The pitioportread function in the Programmable Interval Timer PIT emulation in i8254.c in KVM 83 does not properly use the pitstate data structure, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service host OS crash or hang by attempting to read the /dev/port file...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kvm security and bug fix update

Updated kvm packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. KVM Kernel-based Virtual Machine is a full virtualization solution for...

CentOS 5 : kernel (CESA-2008:0519)

Updated kernel packages that fix various security issues and a bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating...

CentOS 5 : kernel (CESA-2008:0089)

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues and several bugs in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel are now available. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any...

Code injection

Unspecified vulnerability in ia32el aka the IA 32 emulation functionality before 70427022-0.4.2 in SUSE Linux Enterprise SLE 10 SP2 on Itanium IA64 machines allows local users to cause a denial of service system crash via a 32-bit x86 application...

CVE-2009-2707

Unspecified vulnerability in ia32el aka the IA 32 emulation functionality before 70427022-0.4.2 in SUSE Linux Enterprise SLE 10 SP2 on Itanium IA64 machines allows local users to cause a denial of service system crash via a 32-bit x86 application...

VMSA-2008-0018 : VMware Hosted products and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve two security issues

a. A privilege escalation on 32-bit and 64-bit guest operating systems VMware products emulate hardware functions and create the possibility to run guest operating systems. A flaw in the CPU hardware emulation might allow the virtual CPU to incorrectly handle the Trap flag. Exploitation of this...

openSUSE Security Update : kvm (kvm-412)

Rogue VNC clients could make the built in VNC server of kvm run into an infinite loop CVE-2008-2382 An off-by-one bug limited the length of VNC passwords to seven instead of eight CVE-2008-5714 Virtualized guests could potentially execute code on the host by triggering a buffer overflow in the...

openSUSE Security Update : kvm (kvm-412)

Rogue VNC clients could make the built in VNC server of kvm run into an infinite loop CVE-2008-2382 An off-by-one bug limited the length of VNC passwords to seven instead of eight CVE-2008-5714 Virtualized guests could potentially execute code on the host by triggering a buffer overflow in the...

HP-UX Update for Aries PA Emulator HPSBUX02285

Check for the Version of Aries PA Emulator OpenVAS Vulnerability Test HP-UX Update for Aries PA Emulator HPSBUX02285 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify i...

HP-UX Update for Aries PA Emulator HPSBUX02285

Check for the Version of Aries PA Emulator OpenVAS Vulnerability Test HP-UX Update for Aries PA Emulator HPSBUX02285 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify i...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDVSA-2008:105)

The CIFS filesystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22, when Unix extension support is enabled, does not honor the umask of a process, which allows local users to gain privileges. CVE-2007-3740 The drm/i915 component in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22.2, when used with i965G and later chipsets,...

Mandriva Update for kernel MDKSA-2007:195 (kernel)

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Mandriva Update for kernel MDKSA-2007:195 kernel Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under t...

Mandriva Update for kernel MDKSA-2007:195 (kernel)

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Mandriva Update for kernel MDKSA-2007:195 kernel Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under t...

Ubuntu Update for linux-source-2.6.15/17/20 vulnerabilities USN-518-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-518-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN5181.nasl 7969 2017-12-01 09:23:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux-source-2.6.15/17/20 vulnerabilities USN-518-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH...

RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2008:0508-01

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2008:0508-01 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the ter...

RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2008:0089-01

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2008:0089-01 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the ter...

CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2008:0508 centos4 x86_64

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2008:0508 centos4 x8664 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it...

Fedora Update for bochs FEDORA-2007-1153

Check for the Version of bochs OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for bochs FEDORA-2007-1153 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms ...