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

Updated kernel packages that fix three security issues and several bugs 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, which give detailed severit...

UBUNTU-CVE-2013-6409

Debian adequate before 0.8.1, when run by root with the --user option, allows local users to hijack the tty and possibly gain privileges via the TIOCSTI ioctl...

DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4516

The mpgetcount function in drivers/staging/sb105x/sbpcimp.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a TIOCGICOUNT ioctl call...

Amazon Linux AMI : kernel (ALAS-2012-133)

An integer overflow flaw was found in the i915gemdoexecbuffer function in the Intel i915 driver in the Linux kernel. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected 32-bit systems. CVE-2012-2384 , Moderate A memory leak flaw was found in the w...

Oracle Linux 4 : kernel (ELSA-2010-0779)

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2010:0779 : Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System...

Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2011-1849)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2011-1849 advisory. - dm fixing test for NULL pointer testing Paolo Bonzini 752379 752380 CVE-2011-4127 - dm do not forward ioctls from logical volumes to the underlying device Pao...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 10.10 : linux-mvl-dove vulnerabilities (USN-1093-1)

Dan Rosenberg discovered that the RDS network protocol did not correctly check certain parameters. A local attacker could exploit this gain root privileges. CVE-2010-3904 Nelson Elhage discovered several problems with the Acorn Econet protocol driver. A local user could cause a denial of service...

Ubuntu Update for linux-lts-backport-natty USN-1490-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1490-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN14901.nasl 7960 2017-12-01 06:58:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux-lts-backport-natty USN-1490-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH,...

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1493-1)

Stephan Mueller reported a flaw in the Linux kernel's dl2k network driver's handling of ioctls. An unprivileged local user could leverage this flaw to cause a denial of service. CVE-2012-2313 Timo Warns reported multiple flaws in the Linux kernel's hfsplus filesystem. An unprivileged local user...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1474-1)

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...

kernel: agp: insufficient pg_start parameter checking in AGPIOC_BIND and AGPIOC_UNBIND ioctls

The agpgenericremovememory function in drivers/char/agp/generic.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38.5 does not validate a certain start parameter, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service system crash via a crafted AGPIOCUNBIND agpioctl ioctl call, a different...

Ubuntu Update for linux-fsl-imx51 USN-1204-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1204-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN12041.nasl 7964 2017-12-01 07:32:11Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux-fsl-imx51 USN-1204-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH,...

Ubuntu Update for linux-ti-omap4 USN-1202-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1202-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN12021.nasl 7964 2017-12-01 07:32:11Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux-ti-omap4 USN-1202-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.n...

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...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux-lts-backport-maverick vulnerabilities (USN-1187-1)

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...

PT-2011-3345 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.38.6 Description: The issue is related to the agp subsystem in the Linux kernel, which does not properly restrict memory allocation by the AGPIOC RESERVE and AGPIOC ALLOCATE ioctls. This allows local users t...

Ubuntu Update for linux vulnerabilities USN-1105-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1105-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN11051.nasl 7964 2017-12-01 07:32:11Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux vulnerabilities USN-1105-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH,...

Ubuntu Update for linux vulnerabilities USN-1090-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1090-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN10901.nasl 7964 2017-12-01 07:32:11Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux vulnerabilities USN-1090-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH,...

Ubuntu Update for linux, linux-ec2 vulnerabilities USN-1089-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1089-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN10891.nasl 7964 2017-12-01 07:32:11Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux, linux-ec2 vulnerabilities USN-1089-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH,...

Ubuntu Update for linux vulnerabilities USN-1072-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1072-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN10721.nasl 7964 2017-12-01 07:32:11Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux vulnerabilities USN-1072-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH,...