[SECURITY] [DSA 1069-1] New Linux kernel 2.4.18 packages fix several vulnerabilities

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 1069-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze, Dann Frazier May 20th, 2006 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDKSA-2004:001)

A flaw in bounds checking in mremap in the Linux kernel versions 2.4.23 and previous was discovered by Paul Starzetz. This flaw may be used to allow a local attacker to obtain root privilege. Another minor information leak in the RTC real time clock routines was fixed as well. All Mandrake Linux...

CVE-2003-0984

CVE-2003-0984 affects the Linux kernel RTC code: RTC routines in kernel 2.4.23 and earlier do not properly initialize their structures, which could leak kernel data to user space. Exploitation would require local access (per CVSS data), with partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and avail...