Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2014-1023)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-1023 advisory. - net l2tpppp: fail when socket option level is not SOLPPPOL2TP Petr Matousek 1119465 1119466 CVE-2014-4943 - x86 ptrace: force IRET path after a...

Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2014-0924)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-0924 advisory. - netdrv pppol2tp: fail when socket option level is not SOLPPPOL2TP 1119461 1119462 CVE-2014-4943 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-quantal vulnerabilities (USN-2285-1)

Sasha Levin reported a flaw in the Linux kernel's point-to-point protocol PPP when used with the Layer Two Tunneling Protocol L2TP. A local user could exploit this flaw to gain administrative privileges. CVE-2014-4943 Michael S. Tsirkin discovered an information leak in the Linux kernel's...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-saucy vulnerabilities (USN-2287-1)

Sasha Levin reported a flaw in the Linux kernel's point-to-point protocol PPP when used with the Layer Two Tunneling Protocol L2TP. A local user could exploit this flaw to gain administrative privileges. CVE-2014-4943 Michael S. Tsirkin discovered an information leak in the Linux kernel's...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-2290-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2290-1 advisory. Sasha Levin reported a flaw in the Linux kernel's point-to-point protocol PPP when used with the Layer Two Tunneling Protocol L2TP. A local user could...

Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2014-0771)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-0771 advisory. - kernel futex: Make lookuppistate more robust Jerome Marchand 1104516 1104517 CVE-2014-3153 - kernel futex: Always cleanup owner tid in unlockpi Jerom...

[SECURITY] [DSA 2952-1] kfreebsd-9 security update

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2952-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Nico Golde June 05, 2014 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - -------------------------------------------------------------------------...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2952-1 (kfreebsd-9 - security update)

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the FreeBSD kernel that may lead to a denial of service or possibly disclosure of kernel memory. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2014-1453 A remote, authenticated attacker could cause the NFS...

[USN-2228-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2228-1 May 27, 2014 linux vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubunt...

MGASA-2014-0238 Updated kernel-vserver packages fix multiple vulnerabilities

Updated kernel-vserver provides upstream 3.10.40 kernel and fixes the following security issues: The microcode on AMD 16h 00h through 0Fh processors does not properly handle the interaction between locked instructions and write-combined memory types, which allows local users to cause a denial of...

MGASA-2014-0237 Updated kernel-rt packages fix multiple vulnerabilities

Updated kernel-rt provides upstream 3.10.40 kernel and fixes the following security issues: The microcode on AMD 16h 00h through 0Fh processors does not properly handle the interaction between locked instructions and write-combined memory types, which allows local users to cause a denial of servi...

MGASA-2014-0235 Updated kernel-linus packages fix multiple security vulnerabilities

Updated kernel-linus provides upstream 3.10.40 kernel and fixes the following security issues: The microcode on AMD 16h 00h through 0Fh processors does not properly handle the interaction between locked instructions and write-combined memory types, which allows local users to cause a denial of...

MGASA-2014-0234 Updated kernel-tmb packages fix multiple bugs and vulnerabilities

Updated kernel-tmb provides upstream 3.12.20 kernel and fixes the following security issues: Buffer overflow in the completeemulatedmmio function in arch/x86/kvm/ x86.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.6 allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS by leveraging a loop that...

MGASA-2014-0229 Updated kernel-vserver packages fix multiple vulnerabilities

Updated kernel-vserver provides upstream 3.10.40 kernel and fixes the following security issues: The microcode on AMD 16h 00h through 0Fh processors does not properly handle the interaction between locked instructions and write-combined memory types, which allows local users to cause a denial of...

MGASA-2014-0226 Updated kernel-linus packages fix multiple vulnerabilities

Updated kernel-linus provides upstream 3.12.20 kernel and fixes the following security issues: The ioapicdeliver function in virt/kvm/ioapic.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.1 does not properly validate the kvmirqdeliverytoapic return value, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of...

[SECURITY] [DSA 2917-1] super security update

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2917-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Florian Weimer April 28, 2014 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

USN-2179-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

A flaw was discovered in the Kernel Virtual Machine KVM subsystem of the Linux kernel. A guest OS user could exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the host OS. CVE-2014-0049 Al Viro discovered an error in how CIFS in the Linux kernel handles uncached write operations. An unprivileged loc...

Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2014-0159)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-0159 advisory. - exec ptrace: fix getdumpable incorrect tests Petr Oros 1039486 1039487 CVE-2013-2929 - net ipv6: fix leaking uninitialized port number of offender...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-quantal vulnerabilities (USN-2068-1)

Dave Jones and Vince Weaver reported a flaw in the Linux kernel's per event subsystem that allows normal users to enable function tracing. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to obtain potentially sensitive information from the kernel. CVE-2013-2930 Stephan Mueller reported an erro...

[ MDVSA-2013:291 ] kernel

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2013:291 http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/ Package : kernel Date : December 17, 2013 Affected: Business Server 1.0 Problem Description: Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in the Linu...