USN-2221-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Matthew Daley reported an information leak in the floppy disk driver of the Linux kernel. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory. CVE-2014-1738 Matthew Daley reported a flaw in the handling of ioctl commands by the floppy...

openSUSE: Security Advisory for kernel (openSUSE-SU-2014:0678-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 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...

Updated kernel-vserver packages fix multiple vulnerabilities

Updated kernel-vserver provides upstream 3.10.40 kernel and fixes the following security issues: The microcode on AMD 16h 00h through 0Fh processors does not properly handle the interaction between locked instructions and write-combined memory types, which allows local users to cause a denial of...

kernel: security and bugfix update (important)

This Linux kernel security update fixes various security issues and bugs. The Linux Kernel was updated to fix various security issues and bugs. Main security issues fixed: A security issue in the tty layer that was fixed that could be used by local attackers for code execution CVE-2014-0196. Two...

kernel: security and bugfix update (important)

The Linux Kernel was updated to fix various security issues and bugs. Main security issues fixed: A security issue in the tty layer that was fixed that could be used by local attackers for code execution CVE-2014-0196. Two security issues in the floppy driver were fixed that could be used by loca...

Debian DSA-2928-1 : linux-2.6 - privilege escalation/denial of service/information leak

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service, information leak or privilege escalation. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2014-0196 Jiri Slaby discovered a race condition in the pty...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2928-1 (linux-2.6 - privilege escalation/denial of service/information leak)

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service, information leak or privilege escalation. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2014-0196 Jiri Slaby discovered a race condition in the pty laye...

DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1737

The rawcmdcopyin function in drivers/block/floppy.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.3 does not properly handle error conditions during processing of an FDRAWCMD ioctl call, which allows local users to trigger kfree operations and gain privileges by leveraging write access to a /dev/fd device...

DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1738

The rawcmdcopyout function in drivers/block/floppy.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.3 does not properly restrict access to certain pointers during processing of an FDRAWCMD ioctl call, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging write access to...

CVE-2014-1737

The rawcmdcopyin function in drivers/block/floppy.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.3 does not properly handle error conditions during processing of an FDRAWCMD ioctl call, which allows local users to trigger kfree operations and gain privileges by leveraging write access to a /dev/fd device...

UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1738

The rawcmdcopyout function in drivers/block/floppy.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.3 does not properly restrict access to certain pointers during processing of an FDRAWCMD ioctl call, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging write access to...

UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1737

The rawcmdcopyin function in drivers/block/floppy.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.3 does not properly handle error conditions during processing of an FDRAWCMD ioctl call, which allows local users to trigger kfree operations and gain privileges by leveraging write access to a /dev/fd device...

CVE-2014-1738

The rawcmdcopyout function in drivers/block/floppy.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.3 does not properly restrict access to certain pointers during processing of an FDRAWCMD ioctl call, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging write access to...

[oss-security] Linux kernel floppy ioctl kernel code execution

Hi, As this was posted to linux-distros, and was supposed to be made public earlier this week, but so far wasn't published on oss-sec ... Reported by Matthew Daley to [email protected]. There apparently exists a proof of concept root exploit, that allows local users with access to a floppy devi...

PT-2014-1007 · Linux +5 · Linux Kernel +5

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions through 3.14.3 Description: The issue is related to the raw cmd copyin function in drivers/block/floppy.c, which does not properly handle error conditions during processing of an FDRAWCMD ioctl call. This allows local...

SuSE Update for kernel openSUSE-SU-2014:0205-1 (kernel)

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbsuse201402051.nasl 8044 2017-12-08 08:32:49Z santu $ SuSE Update for kernel openSUSE-SU-2014:0205-1 kernel Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright C 2014 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program i...

openSUSE: Security Advisory for kernel (openSUSE-SU-2014:0205-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 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...

ESXi 5.0 < Build 702118 Multiple Vulnerabilities (remote check)

The remote VMware ESXi 5.0 host is affected by the following security vulnerabilities : - An error exists related to NFS traffic handling that could allow memory corruption leading to execution of arbitrary code. CVE-2012-2448 - Out-of-bounds write errors exist related to virtual floppy disc...

Fedora Update for kfloppy FEDORA-2013-13499

Check for the Version of kfloppy OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for kfloppy FEDORA-2013-13499 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the...

Fedora Update for kfloppy FEDORA-2013-13112

Check for the Version of kfloppy OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for kfloppy FEDORA-2013-13112 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the...