Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2012-1064)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2012-1064 advisory. - kernel Prevent keyctl newsession from causing a panic David Howells 833433 827424 CVE-2012-2745 - net ipv6/netfilter: fix null pointer dereference in...

Design/Logic Flaw

The copycreds function in kernel/cred.c in the Linux kernel before 3.3.2 provides an invalid replacement session keyring to a child process, which allows local users to cause a denial of service panic via a crafted application that uses the fork system call...