[USN-1567-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1567-1 September 14, 2012 linux vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: -...

Security Advisory 0002

Security Advisory 0002 PDF Date: 9/12/2012 Affected Software Version: EOS-4.8.0 through EOS-4.8.7, EOS-4.9.0 through EOS-4.9.5, EOS-4.10, EOS-4.10.1 Note: You must have IPv6 addresses configured on your system for this to affect you. Bug 39915: Null pointer dereference in nfconntrackipv6 Impact: ...

Medium: kernel

Issue Overview: The Netlink implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.2.30 does not properly handle messages that lack SCMCREDENTIALS data, which might allow local users to spoof Netlink communication via a crafted message, as demonstrated by a message to 1 Avahi or 2 NetworkManager. Affected...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : usermode (MDKSA-2000:020)

A bug existed in the usermode package that permitted users to reboot or halt the system without having root access. This update removes those files associated with allowing users access to reboot, shutdown, halt, or poweroff the system. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20120821)

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issue : - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's dl2k driver, used by certain D-Link Gigabit Ethernet adapters, restricted IOCTLs. A local, unprivileged user coul...

RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2012:1156-01

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2012:1156-01 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...

CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2012:1156 centos6

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2012:1156 centos6 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 th...

CentOS 6 : kernel (CESA-2012:1156)

Updated kernel packages that fix two security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120814)

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issues : - An integer overflow flaw was found in the i915gemexecbuffer2 function in the Intel i915 driver in the Linux kernel. A local, unprivileged user could use this...

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

Updated kernel packages that fix two security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity...

[USN-1531-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1531-1 August 10, 2012 linux vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: -...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 Extended Update Support. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detail...

SuSE Update for tomcat6 openSUSE-SU-2012:0208-1 (tomcat6)

Check for the Version of tomcat6 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbsuse201202081.nasl 8265 2018-01-01 06:29:23Z teissa $ SuSE Update for tomcat6 openSUSE-SU-2012:0208-1 tomcat6 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This progr...

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

A race condition flaw has been found in the OpenSSL TLS server extension parsing code, which could affect some multithreaded OpenSSL applications. Under certain specific conditions, it may be possible for a remote attacker to trigger this race condition and cause such an application to crash, or...

Scientific Linux Security Update : openssl on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

A ciphersuite downgrade flaw was found in the OpenSSL SSL/TLS server code. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to change the ciphersuite associated with a cached session stored on the server, if the server enabled the SSLOPNETSCAPEREUSECIPHERCHANGEBUG option, possibly forcing the clien...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120618)

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issues : - A local, unprivileged user could use an integer overflow flaw in drmmodedirtyfbioctl to cause a denial of service or escalate their privileges. CVE-2012-0044,...

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

This update fixes the following security issue : - The compatallocuserspace function in the Linux kernel 32/64-bit compatibility layer implementation was missing sanity checks. This function could be abused in other areas of the Linux kernel if its length argument can be controlled from user-spac...

Scientific Linux Security Update : openssl on SL4.x i386/x86_64 (20120201)

OpenSSL is a toolkit that implements the Secure Sockets Layer SSL v2/v3 and Transport Layer Security TLS v1 protocols, as well as a full-strength, general purpose cryptography library. An information leak flaw was found in the SSL 3.0 protocol implementation in OpenSSL. Incorrect initialization o...

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

CVE-2009-2409 deprecate MD2 in SSL cert validation Kaminsky CVE-2009-4355 openssl significant memory leak in certain SSLv3 requests DoS It was found that the OpenSSL library did not properly re-initialize its internal state in the SSLlibraryinit function after previous calls to the...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120417)

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issues : - Numerous reference count leaks were found in the Linux kernel's block layer I/O context handling implementation. This could allow a local, unprivileged user to...