Scientific Linux Security Update : xen on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20161220)

Security Fixes : - An out of bounds array access issue was found in the Xen virtual machine monitor, built with the QEMU ioport support. It could occur while doing ioport read/write operations, if guest was to supply a 32bit address parameter. A privileged guest user/process could use this flaw t...

kernel security and bug fix update

kernel - 2.6.18-417.0.0.0.1 - netfront fix ring buffer index go back led vif stop orabug 18272251 - net fix tcptrimhead James Li orabug 14512145, 19219078 - ocfs2: dlm: fix recovery hung Junxiao Bi orabug 13956772 - i386: fix MTRR code Zhenzhong Duan orabug 15862649 - oprofile x86, mm: Add...

Scientific Linux Security Update : expat on SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20161128)

Security Fixes : - An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the way Expat processed certain input. A remote attacker could send specially crafted XML that, when parsed by an application using the Expat library, would cause that application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the...

Scientific Linux Security Update : sudo on SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20161206)

Security Fixes : - It was discovered that the sudo noexec restriction could have been bypassed if application run via sudo executed system, popen, or wordexp C library functions with a user-supplied argument. A local user permitted to run such application via sudo with noexec restriction could us...

FreeBSD-SA-16:36.telnetd

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 ============================================================================= FreeBSD-SA-16:36.telnetd Security Advisory The FreeBSD Project Topic: Possible login1 argument injection in telnetd8 Category: core Module: telnetd Announced: 2016-12-06...

Linux Kernel 4.6.3 Netfilter Privilege Escalation Exploit

This Metasploit module attempts to exploit a netfilter bug on Linux Kernels before 4.6.3, and currently only works against Ubuntu 16.04 not 16.04.1 with kernel 4.4.0-21-generic. Several conditions have to be met for successful exploitation. This module requires Metasploit:...

Scientific Linux Security Update : policycoreutils on SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64

Security Fixes : - It was found that the sandbox tool provided in policycoreutils was vulnerable to a TIOCSTI ioctl attack. A specially crafted program executed via the sandbox command could use this flaw to execute arbitrary commands in the context of the parent shell, escaping the sandbox...

Scientific Linux Security Update : pacemaker on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20161108)

Security Fixes : - An authorization flaw was found in Pacemaker, where it did not properly guard its IPC interface. An attacker with an unprivileged account on a Pacemaker node could use this flaw to, for example, force the Local Resource Manager daemon to execute a script as root and thereby gai...

Scientific Linux Security Update : bind on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20161102)

Security Fixes : - A denial of service flaw was found in the way BIND handled responses containing a DNAME answer. A remote attacker could use this flaw to make named exit unexpectedly with an assertion failure via a specially crafted DNS response. CVE-2016-8864 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable...

Scientific Linux Security Update : bind97 on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20161102)

Security Fixes : - A denial of service flaw was found in the way BIND handled responses containing a DNAME answer. A remote attacker could use this flaw to make named exit unexpectedly with an assertion failure via a specially crafted DNS response. CVE-2016-8864 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20161028) (Dirty COW)

Security Fixes : - A race condition was found in the way the Linux kernel's memory subsystem handled the copy-on-write COW breakage of private read-only memory mappings. An unprivileged, local user could use this flaw to gain write access to otherwise read-only memory mappings and thus increase...

kernel security and bug fix update

kernel - 2.6.18-416.0.0.0.1 - netfront fix ring buffer index go back led vif stop orabug 18272251 - net fix tcptrimhead James Li orabug 14512145, 19219078 - ocfs2: dlm: fix recovery hung Junxiao Bi orabug 13956772 - i386: fix MTRR code Zhenzhong Duan orabug 15862649 - oprofile x86, mm: Add...

Scientific Linux Security Update : bind on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20161020)

Security Fixes : - A denial of service flaw was found in the way BIND handled packets with malformed options. A remote attacker could use this flaw to make named exit unexpectedly with an assertion failure via a specially crafted DNS packet. CVE-2016-2848 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

Scientific Linux Security Update : bind97 on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20161020)

Security Fixes : - A denial of service flaw was found in the way BIND handled packets with malformed options. A remote attacker could use this flaw to make named exit unexpectedly with an assertion failure via a specially crafted DNS packet. CVE-2016-2848 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

Scientific Linux Security Update : thunderbird on SL5.x, SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20161003)

This update upgrades Thunderbird to version 45.4.0. Security Fixes : - Multiple flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running...

Linux Kernel 4.6.3 Netfilter Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

This Metasploit module attempts to exploit a netfilter bug on Linux Kernels befoe 4.6.3, and currently only works against Ubuntu 16.04 not 16.04.1 with kernel 4.4.0-21-generic. Several conditions have to be met for successful exploitation: Ubuntu: 1. iptables.ko ubuntu, iptableraw fedora has to b...

Scientific Linux Security Update : java-1.8.0-openjdk on SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20160720)

Security Fixes : - Multiple flaws were discovered in the Hotspot and Libraries components in OpenJDK. An untrusted Java application or applet could use these flaws to completely bypass Java sandbox restrictions. CVE-2016-3606, CVE-2016-3587, CVE-2016-3598, CVE-2016-3610 - Multiple denial of servi...

Vulnerabilities of the Debian GNU/Linux operating system that allow a remote attacker to compromise the accessibility of protected information

The multiple vulnerabilities in the linux-headers-2.6.18-6-all-i386 package of the Debian GNU/Linux operating system may lead to a violation of the accessibility of protected information. These vulnerabilities can be exploited remotely...

Vulnerabilities in the Debian GNU/Linux operating system that allow a remote attacker to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information

The multiple vulnerabilities in the libc6-dev-i386 package of the Debian GNU/Linux operating system may lead to breaches of the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information. These vulnerabilities can be exploited remotely...

Vulnerabilities in the Debian GNU/Linux operating system that allow a malicious individual to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information

The multiple vulnerabilities in the linux-headers-2.6.18-5-all-i386 package of the Debian GNU/Linux operating system may lead to breaches of the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information...