Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2013-0223)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2013-0223 advisory. - virt kvm: invalid opcode oops on SETSREGS with OSXSAVE bit set Petr Matousek 862903 862904 CVE-2012-4461 - fs exec: do not leave bprm-interp on stack...

Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2011-0283)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2011-0283 advisory. - net tcp: Increase TCPMAXSEG socket option minimum to TCPMINMSS Frantisek Hrbata 652510 652511 CVE-2010-4165 - perf perfevents: Fix perfcountermmap ho...

Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2011-0007)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2011-0007 advisory. - kvm x86: zero kvmvcpuevents-interrupt.pad Marcelo Tosatti 665471 665409 CVE-2010-4525 email6.RHSA-2011-0007 178L, 11970C written - netdrv igb: only u...

Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2010-0398)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2010-0398 advisory. - xen arpl on MMIO area crashes the guest Paolo Bonzini 572979 572982 CVE-2010-0730 - misc kernel: fix elf load DoS on x8664 Danny Feng 560552 560553...

Oracle Linux 5 : Important: / kernel (ELSA-2008-0154)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2008-0154 advisory. 2.6.18-53.1.14.0.1.el5 - NET Add entropy support to e1000 and bnx2 John Sobecki orabug 6045759 - NET Fix msi issue with kexec/kdump Michael Chan orabug...

Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2012-1540)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2012-1540 advisory. - net rds-ping cause kernel panic Alexander Gordeev 822755 822756 CVE-2012-2372 - xen add guest address range checks to XENMEMexchange handlers Igor...

Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2012-0743)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2012-0743 advisory. - security fix compile error in commoncap.c Eric Paris 806725 806726 CVE-2012-2123 - security fcaps: clear the same personality flags as suid when fcap...

Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2011-1465)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2011-1465 advisory. - net vlan: fix panic when handling priority tagged frames Andy Gospodarek 742849 714936 CVE-2011-3593 - kernel fix taskstats io infoleak Jerome Marcha...

TrueType Font Exploits Gateway to Kernel Attacks

Font-parsing vulnerabilities weren’t part of the security consciousness much until the discovery of Duqu at the end of 2011. The spy malware hooked into the Windows kernel through bugs in the TrueType font file parsing engine, and not only breathed new life into the concept of cyber espionage, bu...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDVSA-2013:176)

Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in the Linux kernel : The scmsetcred function in include/net/scm.h in the Linux kernel before 3.8.11 uses incorrect uid and gid values during credentials passing, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2669-1 (linux - privilege escalation/denial of service/information leak)

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service, information leak or privilege escalation. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2013-0160 vladz reported a timing leak with the /dev/ptmx...

USN-1796-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Andrew Jones discovered a flaw with the xeniret function in Linux kernel's Xen virtualizeation. In the 32-bit Xen paravirt platform an unprivileged guest OS user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service crash the system or gain guest OS privilege. CVE-2013-0228 Emese Revfy discovered...

[USN-1767-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1767-1 March 18, 2013 linux vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: -...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-quantal vulnerabilities (USN-1768-1)

Andrew Cooper of Citrix reported a Xen stack corruption in the Linux kernel. An unprivileged user in a 32bit PVOPS guest can cause the guest kernel to crash, or operate erroneously. CVE-2013-0190 A failure to validate input was discovered in the Linux kernel's Xen netback network backend driver. ...

USN-1768-1: Linux kernel (Quantal HWE) vulnerabilities

Andrew Cooper of Citrix reported a Xen stack corruption in the Linux kernel. An unprivileged user in a 32bit PVOPS guest can cause the guest kernel to crash, or operate erroneously. CVE-2013-0190 A failure to validate input was discovered in the Linux kernel's Xen netback network backend driver. ...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux-lts-backport-maverick vulnerabilities (USN-1083-1)

Dan Rosenberg discovered that the RDS network protocol did not correctly check certain parameters. A local attacker could exploit this gain root privileges. CVE-2010-3904 Nelson Elhage discovered several problems with the Acorn Econet protocol driver. A local user could cause a denial of service...

AIX 5.3 TL 7 : kernel (IZ11820)

There are multiple vulnerabilities in the AIX kernel : a A 64-bit process that is restarted via the checkpoint and restart feature will gain read and write access to certain areas of kernel memory, resulting in execution of arbitrary code. Track with the following APAR numbers: IZ16992, IZ17111,...

AIX 5.2 TL 0 : kernel (IZ16992)

There are multiple vulnerabilities in the AIX kernel : a A 64-bit process that is restarted via the checkpoint and restart feature will gain read and write access to certain areas of kernel memory, resulting in execution of arbitrary code. Track with the following APAR numbers: IZ16992, IZ17111,...

RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2012:1042)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2012:1042 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issues: A...

Ubuntu Update for linux-ti-omap4 USN-1673-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1673-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN16731.nasl 7960 2017-12-01 06:58:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux-ti-omap4 USN-1673-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.n...