Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2931-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-trusty vulnerabilities (USN-2929-2)

Ben Hawkes discovered that the Linux netfilter implementation did not correctly perform validation when handling IPTSOSETREPLACE events. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-2931-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2931-1 advisory. Ben Hawkes discovered that the Linux netfilter implementation did not correctly perform validation when handling IPTSOSETREPLACE events. A local...

USN-2932-1: Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities

Ben Hawkes discovered that the Linux netfilter implementation did not correctly perform validation when handling IPTSOSETREPLACE events. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges...

USN-2932-1 linux-lts-vivid vulnerabilities

Ben Hawkes discovered that the Linux netfilter implementation did not correctly perform validation when handling IPTSOSETREPLACE events. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Wily HWE) regression (USN-2908-5)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-2908-5 advisory. USN-2908-2 fixed vulnerabilities in the Ubuntu 15.10 Linux kernel backported to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. An incorrect locking fix caused a regression that broke graphics...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Wily HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-2908-2)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2908-2 advisory. halfdog discovered that OverlayFS, when mounting on top of a FUSE mount, incorrectly propagated file attributes, including setuid. A local unprivileged...

USN-2908-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

halfdog discovered that OverlayFS, when mounting on top of a FUSE mount, incorrectly propagated file attributes, including setuid. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to gain privileges. CVE-2016-1576 halfdog discovered that OverlayFS in the Linux kernel incorrectly propagated security...

USN-2908-2: Linux kernel (Wily HWE) vulnerabilities

halfdog discovered that OverlayFS, when mounting on top of a FUSE mount, incorrectly propagated file attributes, including setuid. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to gain privileges. CVE-2016-1576 halfdog discovered that OverlayFS in the Linux kernel incorrectly propagated security...

USN-2908-3: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities

halfdog discovered that OverlayFS, when mounting on top of a FUSE mount, incorrectly propagated file attributes, including setuid. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to gain privileges. CVE-2016-1576 halfdog discovered that OverlayFS in the Linux kernel incorrectly propagated security...

BSD/OS <= 4.0,FreeBSD <= 3.2,Linux kernel <= 2.3,NetBSD <= 1.4 Shared Memory Denial of Service Vulnerability

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/526/info Operating systems with a shared memory implementation based on or influenced by the 4.4BSD code may be vulnerable to a denial of service attack The problem exists because you can mmap or shmget as much memory as...

Linux cored ump files privilege escalation

Application can create coredump file in any directory by setting rlimits...

BSDLinux Kernel 2.3 (BSDOS 4.0 FreeBSD 3.2 NetBSD 1.4) - Shared Memory Denial of Service

BSDLinux Kernel 2.3 BSDOS 4.0 FreeBSD 3.2 NetBSD 1.4 - Shared Memory Denial of Service / source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/526/info Operating systems with a shared memory implementation based on or influenced by the 4.4BSD code may be vulnerable to a denial of service attack The problem...

BSD/Linux Kernel 2.3 (BSD/OS 4.0 / FreeBSD 3.2 / NetBSD 1.4) - Shared Memory Denial of Service

/ source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/526/info Operating systems with a shared memory implementation based on or influenced by the 4.4BSD code may be vulnerable to a denial of service attack The problem exists because you can mmap or shmget as much memory as you'd like bypassing rlimits. Wh...