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

a flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Direct-IO implementation. This could have allowed a local unprivileged user to cause a denial of service. CVE-2007-6716, Important - when running ptrace in 31-bit mode on an IBM S/390 or IBM System z kernel, a local unprivileged user could cause a denial of...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issues : - Using PCI passthrough without interrupt remapping support allowed Xen hypervisor guests to generate MSI interrupts and thus potentially inject traps. A...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64

Security issues : - Using PCI passthrough without interrupt remapping support allowed KVM guests to generate MSI interrupts and thus potentially inject traps. A privileged guest user could use this flaw to crash the host or possibly escalate their privileges on the host. The fix for this issue ca...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64

These updated packages fix the following security issues : - the absence of a protection mechanism when attempting to access a critical section of code has been found in the Linux kernel open file descriptors control mechanism, fcntl. This could allow a local unprivileged user to simultaneously...

Scientific Linux Security Update : xen on SL5.x i386/x86_64

CVE-2009-3525 Xen: PyGrub missing support for password configuration command The pyGrub boot loader did not honor the 'password' option in the grub.conf file for para-virtualized guests. Users with access to a guest's console could use this flaw to bypass intended access restrictions and boot the...

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

Security fixes : - a NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel NFSv4 implementation. Several of the NFSv4 file locking functions failed to check whether a file had been opened on the server before performing locking operations on it. A local, unprivileged user on a system with a...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64

Security fixes : - NULL pointer dereference flaws in the r128 driver. Checks to test if the Concurrent Command Engine state was initialized were missing in private IOCTL functions. An attacker could use these flaws to cause a local denial of service or escalate their privileges. CVE-2009-3620,...

CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2011:1479 centos5 x86_64

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2011:1479 centos5 x8664 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it...

PCI DSS Compliance : Handling False Positives

Note that per PCI Security Standards Council PCI SSC standards, if the version of the remote software is known to contain flaws, a vulnerability scanner must report it as vulnerable. The scanner must still flag it as vulnerable, even in cases where a workaround or mitigating configuration option ...

RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2011:1189-01

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2011:1189-01 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the ter...

RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2011:1189-01

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 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 scriptxrefname:"URL",...

libvirt security, bug fix, and enhancement update

libvirt-0.9.10-21.0.1.el6 - Replace docs/et.png in tarball with blank image libvirt-0.9.10-21.el6 - qemu: Rollback on used USB devices rhbz743671 - qemu: Dont delete USB device on failed qemuPrepareHostdevUSBDevices rhbz743671 - Revert 'rpc: Discard non-blocking calls only when necessary'...

VMware releases PCI Solution Guide and it has good news for compliance-oriented buyers

This month VMware release an important document, the VMware Solution Guide for Payment Card Industry PCI. Its significant because it is the first document of its kind to map the PCI requirements - including those authored by the PCI SSCs Virtualization SIG - to a commercially-available stack of...

CVE-2011-1751

The pciejwrite function in hw/acpipiix4.c in the PIIX4 Power Management emulation in qemu-kvm does not check if a device is hotpluggable before unplugging the PCI-ISA bridge, which allows privileged guest users to cause a denial of service guest crash and possibly execute arbitrary code by sendin...

Double free

The pciejwrite function in hw/acpipiix4.c in the PIIX4 Power Management emulation in qemu-kvm does not check if a device is hotpluggable before unplugging the PCI-ISA bridge, which allows privileged guest users to cause a denial of service guest crash and possibly execute arbitrary code by sendin...

CVE-2011-1751

The pciejwrite function in hw/acpipiix4.c in the PIIX4 Power Management emulation in qemu-kvm does not check if a device is hotpluggable before unplugging the PCI-ISA bridge, which allows privileged guest users to cause a denial of service guest crash and possibly execute arbitrary code by sendin...

Code injection

The Innominate mGuard Smart HW before HW-101130 and BD before BD-101030, mGuard industrial RS, mGuard delta HW before HW-103060 and BD before BD-211010, mGuard PCI, mGuard blade, and EAGLE mGuard appliances with software before 7.5.0 do not use a sufficient source of entropy for private keys, whi...

CVE-2012-3006

The CVE-2012-3006 entry concerns Innominate mGuard devices (Smart HW before HW-101130, BD before BD-101030, Industrial RS, Delta HW before HW-103060, BD before BD-211010, PCI, Blade, EAGLE) running software before 7.5.0. The root cause is insufficient entropy when generating private keys for HTTP...

Airlock WAF 4.2.4 Overlong UTF-8 Sequence Bypass

Exploit for multiple platform in category dos / poc title: Airlock WAF overlong UTF-8 sequence bypass product: Airlock vulnerable version: = 4.2.4 without hotfix HF4213 fixed version: 4.2.5 impact: critical homepage: http://www.ergon.ch/ found: 2012-04-05 by: G. Wagner SEC Consult Vulnerability L...

kernel security and bug fix update

2.6.32-220.23.1.el6 - net bond: Make LRO flag follow slave settings Neil Horman 831176 794647 2.6.32-220.22.1.el6 - net ipv4/netfilter: TCP and raw fix for iproutemeharder Jiri Benc 824429 812108 2.6.32-220.21.1.el6 - security fix compile error in commoncap.c Eric Paris 806725 806726 CVE-2012-212...