kernel: ext3: format string issues

fs/ext3/super.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.4 uses incorrect arguments to functions in certain circumstances related to printk input, which allows local users to conduct format-string attacks and possibly gain privileges via a crafted application...

DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6549

The isofsexportencodefh function in fs/isofs/export.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory via a crafted application...

UBUNTU-CVE-2012-6541

The ccid3hctxgetsockopt function in net/dccp/ccids/ccid3.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not initialize a certain structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application...

Design/Logic Flaw

The kernel in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, Windows 7 Gold and SP1, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and Windows RT does not properly handle objects in memory, which allows local users to gain privileges via a...

PT-2013-2059 · Microsoft · Windows

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Microsoft Windows versions prior to the fixed version Description: The issue arises from the improper handling of window broadcast messages by the Windows kernel, allowing local users to gain privileges via a crafted application. This could...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1677-1)

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...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1652-1)

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...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux vulnerability (USN-1651-1)

Rodrigo Freire discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's TCP illinois congestion control algorithm. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has...

Apple Patches Kernel, Passcode Lock and WebKit Flaws in iOS 6.0.1

A little more than a month out from the release of iOS 6, which in addition to new functionality addressed almost 200 security vulnerabilities, Apple pushed out iOS 6.0.1 yesterday that repaired four new critical security issues. The most serious seems to be a kernel flaw discovered by researcher...

DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3430

The rdsrecvmsg function in net/rds/recv.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0.44 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a 1 recvfrom or 2 recvmsg system call on an RDS socket...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL4.x i386/x86_64

A flaw was found in the handling of IEEE 802.11 frames, which affected several wireless LAN modules. In certain situations, a remote attacker could trigger this flaw by sending a malicious packet over a wireless network, causing a denial of service kernel crash. CVE-2007-4997, Important A memory...

Design/Logic Flaw

The robust futex implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28 does not properly handle processes that make exec system calls, which allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges by writing to a memory location in a child process...

UBUNTU-CVE-2012-2123

The capbprmsetcreds function in security/commoncap.c in the Linux kernel before 3.3.3 does not properly handle the use of file system capabilities aka fcaps for implementing a privileged executable file, which allows local users to bypass intended personality restrictions via a crafted applicatio...

Design/Logic Flaw

The kernel in Apple iOS before 5.1 does not properly handle debug system calls, which allows remote attackers to bypass sandbox restrictions and execute arbitrary code via a crafted program...

kernel: rpc task leak after flock()ing NFS share

The Network Lock Manager NLM protocol implementation in the NFS client functionality in the Linux kernel before 3.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service system hang via a LOCKUN flock system call...

Microsoft Releases Workaround For Kernel Flaw Used By Duqu

Microsoft has released a workaround for the Windows kernel zero-day vulnerability exploited by the Duqu malware, and said that it is working on a permanent patch, but didn’t specify a timeline for its release. The vulnerability is a serious one that can lead to remote code execution on vulnerable...

Ubuntu 11.04 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1193-1)

Timo Warns discovered that the GUID partition parsing routines did not correctly validate certain structures. A local attacker with physical access could plug in a specially crafted block device to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2011-1577 Phil Oester discovered that the...

PT-2011-3513 · Microsoft · Windows Vista Sp2 +5

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Windows Vista SP2 Windows Server 2008 SP2 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Windows 7 Gold Windows 7 SP1 Description: A denial of service issue exists due to improper parsing of file metadata by the kernel. This allows local...

kernel: possible kernel oops from user MSS

The dotcpsetsockopt function in net/ipv4/tcp.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 does not properly restrict TCPMAXSEG aka MSS values, which allows local users to cause a denial of service OOPS via a setsockopt call that specifies a small value, leading to a divide-by-zero error or incorrect u...

kernel: missing tty ops write function presence check in hci_uart_tty_open()

The hciuartttyopen function in the HCI UART driver drivers/bluetooth/hcildisc.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.36, and possibly other versions, does not verify whether the tty has a write operation, which allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference via vectors related to the...