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

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issues : - A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Stream Control Transmission Protocol SCTP implementation. A remote attacker could send a...

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

CVE-2009-2692 kernel: uninit op in SOCKOPSWRAP leads to privesc CVE-2009-2698 kernel: udp socket NULL ptr dereference These updated packages fix the following security issues : - a flaw was found in the SOCKOPSWRAP macro in the Linux kernel. This macro did not initialize the sendpage operation in...

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

These new kernel packages contain fixes for the security issues described below : - a flaw in the connection tracking support for SCTP that allowed a remote user to cause a denial of service by dereferencing a NULL pointer. CVE-2007-2876, Important - a flaw in the mount handling routine for 64-bi...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL 5.0-5.4 i386/x86_64

This kernel is already in SL 5.5 This updated contains all the security and bug fixes from the 2.6.18-194.el5 kernel. In additions this update fixes the following security issues : - a flaw was found in the Unidirectional Lightweight Encapsulation ULE implementation. A remote attacker could send ...

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

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issues : - A flaw in the dccprcvstateprocess function could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service, even when the socket was already closed. CVE-2011-1093,...

CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2012:0107 centos5

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CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2011:0429 centos5 x86_64

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CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2012:0007 centos5

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CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2012:0052 centos6

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Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 Extended Update Support. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detail...

RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2012:1064-01

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2012:1064-01 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 the ter...

kernel security and bug fix update

2.6.18-308.11.1.el5 - net ixgbe: remove flow director stats Andy Gospodarek 832169 830226 - net ixgbe: fix default return value for ixgbecacheringfdir Andy Gospodarek 832169 830226 - net ixgbe: reverting setup redirection table for multiple packet buffers Andy Gospodarek 832169 830226...

Fedora 15 : kernel-2.6.43.8-1.fc15 (2012-8931)

Update to Linux 2.6.43.8 3.3.8. Disabled 32bit NX emulation. Suspected of being broken and it deviates from upstream. Unless there are further security issues, this will likely be the last F15 kernel update before End-of-Life. The 3.3.7 stable kernel contains a number of important bug fixes Note...

RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2012:0743-01

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2012:0743-01 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 the ter...

SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 8162)

This Linux kernel update fixes various security issues and bugs in the SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP4 kernel. The following security issues have been fixed : - A memory corruption when mounting a hfsplus filesystem was fixed that could be used by local attackers able to mount filesystem to crash th...

RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2011:0329-01

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Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1454-1)

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SuSE 10 Security Update : the Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 7137)

This SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP3 kernel update contains several bug fixes and fixes for the following security issues : - the stack of a process could grow into other mapped areas, therefore overwriting memory instead of terminating the process. CVE-2010-2240 - specially crafted requests could...

SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 4472)

This kernel update fixes the following security problems : - It was possible for local user to become root by exploiting a bug in the IA32 system call emulation. This affects x8664 platforms with kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x before 2.6.22.7 only. CVE-2007-4573 - An information disclosure vulnerability ...

SuSE 10 Security Update : the Linux kernel (x86_64) (ZYPP Patch Number 7063)

This SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP3 kernel update fixes a severe regression introduced by previous bugfix updates that would corrupt NFSv4 mounted data. The update also fixes several other bugs and following security issue : - drivers/net/r8169.c in the r8169 driver of Linux kernel 2.6.32.3 and...