kernel: /proc/PID/io infoleak

fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.4 does not properly restrict access to /proc//io files, which allows local users to obtain sensitive I/O statistics by polling a file, as demonstrated by discovering the length of another user's password...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : Linux kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 5031 / 5055)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 1 kernel was updated to 2.6.32.45 and fixes various bugs and security issues. The following security issues have been fixed : - Timo Warns reported an issue in the Linux implementation for GUID partitions. Users with physical access could gain access to...

kernel: no access restrictions of /proc/pid/* after setuid program exec

The proc filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel 2.6.37 and earlier does not restrict access to the /proc directory tree of a process after this process performs an exec of a setuid program, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service via open, lsee...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1285-1)

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...

Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1285-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1285-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN12851.nasl 7964 2017-12-01 07:32:11Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1285-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This...

Ubuntu 11.04 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1285-1)

Andrea Righi discovered a race condition in the KSM memory merging support. If KSM was being used, a local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2011-2183 Vasily Averin discovered that the NFS Lock Manager NLM incorrectly handled unlock requests. A...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux-lts-backport-natty vulnerabilities (USN-1279-1)

Andrea Righi discovered a race condition in the KSM memory merging support. If KSM was being used, a local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2011-2183 Vasily Averin discovered that the NFS Lock Manager NLM incorrectly handled unlock requests. A...

Apache mod_suexec Multiple Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

The remote host appears to be running Apache and is potentially affected by the following vulnerabilities: - Multiple race conditions exist in suexec between the validation and usage of directories and files. Under certain conditions local users are able to escalate privileges and execute arbitra...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1256-1)

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...

Linux Kernel 3.0.4 - '/proc/interrupts' Password Length Local Information Disclosure

/ source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50573/info The Linux kernel is prone to a local information-disclosure weakness. Successful exploits allow local attackers to obtain the password length of a victim's account; information harvested may aid in further attacks. Linux kernel 3.1 and prior...

Ubuntu Update for linux-ec2 USN-1239-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1239-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN12391.nasl 7964 2017-12-01 07:32:11Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux-ec2 USN-1239-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net Th...

USN-1244-1 : linux-ti-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...

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...

PT-2011-4548 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 3.0 Description: The issue is related to the apparmor setprocattr function in the Linux kernel, which does not properly handle invalid parameters. This can allow local users to cause a denial of service, resulti...

UBUNTU-CVE-2011-3619

The apparmorsetprocattr function in security/apparmor/lsm.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0 does not properly handle invalid parameters, which allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and OOPS or possibly have unspecified other impact by writing to a...

Linux kernel-2.6.18-6 x86 Local Root Exploit

No description provided by source. include include include include include include include include define NUMCPUS 8 define ATM "/proc/net/atm/avc" int mainvoid char err, adurit2000; int i, ret, sock, proc; struct atmqos dj; struct sockaddratmsvc addr; sock = socketPFATMSVC, SOCKDGRAM, 0; memset&d...