Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2017-2681)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2017-2681 advisory. 2.6.32-696.10.2.OL6 - Update genkey bug 25599697 2.6.32-696.10.2 - net l2cap: prevent stack overflow on incoming bluetooth packet Neil Horman 1490060 1490062...

Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (ELSA-2013-2585)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2013-2585 advisory. - afkey: fix info leaks in notify messages Mathias Krause Orabug: 17837974 CVE-2013-2234 - drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c: use kzalloc for failing hardware...

Ubuntu 4.10 / 5.10 : linux-source-2.6.8.1/-2.6.10/-2.6.12 vulnerabilities (USN-219-1)

Al Viro discovered a race condition in the /proc file handler of network devices. A local attacker could exploit this by opening any file in /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf// and waiting until that interface was shut down. Under certain circumstances this could lead to a kernel crash or even arbitrary co...

Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1168-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1168-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN11681.nasl 7964 2017-12-01 07:32:11Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1168-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This...

Ubuntu Update for linux-ec2 USN-1161-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1161-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN11611.nasl 7964 2017-12-01 07:32:11Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux-ec2 USN-1161-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net Th...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1168-1)

Timo Warns discovered that the LDM disk partition handling code did not correctly handle certain values. By inserting a specially crafted disk device, a local attacker could exploit this to gain root privileges. CVE-2011-1017 Neil Horman discovered that NFSv4 did not correctly handle certain orde...

USN-1168-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Timo Warns discovered that the LDM disk partition handling code did not correctly handle certain values. By inserting a specially crafted disk device, a local attacker could exploit this to gain root privileges. CVE-2011-1017 Neil Horman discovered that NFSv4 did not correctly handle certain orde...