Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL7.x x86_64 (20151208)

It was found that the x86 ISA Instruction Set Architecture is prone to a denial of service attack inside a virtualized environment in the form of an infinite loop in the microcode due to the way sequential delivering of benign exceptions such as AC alignment check exception and DB debug exception...

CVE-2015-8338

Xen 4.6.x and earlier does not properly enforce limits on page order inputs for the 1 XENMEMincreasereservation, 2 XENMEMpopulatephysmap, 3 XENMEMexchange, and possibly other HYPERVISORmemoryop suboperations, which allows ARM guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service CPU consumption,...

CVE-2015-8338

Xen 4.6.x and earlier does not properly enforce limits on page order inputs for the 1 XENMEMincreasereservation, 2 XENMEMpopulatephysmap, 3 XENMEMexchange, and possibly other HYPERVISORmemoryop suboperations, which allows ARM guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service CPU consumption,...

DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8338

Xen 4.6.x and earlier does not properly enforce limits on page order inputs for the 1 XENMEMincreasereservation, 2 XENMEMpopulatephysmap, 3 XENMEMexchange, and possibly other HYPERVISORmemoryop suboperations, which allows ARM guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service CPU consumption,...

Code injection

Xen 4.6.x and earlier does not properly enforce limits on page order inputs for the 1 XENMEMincreasereservation, 2 XENMEMpopulatephysmap, 3 XENMEMexchange, and possibly other HYPERVISORmemoryop suboperations, which allows ARM guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service CPU consumption,...

CVE-2015-8338

Xen 4.6.x and earlier does not properly enforce limits on page order inputs for the 1 XENMEMincreasereservation, 2 XENMEMpopulatephysmap, 3 XENMEMexchange, and possibly other HYPERVISORmemoryop suboperations, which allows ARM guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service CPU consumption,...

CVE-2015-8338

Xen 4.6.x and earlier does not properly enforce limits on page order inputs for the 1 XENMEMincreasereservation, 2 XENMEMpopulatephysmap, 3 XENMEMexchange, and possibly other HYPERVISORmemoryop suboperations, which allows ARM guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service CPU consumption,...

CVE-2015-8338

Xen 4.6.x and earlier does not properly enforce limits on page order inputs for the 1 XENMEMincreasereservation, 2 XENMEMpopulatephysmap, 3 XENMEMexchange, and possibly other HYPERVISORmemoryop suboperations, which allows ARM guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service CPU consumption,...

kernel, perf, python security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2015:2636 Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System...

RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2015:2645)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2015:2645 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. It was found that the x86 ISA Instruction Set...

Scientific Linux Security Update : openssl on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20151214)

A NULL pointer derefernce flaw was found in the way OpenSSL verified signatures using the RSA PSS algorithm. A remote attacked could possibly use this flaw to crash a TLS/SSL client using OpenSSL, or a TLS/SSL server using OpenSSL if it enabled client authentication. CVE-2015-3194 A memory leak...

CentOS 5 : openssl (CESA-2015:2616)

Updated openssl packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available fro...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: openssl security update

Updated openssl packages that fix three security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are...

Security Advisory - Two DoS Vulnerabilities in the HIFI Driver of Huawei Smart Phone

Some Huawei smart phones have two DoS Denial of Service security vulnerabilities in the HIFI driver. An attacker may trick a user into installing a malicious application and use the application to input null pointer as parameter, which can reboot the system. Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2015-10038 a...

CVE-2015-8084

Huawei USG5500, USG2100, USG2200, and USG5100 unified security gateways with software before V300R001C10SPC600, when "DHCP Snooping" is enabled and either "option82 insert" or "option82 rebuild" is enabled on an interface, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service reboot via crafted DHC...

CVE-2015-8084

CVE-2015-8084 affects Huawei USG5500, USG2100, USG2200, and USG5100 unified security gateways with software prior to V300R001C10SPC600. When DHCP Snooping is enabled and option82 insert or option82 rebuild is active on an interface, devices fail to parse certain DHCP packets, enabling remote atta...

CVE-2015-8084

Huawei USG5500, USG2100, USG2200, and USG5100 unified security gateways with software before V300R001C10SPC600, when "DHCP Snooping" is enabled and either "option82 insert" or "option82 rebuild" is enabled on an interface, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service reboot via crafted DHC...

Amazon Linux AMI : kernel (ALAS-2015-610)

A denial of service vulnerability was discovered in the keyring function's garbage collector in the Linux kernel. The flaw allowed any local user account to trigger a kernel panic. CVE-2015-7872 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted...

Huawei Mate7 HIFI Driver Memory Heap Overflow Vulnerability

The Huawei Mate7 is a smartphone product from the Chinese company Huawei Huawei. A memory heap overflow vulnerability exists in the HIFI driver of the Huawei Mate7. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by tricking the user into installing a malicious application to read and modify memory...

xen-kernel -- CPU lockup during exception delivery

The Xen Project reports: A malicious HVM guest administrator can cause a denial of service. Specifically, prevent use of a physical CPU for a significant, perhaps indefinite period. If a host watchdog Xen or dom0 is in use, this can lead to a watchdog timeout and consequently a reboot of the host...