USN-416-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Mark Dowd discovered that the netfilter iptables module did not correcly handle fragmented IPv6 packets. By sending specially crafted packets, a remote attacker could exploit this to bypass firewall rules. This has has already been fixed for Ubuntu 6.10 in USN-395-1; this is the corresponding fix...

[SECURITY] [DSA 1067-1] New Linux kernel 2.4.16 packages fix several vulnerabilities

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 1067-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze, Dann Frazier May 20th, 2006 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDKSA-2006:059)

A number of vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in the Linux 2.6 kernel : sysctl.c in the Linux kernel prior to 2.6.14.1 allows local users to cause a Denial of Service kernel oops and possibly execute code by opening an interface file in /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/, waiting until the...

USN-244-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Doug Chapman discovered a flaw in the reference counting in the sysmqopen function. By calling this function in a special way, a local attacker could exploit this to cause a kernel crash. CVE-2005-3356 Karl Janmar discovered that the /proc file system module used signed data types in a wrong way....

MDKSA-2005:220 : kernel

Multiple vulnerabilities in the Linux 2.6 kernel have been discovered and corrected in this update: The kernel on x8664 platforms does not use a guard page for the 47-bit address page to protect against an AMD K8 bug which allows a local user to cause a DoS CVE-2005-1764. The...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDKSA-2005:219)

Multiple vulnerabilities in the Linux 2.6 kernel have been discovered and corrected in this update : An integer overflow in vcresize CVE-2004-1333. A race condition in the sysfsreadfile and sysfswritefile functions in 2.6.10 and earlier allows local users to read kernel memory and cause a DoS cra...

MDKSA-2005:218 - Updated kernel packages fix numerous vulnerabilities

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2005:218 http://www.mandriva.com/security/ Package : kernel Date : November 30, 2005 Affected: Corporate 3.0, Multi Network Firewall 2.0 Problem Description: Multiple vulnerabilities in the Linux 2.6 kernel have...

[USN-178-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities

=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-178-1 September 09, 2005 linux-source-2.6.10, linux-source-2.6.8.1 vulnerabilities CAN-2005-1913, CAN-2005-2490, CAN-2005-2492, CAN-2005-2800, CAN-2005-2801, CAN-2005-2802...

USN-131-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Colin Percival discovered an information disclosure in the "Hyper Threading Technology" architecture in processors which are capable of simultaneous multithreading in particular Intel Pentium 4, Intel Mobile Pentium 4, and Intel Xeon processors. This allows a malicious thread to monitor the...

SUSE-SA:2005:018: kernel

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2005:018 kernel. The Linux kernel is the core component of the Linux system. Several vulnerabilities were reported in the last few weeks which are fixed by this update. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. This plugin...

CVE-2005-0180

Multiple integer signedness errors in the sgscsiioctl function in scsiioctl.c for Linux 2.6.x allow local users to read or modify kernel memory via negative integers in arguments to the scsi ioctl, which bypass a maximum length check before calling the copyfromuser and copytouser functions...

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...

USN-82-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

CAN-2004-0176: Michael Kerrisk noticed an insufficient permission checking in the shmctl function. Any process was permitted to lock/unlock any System V shared memory segment that fell within the the RLIMITMEMLOCK limit that is the maximum size of shared memory that unprivileged users can acquire...

SUSE-SA:2005:003: kernel

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2005:003 kernel. Several exploitable security problems were identified and fixed in the Linux kernel, the core of every SUSE Linux product. - Due to missing locking in the sysuselib system call a local attacker can gain root access. Th...

SUSE-SA:2004:044: kernel

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2004:044 kernel. Several vulnerabilities have been found and fixed in the Linux kernel. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. This plugin text was extracted from SuSE Security Advisory SUSE-SA:2004:044 if !...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDKSA-2005:022)

A number of vulnerabilities are fixed in the 2.4 and 2.6 kernels with this advisory : - Multiple race conditions in the terminal layer of 2.4 and 2.6 kernels prior to 2.6.9 can allow a local attacker to obtain portions of kernel data or allow remote attackers to cause a kernel panic by switching...

USN-60-0: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

CAN-2005-0001: Paul Starzetz discovered a race condition in the Linux page fault handler code. This allowed an unprivileged user to gain root privileges on multiprocessor machines under some circumstances. This also affects the Hyper-Threading mode on Pentium 4 processors...

CVE-2004-1151

Multiple buffer overflows in the 1 sys32nisyscall and 2 sys32vm86warning functions in sysia32.c for Linux 2.6.x may allow local attackers to modify kernel memory and gain privileges...

CVE-2004-1137

Multiple vulnerabilities in the IGMP functionality for Linux kernel 2.4.22 to 2.4.28, and 2.6.x to 2.6.9, allow local and remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via 1 the ipmcsource function, which decrements a counter to -1, or 2 the igmpmarksources function, whi...

USN-47-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Georgi Guninski discovered two Denial of Service vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. An integer overflow in the vcresize function caused the memory allocation for the new screen being too short, thus causing a buffer overflow and a kernel crash. There was also a memory leak in the ipoptionsget...