Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200611-13 (avahi)

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200611-13. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $ Description: Auto generated from Gentoo's XML based advisory Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2008 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com Text descriptions are largely excerpted fr...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 492-1 (iproute)

The remote host is missing an update to iproute announced via advisory DSA 492-1. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb4921.nasl 6616 2017-07-07 12:10:49Z cfischer $ Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 492-1 Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2007 E-Soft Inc...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 415-1 (zebra)

The remote host is missing an update to zebra announced via advisory DSA 415-1. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 E-Soft Inc. 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...

SuSE 10 Security Update : avahi (ZYPP Patch Number 2216)

Avahi did not check that the received netlink messages originated from the kernel. This could be used by local attackers to inject packets into avahi which could be used to inject bad netlink messages into Avahi, confusing its routing code or worse. CVE-2006-5461 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable...

CVE-2003-0857

The 1 ipqread and 2 ipulogread functions in iptables allow local users to cause a denial of service by sending spoofed messages as other users to the kernel netlink interface...

Ubuntu 6.10 : linux-source-2.6.17 vulnerabilities (USN-486-1)

The compatsysmount function allowed local users to cause a denial of service when mounting a smbfs filesystem in compatibility mode. CVE-2006-7203 The Omnikey CardMan 4040 driver cm4040cs did not limit the size of buffers passed to read and write. A local attacker could exploit this to execute...

Ubuntu 5.10 / 6.06 LTS / 6.10 : avahi vulnerability (USN-380-1)

Steve Grubb discovered that netlink messages were not being checked for their sender identity. This could lead to local users manipulating the Avahi service. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS : linux-source-2.6.15 vulnerability (USN-489-1)

A flaw was discovered in dvb ULE decapsulation. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted message and cause a denial of service. CVE-2006-4623 The compatsysmount function allowed local users to cause a denial of service when mounting a smbfs filesystem in compatibility mode. CVE-2006-7203...

CVE-2002-2323

CVE-2002-2323 affects Sun PC NetLink 1.0–1.2. The issue is an improper setting of ACLs for files/directories that use symbolic links and have been restored from backup, potentially allowing bypass of access restrictions for local or remote attackers. Connected advisories (Red Hat, PT Security) re...

CVE-2002-2323

Sun PC NetLink 1.0 through 1.2 does not properly set the access control list ACL for files and directories that use symbolic links and have been restored from backup, which could allow local or remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions...

openSUSE 10 Security Update : avahi (avahi-2217)

Avahi did not check that the received netlink messages originated from the kernel. This could be used by local attackers to inject packets into avahi which could be used to inject bad netlink messages into Avahi, confusing its routing code or worse. CVE-2006-5461 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable...

USN-489-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

A flaw was discovered in dvb ULE decapsulation. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted message and cause a denial of service. CVE-2006-4623 The compatsysmount function allowed local users to cause a denial of service when mounting a smbfs filesystem in compatibility mode. CVE-2006-7203...

USN-486-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

The compatsysmount function allowed local users to cause a denial of service when mounting a smbfs filesystem in compatibility mode. CVE-2006-7203 The Omnikey CardMan 4040 driver cm4040cs did not limit the size of buffers passed to read and write. A local attacker could exploit this to execute...

infinite recursion in netlink

The nlfiblookup function in net/ipv4/fibfrontend.c in Linux Kernel before 2.6.20.8 allows attackers to cause a denial of service kernel panic via NETLINKFIBLOOKUP replies, which trigger infinite recursion and a stack overflow...

Linux netlink DoS

Invalid processing of NETLINKFIBLOOKUP responses...

CVE-2007-1496

nfnetlinklog in netfilter in the Linux kernel before 2.6.20.3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service crash via unspecified vectors involving the 1 nfulnlrecvconfig function, 2 using "multiple packets per netlink message", and 3 bridged packets, which trigger a NULL pointer dereference...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : avahi (MDKSA-2006:215)

Steve Grubb discovered that netlink messages were not being checked for their sender identity. This could lead to local users manipulating the Avahi service. Packages have been patched to correct this issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package...

Fedora Core 6 : avahi-0.6.15-1.fc6 (2006-1340)

Avahi before 0.6.15 does not verify the sender identity of netlink messages to ensure that they come from the kernel instead of another process, which allows local users to spoof network changes to Avahi. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly fr...

GLSA-200611-13 : Avahi: 'netlink' message vulnerability

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200611-13 Avahi: 'netlink' message vulnerability Avahi does not check that the netlink messages come from the kernel instead of a user-space process. Impact : A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability by crafting malicious...

Avahi: "netlink" message vulnerability

Background Avahi is a system that facilitates service discovery on a local network. Description Avahi does not check that the netlink messages come from the kernel instead of a user-space process. Impact A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability by crafting malicious netlink messages and...