Linux Kernel File Offset Pointer Handling Memory Disclosure Exploit

Exploit for linux platform in category local exploits =================================================================== Linux Kernel File Offset Pointer Handling Memory Disclosure Exploit =================================================================== / CAN-2004-0415 / gcc -O3 prockmemdump....

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix potential information leaks and a incorrect driver permission for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 are now available. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. Paul Starzetz discovered flaws in the Linux kernel when handling file offset...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDKSA-2004:001)

A flaw in bounds checking in mremap in the Linux kernel versions 2.4.23 and previous was discovered by Paul Starzetz. This flaw may be used to allow a local attacker to obtain root privilege. Another minor information leak in the RTC real time clock routines was fixed as well. All Mandrake Linux...

Fedora Core 1 : kernel-2.4.22-1.2197.nptl (2004-206)

During an audit of the Linux kernel, SUSE discovered a flaw that allowed a user to make unauthorized changes to the group ID of files in certain circumstances. In the 2.4 kernel, as shipped with Fedora Core 1, the only way this could happen is through the kernel nfs server. A user on a system tha...

Fedora Core 1 : kernel-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl (2004-080)

The previous security errata 2.4.22-1.2173 unfortunately contained a bug which made some systems unbootable, due to breakage in the aacraid scsi driver. This update contains no further changes vs 2173. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from...

RHEL 2.1 : kernel (RHSA-2003:408)

Updated kernel packages that address various security vulnerabilities, fix a number of bugs, and update various drivers are now available. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. The execve system call in Linux 2.4.x records the file descriptor of the executable...

RHEL 3 : kernel (RHSA-2004:255)

Updated kernel packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 that fix security vulnerabilities are now available. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. A flaw was found in Linux kernel versions 2.4 and 2.6 for x86 and x8664 that allowed local users to cause a denial of...

RHEL 2.1 : kernel (RHSA-2004:044)

Updated kernel packages are now available that fix a few security issues, an NFS performance issue, and an e1000 driver loading issue introduced in Update 3. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. Alan Cox found issues in the R128 Direct Render Infrastructure that...

kernel security updates

New kernel packages are available for Slackware 9.1 and -current to fix security issues. Also available are new kernel modules packages including alsa-driver, and a new version of the hotplug package for Slackware 9.1 containing some fixes for using 2.4.26 and 2.6.x kernel modules. The most serio...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated IA64 kernel packages are now available that fix a security vulnerability which may allow local users to gain root privileges and other vulnerabilities. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. This kernel updates several important drivers and fixes a number of...

CVE-2003-1040

kmod in the Linux kernel does not set its uid, suid, gid, or sgid to 0, which allows local users to cause a denial of service crash by sending certain signals to kmod...

DSA-456 linux-kernel-2.2.19-arm - failing function and TLB flush

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[SECURITY] [DSA 453-1] New Linux 2.2.20 packages fix local root exploit (i386+m68k+powerpc)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 453-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze March 2nd, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix a security vulnerability that may allow local users to gain root privileges are now available. These packages also resolve other minor issues. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. Paul Starzetz discovered a flaw in return value...

[SECURITY] [DSA 433-1] New Linux 2.4.17 packages fix local root exploit (mips+mipsel)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 433-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze February 4th, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages are now available that fix a security vulnerability which may allow local users to gain root privileges. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. Paul Starzetz discovered a flaw in bounds checking in mremap in the Linux kernel versions 2.4.23 a...

[Full-Disclosure] [iSEC] Linux kernel do_brk() lacks argument bound checking

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Synopsis: Linux kernel dobrk lacks argument bound checking Product: Linux Version: up to 2.4.23, others Vendor: http://www.kernel.org/ URL: http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0012-dobrk.txt CVE:...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages are now available that fix a security vulnerability allowing local users to gain root privileges. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. A flaw in bounds checking in the dobrk function in the Linux kernel versions 2.4.22 and previous can allo...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that address several security vulnerabilites are now available for the IA64 architecture. Updated 28 August 2003 Changed the CVE name listed in description from the incorrect CAN-2002-0247 to CAN-2003-0247 The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating syste...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that address various security vulnerabilities are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. Security issues have been found that affect the versions of the Linux kernel shipped with Red Hat Enterprise...