SUSE-SU-2017:2131-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP2 kernel was updated to 4.4.74 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2017-1000111: fix race condition in net-packet code that could be exploited to cause out-of-bounds memory access bsc1052365. - CVE-2017-1000112: fi...

RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2017:1372)

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the...

MacOS Insecure Swap File Vulnerability

It turns out that even with SIP enabled a regular root user can write to the swapfile under /private/var/vm/swapfile0 on MacOS. MacOS uses an insecure swap file CVE-2017-2494 This came out of a discussion with Jann Horn this afternoon; credit is his. It turns out that even with SIP enabled a...

Updated kernel packages fixes security vulnerabilities

This update is based on upstream 4.4.36 and fixes at least the following security issues: The TCP stack in the Linux kernel before 4.8.10 mishandles skb truncation, which allows local users to cause a denial of service system crash via a crafted application that makes sendto system calls, related...

RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2016:0494-01

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...

Medium: kernel

Issue Overview: It was found that the Linux kernel's implementation of vectored pipe read and write functionality did not take into account the I/O vectors that were already processed when retrying after a failed atomic access operation, potentially resulting in memory corruption due to an I/O...

OpenBSD 5.6 - Multiple Local Kernel Panics Exploit

Proof of concept exploit for OpenBSD versions 5.6 and below that causes a kernel panic in sys/uvm/uvmmap.c. / Exploit Title: OpenBSD include include include include include include ifndef OpenBSD error "Not OpenBSD !!!1111"; else include endif ifndef i386 error "Not i386 !!!1111"; endif char...

OpenBSD 5.6 - Multiple Local Kernel Panics (Denial of Service)

OpenBSD 5.6 - Multiple Local Kernel Panics Denial of Service / Exploit Title: OpenBSD include include include include include include ifndef OpenBSD error "Not OpenBSD !!!1111"; else include endif ifndef i386 error "Not i386 !!!1111"; endif char bigb00bz = "...

OpenBSD 5.6 - Multiple Local Kernel Panics (Denial of Service)

/ Exploit Title: OpenBSD include include include include include include ifndef OpenBSD error "Not OpenBSD !!!1111"; else include endif ifndef i386 error "Not i386 !!!1111"; endif char bigb00bz = " 8M:::::::8888M:::::888:::::::88:::8888888::::::::Mm\n" "...

xen: security and bugfix update (important)

XEN was updated to fix security issues and bugs. Security issues fixed: - bnc897657 - CVE-2014-7188: XSA-108 Improper MSR range used for x2APIC emulation - bnc895802 - CVE-2014-7156: XSA-106: Missing privilege level checks in x86 emulation of software interrupts - bnc895799 - CVE-2014-7155:...

openSUSE Security Update : xen (openSUSE-SU-2013:1404-1)

XEN was updated to 4.2.2, fixing lots of bugs and several security issues. Various upstream patches were also merged into this version by our developers. Detailed buglist : - bnc824676 - Failed to setup devices for vm instance when start multiple vms simultaneously - bnc817799 - sles9sp4 guest...

Oracle Linux 4 : kernel (ELSA-2009-0459)

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2009:0459 : Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues and various bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The kernel packages contain...

Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2009-0326)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2009-0326 advisory. - net fix icmpsend and icmpv6send host re-lookup code Jiri Pirko 489253 439670 CVE-2009-0778 - net skfpioctl inverted logic flaw Eugene Teo 486539 4865...

Oracle Linux 5 : Important: / kernel (ELSA-2007-0376)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2007-0376 advisory. 2.6.18-8.1.6.0.1.el5 -Fix bonding primary=ethX so it picks correct network Bert Barbe IT 101532 ORA 5136660 -Add entropy module option to e1000 John...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL4.x i386/x86_64

This update addresses the following security issues : - the sendmsg function in the Linux kernel did not block during UNIX socket garbage collection. This could, potentially, lead to a local denial of service. CVE-2008-5300, Important - when fput was called to close a socket, the scmdestroy...

CentOS 5 : kernel (CESA-2009:0326)

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux...

FreeBSD IATA驱动本地拒绝服务漏洞

CVECAN ID: CVE-2009-2649 FreeBSD就是一种运行在Intel平台上、可以自由使用的开放源码Unix类系统。 FreeBSD所使用的IATA（ATA）驱动中存在安全漏洞。如果本地用户能够读访问/dev的话，就可以通过特制的IOCTL请求触发用很大的值调用malloc，导致内核忙碌。 FreeBSD FreeBSD 8.0 FreeBSD FreeBSD 6.0 厂商补丁： FreeBSD ------- 目前厂商还没有提供补丁或者升级程序，我们建议使用此软件的用户随时关注厂商的主页以获取最新版本：...

kernel security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2009:0326 Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The kernel packages...

FreeBSD-SA-08:09.icmp6

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ============================================================================= FreeBSD-SA-08:09.icmp6 Security Advisory The FreeBSD Project Topic: Remote kernel panics on IPv6 connections Category: core Module: sysnetinet6 Announced: 2008-09-03 Credits...

Sun Cluster软件本地拒绝服务漏洞

Sun Cluster将Solaris操作环境推广到一种集群操作系统。 Sun Cluster的实现上存在漏洞，本地攻击者可能利用此漏洞导致拒绝服务。 如果Sun Cluster节点上的特权用户为当前集群的成员的话，就能够破坏同一层集群节点的内存中数据结构，这可能导致系统忙碌和/或破坏同一层节点上的数据，影响应用程序的吞吐量或最终用户的数据或应用程序的可用性，具体取决于Sun Cluster的配置方式。 如果触发上述漏洞，可能出现数据破坏和sendmondo忙碌，栈追踪类似于： genunix:cdevioctl did:didioctl specfs:specioctl pxfs:vo...