kernel: inet_diag: insufficient validation

The inetdiagbcaudit function in net/ipv4/inetdiag.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.3 does not properly audit INETDIAG bytecode, which allows local users to cause a denial of service kernel infinite loop via crafted INETDIAGREQBYTECODE instructions in a netlink message, as demonstrated by an...

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

Updated kernel-rt packages that fix multiple security issues and various bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.0. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed...

Debian DSA-2303-2 : linux-2.6 - privilege escalation/denial of service/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-2011-1020 Kees Cook discovered an issue in the /proc filesystem that allows loc...

DSA-2303-1 linux-2.6 - several issues

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Code injection

The inetdiagbcaudit function in net/ipv4/inetdiag.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.3 does not properly audit INETDIAG bytecode, which allows local users to cause a denial of service kernel infinite loop via crafted INETDIAGREQBYTECODE instructions in a netlink message, as demonstrated by an...

CVE-2011-2213

The CVE-2011-2213 issue concerns the Linux kernel vulnerability in inet_diag_bc_audit (net/ipv4/inet_diag.c) present before 2.6.39.3. Affected component audits INET_DIAG bytecode and, when processing crafted INET_DIAG_REQ_BYTECODE messages (e.g., an INET_DIAG_BC_JMP with a zero yes value), allows...

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

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues, various bugs, and add two enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores,...

kernel: inet_diag: insufficient validation

The inetdiagbcaudit function in net/ipv4/inetdiag.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.3 does not properly audit INETDIAG bytecode, which allows local users to cause a denial of service kernel infinite loop via crafted INETDIAGREQBYTECODE instructions in a netlink message, as demonstrated by an...

Ubuntu Update for linux-lts-backport-maverick USN-1187-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1187-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN11871.nasl 7964 2017-12-01 07:32:11Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux-lts-backport-maverick USN-1187-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH,...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1164-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 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...

PT-2011-1009 · Linux +2 · Linux Kernel +2

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 3.1 Description: The issue allows local users to obtain sensitive I/O statistics, potentially revealing confidential information such as the length of another user's password. This is achieved by sending tasksta...

Linux Kernel 2.6.283.0 (DEC Alpha Linux) - Local Privilege Escalation

Linux Kernel 2.6.283.0 DEC Alpha Linux - Local Privilege Escalation / DEC Alpha Linux include include include include include include include include include include define SYSosfwait4 7 define SOCKOFFSET 552 / Offset of skdestruct fptr in sock struct, change for your kernel / define PAGESIZE 819...

CVE-2011-1823

The vold volume manager daemon on Android 3.0 and 2.x before 2.3.4 trusts messages that are received from a PFNETLINK socket, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code and gain root privileges via a negative index that bypasses a maximum-only signed integer check in the...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2193-1 (libcgroup)

The remote host is missing an update to libcgroup announced via advisory DSA 2193-1. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb21931.nasl 6613 2017-07-07 12:08:40Z cfischer $ Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 2193-1 libcgroup Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2011 E-Soft Inc...

openSUSE Security Update : dhcpcd (openSUSE-SU-2011:0342-1)

This update fixes the following security issue : A rogue DHCP server could instruct clients to use a host name that contains shell meta characters. Since many scripts in the system do not expect unusal characters in the system's host name the DHCP client needs to sanitize the host name offered by...

openSUSE Security Update : libcgroup-devel (openSUSE-SU-2011:0316-1)

libcgroup suffered from a heap based buffer overflow CVE-2011-1006. The cgrulesengd daemon did not verify the origin of netlink messages, allowing local users to spoof events CVE-2011-1022. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : libcgroup (SAT Patch Number 4081)

The following bugs have been fixed : - libcgroup suffered from a heap-based buffer overflow. CVE-2011-1006 - The cgrulesengd daemon did not verify the origin of netlink messages, allowing local users to spoof events. CVE-2011-1022 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descripti...

CVE-2011-1022

The cgrereceivenetlinkmsg function in daemon/cgrulesengd.c in cgrulesengd in the Control Group Configuration Library aka libcgroup or libcg before 0.37.1 does not verify that netlink messages originated in the kernel, which allows local users to bypass intended resource restrictions via a crafted...

DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1022

The cgrereceivenetlinkmsg function in daemon/cgrulesengd.c in cgrulesengd in the Control Group Configuration Library aka libcgroup or libcg before 0.37.1 does not verify that netlink messages originated in the kernel, which allows local users to bypass intended resource restrictions via a crafted...

CVE-2011-1022

The cgrereceivenetlinkmsg function in daemon/cgrulesengd.c in cgrulesengd in the Control Group Configuration Library aka libcgroup or libcg before 0.37.1 does not verify that netlink messages originated in the kernel, which allows local users to bypass intended resource restrictions via a crafted...