Ubuntu 15.10 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2971-1)

Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the Aiptek Tablet USB device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly sanity check the endpoints reported by the device. An attacker with physical access could cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2015-7515 Zach Riggle discovered that the Linux kernel's...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-2965-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2965-1 advisory. Jann Horn discovered that the extended Berkeley Packet Filter eBPF implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly reference count file descriptors,...

Ubuntu 15.10 : linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities (USN-2971-3)

Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the Aiptek Tablet USB device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly sanity check the endpoints reported by the device. An attacker with physical access could cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2015-7515 Zach Riggle discovered that the Linux kernel's...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-trusty vulnerabilities (USN-2968-2)

USN-2968-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the Aiptek Tablet USB device driver in the Linux kerne...

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

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...

kernel: Null pointer dereference when mounting ext4

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's ext4 file system driver handled certain corrupted file system images. An attacker with physical access to the system could use this flaw to crash the system...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2967-2)

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-2970-1)

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-2971-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the Aiptek Tablet USB device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the endpoints reported by the device. An attacker with physical access could cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2015-7515 Zach Riggle discovered that the Linux kernel's list...

USN-2970-1: Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities

Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the Aiptek Tablet USB device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the endpoints reported by the device. An attacker with physical access could cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2015-7515 Ben Hawkes discovered that the Linux kernel's AIO...

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Concierge Toolkit: Physical Access Control Identification and...

USN-2965-4 linux-snapdragon vulnerability

Jann Horn discovered that the extended Berkeley Packet Filter eBPF implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly reference count file descriptors, leading to a use-after-free. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to gain administrative privileges. Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the...

USN-2965-1 linux vulnerabilities

Jann Horn discovered that the extended Berkeley Packet Filter eBPF implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly reference count file descriptors, leading to a use-after-free. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to gain administrative privileges. CVE-2016-4557 Ralf Spenneberg...

Old Android Flaw Elevates Privileges, Steals SMS, Call Logs

A five-year-old Android vulnerability disclosed today affects hundreds of different device models going back to Jelly Bean 4.3. Older devices are at the greatest risk; newer devices running Android with SE Android, the OS’ implementation of Security Enhanced Linux, are at a lesser risk. The...

Exploiting CVE-2016-2060 on Qualcomm Devices

Mandiant’s Red Team recently discovered a widespread vulnerability affecting Android devices that permits local privilege escalation to the built-in user “radio”, making it so an attacker can potentially perform activities such as viewing the victim’s SMS database and phone history. The...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2947-2)

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-2930-3: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) 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...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-2931-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2931-1 advisory. Ben Hawkes discovered that the Linux netfilter implementation did not correctly perform validation when handling IPTSOSETREPLACE events. A local...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-2929-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2929-1 advisory. Ben Hawkes discovered that the Linux netfilter implementation did not correctly perform validation when handling IPTSOSETREPLACE events. A local...

USN-2928-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

Andrey Konovalov discovered that the ALSA USB MIDI driver incorrectly performed a double-free. A local attacker with physical access could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges...