Slackware 9.1 / current : Kernel security update (SSA:2004-049-01)

New kernels are available for Slackware 9.1 and -current to fix a bounds-checking problem in the kernel's mremap call which could be used by a local attacker to gain root privileges. Please note that this is not the same issue as CAN-2003-0985 which was fixed in early January. The kernels in...

Slackware 9.1 / current : kernel security updates (SSA:2004-119-01)

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 kernel packages are now available as part of ongoing support and maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 2.1. This is the seventh regular update. This security advisory has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Linux kernel handl...

CVE-2005-0637

The copy functions in locore.s such as copyout in OpenBSD 3.5 and 3.6, and possibly other BSD based operating systems, may allow attackers to exceed certain address boundaries and modify kernel memory...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. This advisory...

[SA14295] Linux Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities

TITLE: Linux Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA14295 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/14295/ CRITICAL: Moderately critical IMPACT: Unknown, Security Bypass, Exposure of sensitive information, DoS WHERE: From remote OPERATING SYSTEM: Linux Kernel 2.6.x...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 are now available. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. This advisory includes fixes for the following security issues: iSEC Security Research discovered a VMA handling flaw i...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 are now available. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. This advisory includes fixes for the following security issues: iSEC Security Research discovered a VMA handling flaw i...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 are now available. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. This advisory includes fixes for several security issues: Petr Vandrovec discovered a flaw in the 32bit emulation code...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 are now available. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. This update includes fixes for several security issues: A missing serialization flaw in unixdgramrecvmsg was discovered...

Fedora Core 3 : kernel-2.6.9-1.681_FC3 (2004-451)

This update brings an updated -ac patch which which adds several security fixes, and various other fixes that have occurred since the release of Fedora Core 3. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has...

Linux Kernel (<= 2.4.27 2.6.8) binfmt_elf Executable File Read Exploit

No description provided by source. / binfmtelf executable file read vulnerability gcc -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer elfdump.c -o elfdump Copyright c 2004 iSEC Security Research. All Rights Reserved. THIS PROGRAM IS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY IT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY. COPYING,...

CVE-2002-1319

The Linux kernel 2.4.20 and earlier, and 2.5.x, when running on x86 systems, allows local users to cause a denial of service hang via the emulation mode, which does not properly clear TF and NT EFLAGs...

[ GLSA 200408-24 ] Linux Kernel: Multiple information leaks

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200408-24 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity:...

RHEL 3 : kernel (RHSA-2004:413)

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 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 pointers. These consist of invalid conversio...

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-2.4.22-1.2174.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...

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...