Debian DSA-3259-1 : qemu - security update (Venom)

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the qemu virtualisation solution : - CVE-2014-9718 It was discovered that the IDE controller emulation is susceptible to denial of service. - CVE-2015-1779 Daniel P. Berrange discovered a denial of service vulnerability in the VNC web socket decoder. -...

RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2014:0900)

Updated kernel packages that fix three security issues and one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Extended Update Support. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which...

[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: kfloppy-4.14.1-1.fc20

KFloppy is a utility that provides a straightforward graphical means to format 3.5" and 5.25" floppy disks...

Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2014-0981)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-0981 advisory. - netdrv pppol2tp: fail when socket option level is not SOLPPPOL2TP 1119461 1119462 CVE-2014-4943 - kernel utrace: force IRET path after...

Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2014-0786)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-0786 advisory. - fs aio: fix plug memory disclosure and fix reqsactive accounting backport Jeff Moyer 1094604 1094605 CVE-2014-0206 - fs aio: plug memory disclosure a...

kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

3.10.0-123.4.2 - Oracle Linux certificates Alexey Petrenko 3.10.0-123.4.2 - fs aio: fix plug memory disclosure and fix reqsactive accounting backport Jeff Moyer 1094604 1094605 CVE-2014-0206 - fs aio: plug memory disclosure and fix reqsactive accounting Mateusz Guzik 1094604 1094605 CVE-2014-0206...

kernel: block: floppy: privilege escalation via FDRAWCMD floppy ioctl command

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's floppy driver handled user space provided data in certain error code paths while processing FDRAWCMD IOCTL commands. A local user with write access to /dev/fdX could use this flaw to free using the kfree function arbitrary kernel memory. CVE-2014-173...

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

Updated kernel packages that fix three security issues and one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Extended Update Support. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which...

kernel: block: floppy: privilege escalation via FDRAWCMD floppy ioctl command

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's floppy driver handled user space provided data in certain error code paths while processing FDRAWCMD IOCTL commands. A local user with write access to /dev/fdX could use this flaw to free using the kfree function arbitrary kernel memory. CVE-2014-173...

S.u.S.E. 4.x/5.x/6.x/7.0,Slackware 3.x/4.0,Turbolinux 6,OpenLinux 7.0 fdmount Buffer Overflow (3)

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1239/info A buffer overflow exists in the 0.8 version of the fdmount program, distributed with a number of popular versions of Linux. By supplying a large, well crafted buffer containing machine executable code in place o...

Sun Java Plug-In 1.4 Unauthorized Java Applet Floppy Access Weakness

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8867/info A weakness has been reported in Java implementations that may constitute unauthorized access by Java applets to floppy devices. This weakness appears to present a flaw in the Java security model. This issue was...

S.u.S.E. 4.x/5.x/6.x/7.0,Slackware 3.x/4.0,Turbolinux 6,OpenLinux 7.0 fdmount Buffer Overflow (1)

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1239/info A buffer overflow exists in the 0.8 version of the fdmount program, distributed with a number of popular versions of Linux. By supplying a large, well crafted buffer containing machine executable code in place o...

S.u.S.E. 4.x/5.x/6.x/7.0,Slackware 3.x/4.0,Turbolinux 6,OpenLinux 7.0 fdmount Buffer Overflow (2)

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1239/info A buffer overflow exists in the 0.8 version of the fdmount program, distributed with a number of popular versions of Linux. By supplying a large, well crafted buffer containing machine executable code in place o...

USN-2260-1: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's pseudo tty pty device. An unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or potentially gain administrator privileges. CVE-2014-0196 Pinkie Pie discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's futex subsystem. An unprivileged...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 Long Life. 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 severity...

kernel: block: floppy: privilege escalation via FDRAWCMD floppy ioctl command

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's floppy driver handled user space provided data in certain error code paths while processing FDRAWCMD IOCTL commands. A local user with write access to /dev/fdX could use this flaw to free using the kfree function arbitrary kernel memory. CVE-2014-173...

kernel: block: floppy: privilege escalation via FDRAWCMD floppy ioctl command

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's floppy driver handled user space provided data in certain error code paths while processing FDRAWCMD IOCTL commands. A local user with write access to /dev/fdX could use this flaw to free using the kfree function arbitrary kernel memory. CVE-2014-173...

kernel: block: floppy: privilege escalation via FDRAWCMD floppy ioctl command

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's floppy driver handled user space provided data in certain error code paths while processing FDRAWCMD IOCTL commands. A local user with write access to /dev/fdX could use this flaw to free using the kfree function arbitrary kernel memory. CVE-2014-173...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix three security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 Extended Update Support. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detaile...

kernel: block: floppy: privilege escalation via FDRAWCMD floppy ioctl command

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's floppy driver handled user space provided data in certain error code paths while processing FDRAWCMD IOCTL commands. A local user with write access to /dev/fdX could use this flaw to free using the kfree function arbitrary kernel memory. CVE-2014-173...