Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux-ec2 vulnerabilities (USN-1239-1)

Ryan Sweat discovered that the kernel incorrectly handled certain VLAN packets. On some systems, a remote attacker could send specially crafted traffic to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2011-1576 Vasiliy Kulikov and Dan Rosenberg discovered that ecryptfs did not correctly...

USN-1244-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

Dan Rosenberg discovered that the Linux kernel X.25 implementation incorrectly parsed facilities. A remote attacker could exploit this to crash the kernel, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2010-3873 Andrea Righi discovered a race condition in the KSM memory merging support. If KSM was being...

USN-1242-1: Linux kernel (Maverick backport) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the security fix for CVE-2010-4250 introduced a regression. A remote attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2011-1479 Vasiliy Kulikov discovered that taskstats did not enforce access restrictions. A local attacker could exploit...

Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1236-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1236-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN12361.nasl 7964 2017-12-01 07:32:11Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1236-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1236-1)

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...

USN-1204-1: Linux kernel (i.MX51) vulnerabilities

Dan Rosenberg discovered that the Linux kernel TIPC implementation contained multiple integer signedness errors. A local attacker could exploit this to gain root privileges. CVE-2010-3859 Dan Rosenberg discovered that multiple terminal ioctls did not correctly initialize structure memory. A local...

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

Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. 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...

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1170-1)

Dan Rosenberg discovered that multiple terminal ioctls did not correctly initialize structure memory. A local attacker could exploit this to read portions of kernel stack memory, leading to a loss of privacy. CVE-2010-4076, CVE-2010-4077 It was discovered that Xen did not correctly handle certain...

USN-1170-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Dan Rosenberg discovered that multiple terminal ioctls did not correctly initialize structure memory. A local attacker could exploit this to read portions of kernel stack memory, leading to a loss of privacy. CVE-2010-4076, CVE-2010-4077 It was discovered that Xen did not correctly handle certain...

Ubuntu Update for linux-mvl-dove USN-1162-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1162-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN11621.nasl 7964 2017-12-01 07:32:11Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux-mvl-dove USN-1162-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.n...

USN-1162-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities (Marvell Dove)

Brad Spengler discovered that the kernel did not correctly account for userspace memory allocations during exec calls. A local attacker could exploit this to consume all system memory, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2010-4243 Alexander Duyck discovered that the Intel Gigabit Ethernet driver...

Debian DSA-2264-1 : linux-2.6 - privilege escalation/denial of service/information leak

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leak. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2010-2524 David Howells reported an issue in the Common...

[SECURITY] [DSA 2264-1] linux-2.6 security update

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2264-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ dann frazier June 18, 2011 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux, linux-ec2 vulnerabilities (USN-1141-1)

Brad Spengler discovered that the kernel did not correctly account for userspace memory allocations during exec calls. A local attacker could exploit this to consume all system memory, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2010-4243 Alexander Duyck discovered that the Intel Gigabit Ethernet driver...

USN-1141-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Brad Spengler discovered that the kernel did not correctly account for userspace memory allocations during exec calls. A local attacker could exploit this to consume all system memory, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2010-4243 Alexander Duyck discovered that the Intel Gigabit Ethernet driver...

DSA-2240-1 linux-2.6 - several issues

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kernel: proc: protect mm start_code/end_code in /proc/pid/stat

The dotaskstat function in fs/proc/array.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39-rc1 does not perform an expected uid check, which makes it easier for local users to defeat the ASLR protection mechanism by reading the startcode and endcode fields in the /proc//stat file for a process executing a PIE...

RHEL 5 : kernel (RHSA-2009:1106)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2009:1106 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security fixes: several flaws were found in the way th...

Linux Kernel 2.2 - mmap() Local Denial of Service

Linux Kernel 2.2 - mmap Local Denial of Service / source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6420/info A denial of service vulnerability has been discovered in the Linux 2.2 kernel. It has been reported that it is possible for an unprivileged user to cause the kernel to stop responding due to a bu...

CVE-2000-0094

The CVE-2000-0094 entry concerns BSD procfs allowing local privilege escalation to root by manipulating the /proc/pid/mem interface through a modified file descriptor for stderr. The vulnerability is rooted in the procfs interface and enables a local attacker to gain full privileges, as described...