UBUNTU-CVE-2012-4398

The requestmodule function in kernel/kmod.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4 does not set a certain killable attribute, which allows local users to cause a denial of service memory consumption via a crafted application...

Code injection

Tunnelblick 3.3beta20 and earlier relies on argv0 to determine the name of an appropriate 1 kernel module pathname or 2 executable file pathname, which allows local users to gain privileges via an execl system call...

CVE-2012-3485

Tunnelblick 3.3beta20 and earlier relies on argv0 to determine the name of an appropriate 1 kernel module pathname or 2 executable file pathname, which allows local users to gain privileges via an execl system call...

CVE-2012-3485

CVE-2012-3485 affects Tunnelblick 3.3beta20 and earlier. The root cause is that the launcher relies on argv[0] to determine the name of an appropriate kernel module or executable pathname, enabling a local attacker to gain privileges via an execl system call. Public references and connected docum...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20120529)

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issue : - It was found that the datalen parameter of the sockallocsendpskb function in the Linux kernel's networking implementation was not validated before use. A local...

Scientific Linux Security Update : yum on SL5.x i386/x86_64

This updated yum package fixes the following bugs : - The kernel module plugin has been updated to deal with the situation where both a package that has a kernel module such as openafs is being updated at the same time that a kernel is being updated, while an old kernel is being removed. - string...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kvm on SL5.x x86_64

It was found that some structure padding and reserved fields in certain data structures in QEMU-KVM were not initialized properly before being copied to user-space. A privileged host user with access to '/dev/kvm' could use this flaw to leak kernel stack memory to user-space. CVE-2010-3881 This...

Scientific Linux Security Update : yum on SL5.x i386/x86_64

This updated yum package fixes the following bugs : - The nightly yum.cron will spew out alot of information during the add-ons section. The logging level for these information messages was turned up so that it doesn't happen during yum.cron - The kernel-module plugin now detects when yum has...

Scientific Linux Security Update : conga on SL5.x i386/x86_64

A flaw was found in ricci during a code audit. A remote attacker who is able to connect to ricci could cause ricci to temporarily refuse additional connections, a denial of service CVE-2007-4136. Fixes in this updated package include : - The nodename is now set for manual fencing. - The node log ...

Scientific Linux Security Update : openafs on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

Double free vulnerability in the Rx server process in OpenAFS 1.4.14, 1.4.12, 1.4.7, and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors. CVE-2011-0430 The afslinuxlock function in afs/LINUX/osivnodeops.c in the kernel...

Scientific Linux Security Update : systemtap on SL5.x i386/x86_64

It was discovered that staprun did not properly sanitize the environment before executing the modprobe command to load an additional kernel module. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges. CVE-2010-4170 It was discovered that staprun did not check if the module...

CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2012:0480 centos5

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2012:0480 centos5 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under th...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1386-1)

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 Update for linux-lts-backport-maverick USN-1387-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1387-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN13871.nasl 7960 2017-12-01 06:58:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux-lts-backport-maverick USN-1387-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH,...

USN-1386-1: Linux kernel (Natty backport) vulnerabilities

The linux kernel did not properly account for PTE pages when deciding which task to kill in out of memory conditions. A local, unprivileged could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service. CVE-2011-2498 A flaw was discovered in the TOMOYO LSM's handling of mount system calls. An unprivileged...

Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1361-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1361-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN13611.nasl 7960 2017-12-01 06:58:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1361-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This...

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

Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue and three bugs are now available for 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 severity...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1329-1)

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 Update for linux-ti-omap4 USN-1329-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1329-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN13291.nasl 7960 2017-12-01 06:58:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux-ti-omap4 USN-1329-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.n...

USN-1329-1 : linux-ti-omap4 vulnerability

Han-Wen Nienhuys reported a flaw in the FUSE kernel module. A local user who can mount a FUSE file system could cause a denial of service. This script was automatically generated from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1329-1. It is released under the Nessus Script Licence. Ubuntu Security Notices are C...