Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: Updated kernel packages available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 5

Updated kernel packages are now available as part of ongoing support and maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 3. This is the fifth regular update. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. This is the fifth regular kernel update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3...

RHEL 2.1 : kernel (RHSA-2005:283)

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...

[CLA-2005:945] Conectiva Security Announcement - kernel

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PACKAGE : kernel SUMMARY : Kernel fixes DATE : 2005-03-31...

SUSE-SA:2005:005: kernel

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2005:005 kernel. The linux kernel is the core of the SUSE Linux based products. Two weeks ago we released the Service Pack 1 for our SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 product. Due to the strict code freeze we were not able to merge all th...

Fedora Core 3 : kernel-2.6.10-1.741_FC3 (2005-025)

CVE-2005-0001 Paul Starzetz from isec.pl found an exploitable hole in the x86 SMP page fault handler which could lead to privilege escalation. http://www.isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0022-pagefault.t xt This update additionally fixes a random memory corruption issue present in the previous...

Fedora Core 2 : kernel-2.6.10-1.8_FC2 (2005-014)

This update rebases the kernel to match the upstream 2.6.10 release, and adds a number of security fixes by means of adding the latest -ac patch. CVE-2004-1235 Paul Starzetz from isec.pl found a problem in the binary format loaders uselib function that could lead to potential priveledge escalatio...

Fedora Core 3 : kernel-2.6.10-1.737_FC3 (2005-013)

This update rebases the kernel to match the upstream 2.6.10 release, and adds a number of security fixes by means of adding the latest -ac patch. CVE-2004-1235 Paul Starzetz from isec.pl found a problem in the binary format loaders uselib function that could lead to potential priveledge escalatio...

Fedora Core 3 : kernel-2.6.9-1.724_FC3 (2004-582)

A large change over previous kernels has been made. The 4G:4G memory split patch has been dropped, and Fedora kernels now revert back to the upstream 3G:1G kernel/userspace split. A number of security fixes are present in this update. CVE-2004-1016: Paul Starzetz discovered a buffer overflow...

RHEL 2.1 : kernel (RHSA-2004:505)

Updated kernel packages are now available as part of ongoing support and maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 2.1. This is the sixth regular update. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. This is the sixth regular kernel update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: Updated Itanium kernel packages resolve security issues

Updated Itanium kernel packages are now available as part of ongoing support and maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 2.1. This is the sixth regular update. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. This is the sixth regular Itanium kernel update to Red Hat...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: Updated kernel packages fix security vulnerability

Updated kernel packages are now available as part of ongoing support and maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 2.1. This is the sixth regular update. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. This is the sixth regular kernel update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux...

RHEL 3 : kernel (RHSA-2004:549)

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 2 : kernel-2.6.9-1.6_FC2 (2004-450)

This update brings a rebase to 2.6.9, including various security fixes incorporated into the upstream kernel, and also includes Alan Cox's -ac patchset, which adds additional security fixes. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora...

[SA12682] SGI IRIX update for kernel

TITLE: SGI IRIX update for kernel SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA12682 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/12682/ CRITICAL: Moderately critical IMPACT: Spoofing, Manipulation of data, DoS WHERE: From remote OPERATING SYSTEM: SGI IRIX 6.5.x http://secunia.com/product/132/ DESCRIPTION: SGI has...

Debian DSA-475-1 : linux-kernel-2.4.18-hppa - several vulnerabilities

Several local root exploits have been discovered recently in the Linux kernel. This security advisory updates the PA-RISC kernel 2.4.18 for Debian GNU/Linux. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems that are fixed with this update : - CAN-2003-0961 : An...

Debian DSA-480-1 : linux-kernel-2.4.17+2.4.18-hppa - several vulnerabilities

Several serious problems have been discovered in the Linux kernel. This update takes care of Linux 2.4.17 and 2.4.18 for the hppa PA-RISC architecture. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems that will be fixed with this update : - CAN-2004-0003 A...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDKSA-2001:079-2)

Alexander Viro discovered a vulnerability in the devfs implementation that is shipped with Mandrake Linux 8.1. We are aware of the problem and are currently working on a solution. As a workaround, until an update becomes available, please boot with the devfs=nomount option. Rafal Wojtczuk found a...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated Itanium kernel packages that fix a number of security issues are now available. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. This kernel updates several important drivers and fixes a number of bugs including potential security vulnerabilities. Paul Starzetz...

Fedora Core 2 : kernel-2.6.7-1.494.2.2 (2004-247)

This update kernel for Fedora Core 2 contains the security fixes as found by Paul Starzetz from isec.pl. In addition this kernel contains a significant number of bugfixes that are inherited from the newer kernel.org kernel this release is based on. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDKSA-2001:071)

A security hole was found in the earlier Linux 2.4 kernels dealing with iptables RELATED connection tracking. The iptables ipconntrackftp module, which is used for stateful inspection of FTP traffic, does not validate parameters passed to it in an FTP PORT command. Due to this flaw, carefully...