Denial Of Service (DoS)

kernel is vulnerable to denial of service. A memory leak in the inotifyinit system call. In some cases, it could leak a group, which could allow a local, unprivileged user to eventually cause a denial of service...

Ubuntu Update for linux-ti-omap4 USN-1394-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1394-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN13941.nasl 7960 2017-12-01 06:58:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux-ti-omap4 USN-1394-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.n...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1394-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 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...

USN-1394-1 : Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

Aristide Fattori and Roberto Paleari reported a flaw in the Linux kernel's handling of IPv4 icmp packets. A remote user could exploit this to cause a denial of service. CVE-2011-1927 Vegard Nossum discovered a leak in the kernel's inotifyinit system call. A local, unprivileged user could exploit...

USN-1187-1: Linux kernel (Maverick backport) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that KVM did not correctly initialize certain CPU registers. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2010-3698 Thomas Pollet discovered that the RDS network protocol did not check certain iovec buffers. A local attacker could...

RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2011:0498)

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues, various bugs, and add an enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, whic...

USN-1081-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that KVM did not correctly initialize certain CPU registers. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2010-3698 Thomas Pollet discovered that the RDS network protocol did not check certain iovec buffers. A local attacker could...

Ubuntu 10.10 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1081-1)

It was discovered that KVM did not correctly initialize certain CPU registers. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2010-3698 Thomas Pollet discovered that the RDS network protocol did not check certain iovec buffers. A local attacker could...

Linux Kernel 2.6.x - 'inotify_init()' Memory Leak Local Denial of Service

/ source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45036/info The Linux kernel is prone to a local denial-of-service vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this issue to cause an out-of-memory condition, denying service to legitimate users. / include include int mainint argc, char argv int fds2; /...

Linux Kernel 2.6.x - inotify_init() Memory Leak Local Denial of Service

Linux Kernel 2.6.x - inotifyinit Memory Leak Local Denial of Service / source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45036/info The Linux kernel is prone to a local denial-of-service vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this issue to cause an out-of-memory condition, denying service to legitimate...