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

This update fixes the following security issues : - Missing sanity checks in the Intel i915 driver in the Linux kernel could allow a local, unprivileged user to escalate their privileges. CVE-2010-2962, Important - compatallocuserspace in the Linux kernel 32/64-bit compatibility layer...

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

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issues : - A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Stream Control Transmission Protocol SCTP implementation. A remote attacker could send a...

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

It was found that the xctrybzip2decode and xctrylzmadecode decode routines did not correctly check for a possible buffer size overflow in the decoding loop. As well, several integer overflow flaws and missing error/range checking were found that could lead to an infinite loop. A privileged guest...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20120612)

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issues : - It was found that the Xen hypervisor implementation as shipped with Scientific Linux 5 did not properly restrict the syscall return addresses in the sysret...

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

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 in ibuverbspollcq could allow a local, unprivileged user to cause a denial of service or escalate their privileges. CVE-2010-4649,...

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

A race condition flaw was found in the PolicyKit pkexec utility and polkitd daemon. A local user could use this flaw to appear as a privileged user to pkexec, allowing them to execute arbitrary commands as root by running those commands with pkexec. CVE-2011-1485 The system must be rebooted for...

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

This update fixes the following security issues : - A flaw was found in sctppacketconfig in the Linux kernel's Stream Control Transmission Protocol SCTP implementation. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service. CVE-2010-3432, Important - A missing integer overflow check...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120515)

This update fixes the following security issues : - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's journalunmapbuffer function handled buffer head states. On systems that have an ext4 file system with a journal mounted, a local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120123)

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issue : - It was found that permissions were not checked properly in the Linux kernel when handling the /proc/pid/mem writing functionality. A local, unprivileged user...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL3.x i386/x86_64

CVE-2009-2692 kernel: uninit op in SOCKOPSWRAP leads to privesc CVE-2009-2698 kernel: udp socket NULL ptr dereference These updated packages fix the following security issues : - a flaw was found in the SOCKOPSWRAP macro in the Linux kernel. This macro did not initialize the sendpage operation in...

CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2012:0862 centos6

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2012:0862 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 Update for kernel CESA-2011:1212 centos5 x86_64

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CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2011:1479 centos5 x86_64

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CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2012:0480 centos5

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CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2012:0721 centos5

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CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2011:0163 centos5 x86_64

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CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2011:0163 centos5 x86_64

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CentOS Update for openssl CESA-2012:0699 centos5

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CentOS Update for xen CESA-2011:0496 centos5 x86_64

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CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2012:0480 centos5

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 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 scriptxrefname:"URL",...