Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2018-0169) (deprecated)

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2018:0169 : An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, ...

Fedora 25 : webkitgtk4 (2017-0beb752b6e)

This update addresses the following vulnerabilities : - CVE-2017-2350, CVE-2017-2354, CVE-2017-2355, CVE-2017-2356, CVE-2017-2362, CVE-2017-2363, CVE-2017-2364, CVE-2017-2365, CVE-2017-2366, CVE-2017-2369, CVE-2017-2371, CVE-2017-2373 Additional fixes : - Make accelerating compositing mode...

Fedora 24 : 1:epiphany / webkitgtk4 (2016-f4b5897686)

Update WebKitGTK+ package to 2.14.1. Major changes in 2.14.0 : - Threaded compositor is enabled by default in both X11 and Wayland. - Accelerated compositing is now supported in Wayland. - Clipboard works in Wayland too. - Memory pressure handler always works even when cgroups is not present or n...

DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1978

Use-after-free vulnerability in the ssl3HandleECDHServerKeyExchange function in Mozilla Network Security Services NSS before 3.21, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 44.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by making an SSL 1 DHE or 2 ECD...

kernel: memcg: OOM handling DoS

It was found that the Linux kernel memory resource controller's memcg handling of OOM out of memory conditions could lead to deadlocks. An attacker able to continuously spawn new processes within a single memory-constrained cgroup during an OOM event could use this flaw to lock up the system...

CVE-2015-7972

The 1 libxlsetmemorytarget function in tools/libxl/libxl.c and 2 libxlbuildpost function in tools/libxl/libxldom.c in Xen 3.4.x through 4.6.x do not properly calculate the balloon size when using the populate-on-demand PoD system, which allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service...

CVE-2015-7972

The 1 libxlsetmemorytarget function in tools/libxl/libxl.c and 2 libxlbuildpost function in tools/libxl/libxldom.c in Xen 3.4.x through 4.6.x do not properly calculate the balloon size when using the populate-on-demand PoD system, which allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service...

CVE-2015-7972

The 1 libxlsetmemorytarget function in tools/libxl/libxl.c and 2 libxlbuildpost function in tools/libxl/libxldom.c in Xen 3.4.x through 4.6.x do not properly calculate the balloon size when using the populate-on-demand PoD system, which allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service...

UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7972

The 1 libxlsetmemorytarget function in tools/libxl/libxl.c and 2 libxlbuildpost function in tools/libxl/libxldom.c in Xen 3.4.x through 4.6.x do not properly calculate the balloon size when using the populate-on-demand PoD system, which allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service...

CVE-2015-7972

The 1 libxlsetmemorytarget function in tools/libxl/libxl.c and 2 libxlbuildpost function in tools/libxl/libxldom.c in Xen 3.4.x through 4.6.x do not properly calculate the balloon size when using the populate-on-demand PoD system, which allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service...

CVE-2015-7972

The 1 libxlsetmemorytarget function in tools/libxl/libxl.c and 2 libxlbuildpost function in tools/libxl/libxldom.c in Xen 3.4.x through 4.6.x do not properly calculate the balloon size when using the populate-on-demand PoD system, which allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service...

x86: Long latency populate-on-demand operation is not preemptible

ISSUE DESCRIPTION When running an HVM domain in Populate-on-Demand mode, Xen would sometimes search the domain for memory to reclaim, in response to demands for population of other pages in the same domain. This search runs without preemption. The guest can, by suitable arrangement of its memory...

xen-tools -- populate-on-demand balloon size inaccuracy can crash guests

The Xen Project reports: Guests configured with PoD might be unstable, especially under load. In an affected guest, an unprivileged guest user might be able to cause a guest crash, perhaps simply by applying load so as to cause heavy memory pressure within the guest...

Oracle: Security Advisory (ELSA-2010-0839)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 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...

kernel security and bug fix update

kernel 2.6.18-404.0.0.0.1 - net fix tcptrimhead James Li orabug 14512145, 19219078 - ocfs2: dlm: fix recovery hung Junxiao Bi orabug 13956772 - i386: fix MTRR code Zhenzhong Duan orabug 15862649 - oprofile x86, mm: Add getuserpagesfast orabug 14277030 - oprofile export getuserpagesfast function...

RHEL 5 : kernel (RHSA-2015:0783)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2015:0783 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. It was found that the Linux kernel's Infiniband...

RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2015:0783-01

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 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...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

Updated kernel packages that fix two security issues and two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are...

kernel: net: sctp: remote memory pressure from excessive queueing

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's Stream Control Transmission Protocol SCTP implementation handled the association's output queue. A remote attacker could send specially crafted packets that would cause the system to use an excessive amount of memory, leading to a denial of service...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) regression (USN-2447-2)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-2447-2 advisory. USN-2447-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. Due to an unrelated regression TCP Throughput drops to zero for several drivers after upgrading. This update...