Debian DSA-1787-1 : linux-2.6.24 - denial of service/privilege escalation/information leak

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or privilege escalation. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2008-4307 Bryn M. Reeves reported a denial of service in the NFS filesystem...

Mandriva Update for lirc MDKA-2007:007 (lirc)

Check for the Version of lirc OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Mandriva Update for lirc MDKA-2007:007 lirc Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the term...

Mandriva Update for kernel MDVSA-2008:043 (kernel)

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Mandriva Update for kernel MDVSA-2008:043 kernel Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under t...

Mandriva Update for lirc MDKA-2007:007 (lirc)

Check for the Version of lirc OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Mandriva Update for lirc MDKA-2007:007 lirc Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the term...

Ubuntu Update for linux-source-2.6.15/17/20 vulnerabilities USN-518-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-518-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN5181.nasl 7969 2017-12-01 09:23:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux-source-2.6.15/17/20 vulnerabilities USN-518-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH...

Ubuntu Update for linux-source-2.6.15/20/22 vulnerabilities USN-618-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-618-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN6181.nasl 7969 2017-12-01 09:23:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux-source-2.6.15/20/22 vulnerabilities USN-618-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH...

CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2008:0129 centos5 i386

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2008:0129 centos5 i386 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it und...

SuSE Update for kernel SUSE-SA:2007:064

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbsuse2007064.nasl 8050 2017-12-08 09:34:29Z santu $ SuSE Update for kernel SUSE-SA:2007:064 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software;...

kernel: Unix sockets kernel panic

The scmdestroy function in net/core/scm.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.27.4, 2.6.26, and earlier makes indirect recursive calls to itself through calls to the fput function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service panic via vectors related to sending an SCMRIGHTS message through a UNIX...

Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1687-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: ipsec-tools-0.7.1-5.fc9

This is the IPsec-Tools package. You need this package in order to really use the IPsec functionality in the linux-2.5+ kernels. This package builds: - setkey, a program to directly manipulate policies and SAs - racoon, an IKEv1 keying daemon...

[SECURITY] [DSA 1653-1] New Linux 2.6.18 packages fix several vulnerabilities

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DSA-1653-1 fai-kernels linux-2.6 user-mode-linux - several vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200403-02 (Kernel)

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200403-02. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $ Description: Auto generated from Gentoo's XML based advisory Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2008 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com Text descriptions are largely excerpted fr...

Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200403-02 (Kernel)

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200403-02. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 E-Soft Inc. Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200401-01 (Kernel)

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200401-01. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $ Description: Auto generated from Gentoo's XML based advisory Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2008 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com Text descriptions are largely excerpted fr...

Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1630-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

[SECURITY] [DSA 1630-1] New Linux 2.6.18 packages fix several vulnerabilities

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kernel: setrlimit(RLIMIT_CPUINFO) with zero value doesn't inherit properly across children

Linux kernel 2.6.17, and other versions before 2.6.22, does not check when a user attempts to set RLIMITCPU to 0 until after the change is made, which allows local users to bypass intended resource limits...

kernel: dccp: sanity check feature length

Integer overflow in the dccpfeatchange function in net/dccp/feat.c in the Datagram Congestion Control Protocol DCCP subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.18, and 2.6.17 through 2.6.20, allows local users to gain privileges via an invalid feature length, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow...