USN-3053-1 linux-lts-vivid vulnerabilities

A missing permission check when settings ACLs was discovered in nfsd. A local user could exploit this flaw to gain access to any file by setting an ACL. CVE-2016-1237 It was discovered that the keyring implementation in the Linux kernel did not ensure a data structure was initialized before...

USN-3053-1: Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities

A missing permission check when settings ACLs was discovered in nfsd. A local user could exploit this flaw to gain access to any file by setting an ACL. CVE-2016-1237 It was discovered that the keyring implementation in the Linux kernel did not ensure a data structure was initialized before...

USN-3052-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the keyring implementation in the Linux kernel did not ensure a data structure was initialized before referencing it after an error condition occurred. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2016-4470 Kangjie Lu discovered an...

USN-3052-1 linux vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the keyring implementation in the Linux kernel did not ensure a data structure was initialized before referencing it after an error condition occurred. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2016-4470 Kangjie Lu discovered an...

USN-3051-1: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the keyring implementation in the Linux kernel did not ensure a data structure was initialized before referencing it after an error condition occurred. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2016-4470 Kangjie Lu discovered an...

USN-3050-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

Ben Hawkes discovered that the Linux netfilter implementation did not correctly perform validation when handling IPTSOSETREPLACE events. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges...

PT-2016-3448 · Linux +1 · Linux Kernel +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description: A NULL pointer dereference issue was found in the netlink dump function. This occurs when the Netlink socket receives a message of type XFRM MSG GETSA or XFRM MSG GETPOLICY with the DU...

The vulnerability of the Linux operating system allows a malicious individual to gain access to input/output statistics.

The vulnerability in the kernel/taskstats.c module of Linux allows local users to access input/output statistics by sending the taskstats command via the netlink socket. For example, a malicious actor can use this vulnerability to obtain information about the length of another user’s password...

The vulnerability of the Linux operating system, which allows a malicious individual to trigger a service failure

A vulnerability in the Linux kernel allows a local user to trigger a system panic by using specially crafted BPF instructions. The BPFSANCNLATTR and BPFSANCNLATTRNEST instructions cause an error in the skrunfilter function from net/core/filter.c...

CVE-2016-5243

The tipcnlcompatlinkdump function in net/tipc/netlinkcompat.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 does not properly copy a certain string, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading a Netlink message...

DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5243

The tipcnlcompatlinkdump function in net/tipc/netlinkcompat.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 does not properly copy a certain string, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading a Netlink message...

Design/Logic Flaw

The tipcnlcompatlinkdump function in net/tipc/netlinkcompat.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 does not properly copy a certain string, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading a Netlink message...

CVE-2016-5243

CVE-2016-5243 affects the Linux kernel up to 4.6.3. The tipc_nl_compat_link_dump function in net/tipc/netlink_compat.c does not properly copy a string, enabling a local attacker to read sensitive data from kernel stack memory via a Netlink message. Impact is information disclosure with LOCAL acce...

CVE-2016-5243

The tipcnlcompatlinkdump function in net/tipc/netlinkcompat.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 does not properly copy a certain string, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading a Netlink message...

CVE-2016-5243

The tipcnlcompatlinkdump function in net/tipc/netlinkcompat.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 does not properly copy a certain string, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading a Netlink message...

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5243

The tipcnlcompatlinkdump function in net/tipc/netlinkcompat.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 does not properly copy a certain string, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading a Netlink message...

PT-2016-7833 · Linux +5 · Linux Kernel +5

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 4.6.3 Description: A race condition exists in the netlink dump function, allowing local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have other unspecified impacts by making sendmsg system calls with a crafted...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3007-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3006-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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...

USN-3007-1: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities

Justin Yackoski discovered that the Atheros L2 Ethernet Driver in the Linux kernel incorrectly enables scatter/gather I/O. A remote attacker could use this to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory. CVE-2016-2117 Jann Horn discovered that eCryptfs improperly attempted to use...