Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2010-0610)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2010-0610 advisory. - fs xfs: don't let swapext operate on write-only files Jiri Pirko 605160 605161 CVE-2010-2226 - fs nfs: fix bug in nfsd4 readbuf Jiri Olsa 612034 6120...

Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2011-1386)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2011-1386 advisory. - Revert: xen passthrough: block VT-d MSI trap injection Paolo Bonzini 716301 716302 CVE-2011-1898 - net bridge: fix use after free in brdeliver Amerig...

Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2011-2037)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2011-2037 advisory. - netdrv be2net: Merge fixes for CVE-2011-3347 Joe Jin Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux securit...

Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2012-0150)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2012-0150 advisory. - fs jbd2: clear BHDelay & BHUnwritten in journalunmapbuffer Eric Sandeen 783284 CVE-2011-4086 - fs epoll: workarounds to preserve kernel ABI Jason Baron 681692...

Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2012-2022)

Description of changes: Avoid bug caused by corrupted Ext4 filesystem. When mounting an ext4 filesystem, the kernel was not checking for zero length extents. This would cause a BUGON assertion failure in the log. NULL pointer dereference in the SCSI subsystem. A NULL dereference may occur if a SC...

Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2012-2048)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2012-2048 advisory. - ext4: fix undefined behavior in ext4fillflexinfo Xi Wang orabug 16020245 CVE-2012-2100 - Divide by zero in TCP congestion control Algorithm Jespe...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux-ec2 vulnerabilities (USN-1900-1)

Dmitry Monakhov reported a race condition flaw the Linux ext4 filesystem that can expose stale data. An unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to cause an information leak. CVE-2012-4508 An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel's tkill and tgkill system calls when used from compa...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1899-1)

Dmitry Monakhov reported a race condition flaw the Linux ext4 filesystem that can expose stale data. An unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to cause an information leak. CVE-2012-4508 An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel's tkill and tgkill system calls when used from compa...

USN-1899-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Dmitry Monakhov reported a race condition flaw the Linux ext4 filesystem that can expose stale data. An unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to cause an information leak. CVE-2012-4508 Dave Jones discovered that the Linux kernel's socket subsystem does not correctly ensure the keepalive acti...

CentOS 5 : kernel (CESA-2010:0723)

Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed...

Linux Kernel 3.0.5 - test_root() Local Denial of Service

Linux Kernel 3.0.5 - testroot Local Denial of Service / source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60586/info The Linux Kernel is prone to a local denial-of-service vulnerability. Local attackers can exploit this issue to trigger an infinite loop which may cause denial-of-service conditions. / / P...

Linux Kernel 3.0.5 - 'test_root()' Local Denial of Service

/ source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60586/info The Linux Kernel is prone to a local denial-of-service vulnerability. Local attackers can exploit this issue to trigger an infinite loop which may cause denial-of-service conditions. / / PoC - kernel include include include include include...

Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2668-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 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...

CVE-2013-2015

The ext4orphandel function in fs/ext4/namei.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.3 does not properly handle orphan-list entries for non-journal filesystems, which allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service system hang via a crafted filesystem on removable media, as demonstrate...

UBUNTU-CVE-2013-2015

The ext4orphandel function in fs/ext4/namei.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.3 does not properly handle orphan-list entries for non-journal filesystems, which allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service system hang via a crafted filesystem on removable media, as demonstrate...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux-lts-backport-maverick vulnerabilities (USN-1083-1)

Dan Rosenberg discovered that the RDS network protocol did not correctly check certain parameters. A local attacker could exploit this gain root privileges. CVE-2010-3904 Nelson Elhage discovered several problems with the Acorn Econet protocol driver. A local user could cause a denial of service...

CVE-2011-3638

fs/ext4/extents.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0 does not mark a modified extent as dirty in certain cases of extent splitting, which allows local users to cause a denial of service system crash via vectors involving ext4 umount and mount operations...

Code injection

fs/ext4/extents.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0 does not mark a modified extent as dirty in certain cases of extent splitting, which allows local users to cause a denial of service system crash via vectors involving ext4 umount and mount operations...

CVE-2011-3638

fs/ext4/extents.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0 does not mark a modified extent as dirty in certain cases of extent splitting, which allows local users to cause a denial of service system crash via vectors involving ext4 umount and mount operations...

kernel, perf, python security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2013:0496 Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues, address several hundred bugs, and add numerous enhancements are now available as part of the ongoing support and maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 6. This is the fourth...