CVE-2020-12352

An information leak flaw was found in the way Linux kernel’s Bluetooth stack implementation handled initialization of stack memory when handling certain AMP Alternate MAC-PHY Manager Protocol packets. This flaw allows a remote attacker in an adjacent range to leak small portions of stack memory o...

CVE-2020-12351

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel’s Bluetooth implementation handled L2CAP Logical Link Control and Adaptation Protocol packets with A2MP Alternate MAC-PHY Manager Protocol CID Channel Identifier. This flaw allows a remote attacker in an adjacent range to crash the system, causing a...

Security Bulletin: Publicly disclosed vulnerability from Kernel affects IBM Netezza Host Management

Summary Kernel is used by IBM Netezza Host Management. This bulletin provides mitigation for the reported CVE. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2020-14416 DESCRIPTION: Linux Kernel could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a race condition in tty-discdata...

Security Bulletin: Publicly disclosed vulnerabilities from Kernel affect IBM Netezza Host Management

Summary Kernel is used by IBM Netezza Host Management. This bulletin provides mitigation for the reported CVEs Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2020-12655 DESCRIPTION: Linux Kernel could allow a local attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a flaw in the xfsagfverify function in...

CVE-2020-15704

The modprobe child process in the ./debian/patches/loadpppgenericifneeded patch file incorrectly handled module loading. A local non-root attacker could exploit the MODPROBEOPTIONS environment variable to read arbitrary root files. Fixed in 2.4.5-5ubuntu1.4, 2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2.3+esm2,...

CVE-2020-15704

The modprobe child process in the ./debian/patches/loadpppgenericifneeded patch file incorrectly handled module loading. A local non-root attacker could exploit the MODPROBEOPTIONS environment variable to read arbitrary root files. Fixed in 2.4.5-5ubuntu1.4, 2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2.3+esm2,...

Design/Logic Flaw

The modprobe child process in the ./debian/patches/loadpppgenericifneeded patch file incorrectly handled module loading. A local non-root attacker could exploit the MODPROBEOPTIONS environment variable to read arbitrary root files. Fixed in 2.4.5-5ubuntu1.4, 2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2.3+esm2,...

CVE-2020-15704

The modprobe child process in the ./debian/patches/loadpppgenericifneeded patch file incorrectly handled module loading. A local non-root attacker could exploit the MODPROBEOPTIONS environment variable to read arbitrary root files. Fixed in 2.4.5-5ubuntu1.4, 2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2.3+esm2,...

CVE-2020-15704

CVE-2020-15704 concerns the modprobe child process in the patch that handles loading the pppd module during startup. The patch file ./debian/patches/load_ppp_generic_if_needed improperly loads modules, enabling a local, non-root attacker to read arbitrary root files via the MODPROBE_OPTIONS envir...

CVE-2020-15704

The modprobe child process in the ./debian/patches/loadpppgenericifneeded patch file incorrectly handled module loading. A local non-root attacker could exploit the MODPROBEOPTIONS environment variable to read arbitrary root files. Fixed in 2.4.5-5ubuntu1.4, 2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2.3+esm2,...

UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15704

The modprobe child process in the ./debian/patches/loadpppgenericifneeded patch file incorrectly handled module loading. A local non-root attacker could exploit the MODPROBEOPTIONS environment variable to read arbitrary root files. Fixed in 2.4.5-5ubuntu1.4, 2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2.3+esm2,...

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

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support. 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, is available for...

Privilege Escalation

systemtap is vulnerable to privilege escalation. The vulnerability exists as it was discovered that staprun did not properly sanitize the environment before executing the modprobe command to load an additional kernel module. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to escalate their...

Linux: Mounting of usb-storage filesystems

USB storage devices such as thumb drives can be used to introduce unauthorized software and other vulnerabilities. Support for these devices should be disabled and the devices themselves should be tightly controlled. Note: This script looks for entry SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG Some...

CVE-2017-2636

A race condition flaw was found in the NHLDC Linux kernel driver when accessing nhdlc.tbuf list that can lead to double free. A local, unprivileged user able to set the HDLC line discipline on the tty device could use this flaw to increase their privileges on the system. Mitigation The nhdlc kern...

ABRT - sosreport Privilege Escalation (Metasploit)

This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework class MetasploitModule 'ABRT sosreport Privilege Escalation', 'Description' = %q This module attempts to gain root privileges on RHEL systems with a vulnerable version o...

Sensitive Information Disclosure

Augeas is a utility for editing configuration. Augeas parses configuration files in their native formats and transforms them into a tree. Configuration changes are made by manipulating this tree and saving it back into native configuration files. Augeas also uses "lenses" as basic building blocks...

ABRT sosreport Privilege Escalation

This module attempts to gain root privileges on RHEL systems with a vulnerable version of Automatic Bug Reporting Tool ABRT configured as the crash handler. sosreport uses an insecure temporary directory, allowing local users to write to arbitrary files CVE-2015-5287. This module uses a symlink...

SUSE SLED12 Security Update : ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs (SUSE-SU-2018:3587-1)

This update for ntfs-3gntfsprogs fixes the following issues : CVE-2017-0358: Missing sanitization of the environment during a call to modprobe allowed local users to escalate fo root privilege bsc1022500 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly fro...

Immunity Canvas: NTFS3G_MODPROBE

Name| ntfs3gmodprobe ---|--- CVE| CVE-2017-0358 Exploit Pack| CANVAS Description| ntfs-3g local privilege escalation Notes| CVE Name: CVE-2017-0358 VENDOR: GNU Notes: Tested and working on: Debian 8.8 jessie 64 bits Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 1 SMP Debian 3.16.43-2+deb8u2 2017-06-26 x8664 GNU/Linux...