Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2010-0046)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2010-0046 advisory. - firewire ohci: handle receive packets with zero data Jay Fenlason 547241 547242 CVE-2009-4138 - fs respect flag in docoredump Danny Feng 544188 54418...

Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2012-0862)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2012-0862 advisory. - security fix compile error in commoncap.c Eric Paris 806726 CVE-2012-2123 - security fcaps: clear the same personality flags as suid when fcaps are...

Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2011-2025)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2011-2025 advisory. - Apply new fix for CVE-2011-1576. - net: Fix memory leak/corruption on VLAN GRODROP CVE-2011-1576 - iommu-api: Extension to check for interrupt...

Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2012-1580)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2012-1580 advisory. - net fix divide by zero in tcp algorithm illinois Flavio Leitner 871920 866514 CVE-2012-4565 - net nfs: Fix buffer overflow checking in...

Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2010-0839)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2010-0839 advisory. - net rds: fix local privilege escalation Eugene Teo 642897 642898 CVE-2010-3904 - misc futex: replace LOCKPREFIX in futex.h Peter Zijlstra 633175 6331...

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-2011-0833)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2011-0833 advisory. - scsi mpt2sas: prevent heap overflows and unchecked access Tomas Henzl 694526 694527 CVE-2011-1495 CVE-2011-1494 - net bridge/netfilter: fix ebtables...

Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2012-1445)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2012-1445 advisory. - Revert: x86 mm: randomize SHLIBBASE Dave Anderson 804953 804954 CVE-2012-1568 - fs ext4: fix undefined bit shift result in ext4fillflexinfo Eric Sandeen 80968...

Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2011-0421)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2011-0421 advisory. - fs Revert 'fs inotify: stop kernel memory leak on file creation failure' Eric Paris 656831 656832 CVE-2010-4250 - dvb kernel: av7110 negative array...

Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2011-0004)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2011-0004 advisory. - virt xen: fix netback hotplug regression in xenbus fix Laszlo Ersek 636412 635999 CVE-2010-3699 - misc posix-cpu-timers: workaround for mt exec...

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...

kernel security and bug fix update

kernel 2.6.18-348.12.1.0.1 - oprofile x86, mm: Add getuserpagesfast orabug 14277030 - oprofile export getuserpagesfast function orabug 14277030 - oprofile oprofile, x86: Fix nmi-unsafe callgraph support orabug 14277030 - oprofile oprofile: use KMNMI slot for kmapatomic orabug 14277030 - oprofile...

kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

2.6.32-358.11.1 - kernel perf: fix perfsweventenabled array out-of-bound access Petr Matousek 962793 962794 CVE-2013-2094 2.6.32-358.10.1 - scsi be2iscsi : Fix the NOP-In handling code path Nikola Pajkovsky 955504 947550 - scsi be2iscsi: Fix memory leak in control path of driver Rob Evers 955504...

PT-2013-3582

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL 6 kernel package versions prior to 2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 Description The issue is related to a problem in the do filp open function in fs/namei.c, where failure to obtain write permissions is not handled properly...

CVE-2011-1585

The cifsfindsmbses function in fs/cifs/connect.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not properly determine the associations between users and sessions, which allows local users to bypass CIFS share authentication by leveraging a mount of a share by a different user...

CVE-2011-1585

Technical details for CVE-2011-1585 are not publicly provided in the supplied connected documents. Monitor for updates from vendor advisories or security bulletins to obtain affected products, impact, and fixes.

CVE-2013-2148: Undefined Security Weakness

The filleventmetadata function in fs/notify/fanotify/fanotifyuser.c in the Linux kernel through 3.9.4 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a read operation on the fanotify descriptor...

Mesa: Memory corruption (OOB read/write) on intel drivers

The Intel drivers in Mesa 8.0.x and 9.0.x allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service reachable assertion and crash and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving 3d graphics that trigger an out-of-bounds array access, related to the fsvisitor::removedeadconstants...

kernel: security and bugfix update (important)

The openSUSE 12.1 kernel was updated to fix a severe secrutiy issue and various bugs. Security issues fixed: CVE-2013-2094: The perfsweventinit function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel used an incorrect integer data type, which allowed local users to gain privileges via a crafted...

Race condition

Race condition in the smbsendrqst function in fs/cifs/transport.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and OOPS or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving a reconnection event...