Debian DSA-2992-1 : linux - security update

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or privilege escalation : - CVE-2014-3534 Martin Schwidefsky of IBM discovered that the ptrace subsystem does not properly sanitize the psw mask value. On s390 systems, an unprivileged local user...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Extended Update Support. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed...

Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : unbreakable enterprise kernel (ELSA-2014-3048)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-3048 advisory. - l2tp: fix an unprivileged user to kernel privilege escalation Sasha Levin Orabug: 19229529 CVE-2014-4943 CVE-2014-4943 Tenable has extracted the...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-2290-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2290-1 advisory. Sasha Levin reported a flaw in the Linux kernel's point-to-point protocol PPP when used with the Layer Two Tunneling Protocol L2TP. A local user could...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2235-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 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 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-2240-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2240-1 advisory. Pinkie Pie discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's futex subsystem. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service syste...

Ubuntu Update for linux-lts-backport-maverick USN-1421-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1421-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN14211.nasl 7960 2017-12-01 06:58:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux-lts-backport-maverick USN-1421-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH,...

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

Updated kvm packages that fix one security issue and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity...