PT-2017-1179

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 4.9.6 Description The issue is related to the simple set acl function in the Linux kernel, which has inadequate access control. This can be exploited by a local attacker to elevate privileges during the execution...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Qualcomm Snapdragon) vulnerabilities (USN-3161-4)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3161-4 advisory. Tilman Schmidt and Sasha Levin discovered a use-after-free condition in the TTY implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3162-2)

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: Security Advisory (USN-3161-4)

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...

USN-3161-3 linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities

Tilman Schmidt and Sasha Levin discovered a use-after-free condition in the TTY implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information kernel memory. CVE-2015-8964 It was discovered that the Video For Linux Two v4l2 implementation in the Linux kernel d...

CVE-2016-1575

The overlayfs implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.5.2 does not properly maintain POSIX ACL xattr data, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging a group-writable setgid directory...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2016:2976-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. For the PowerPC64 a new 'bigmem' flavor has been added to support big Power machines. FATE319026 The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2016-7042: The prockeysshow function in security/keys/proc....

PT-2016-7819

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions tomcat6 versions 6.0.45+dfsg-1deb7u2 and earlier tomcat6 versions 6.0.45+dfsg-1deb8u0 and earlier tomcat6 versions 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.8 and earlier tomcat7 versions 7.0.28-4+deb7u6 and earlier tomcat7 versions 7.0.56-3+deb8u5 and earlier tomcat7...

CVE-2016-9775

The postrm script in the tomcat6 package before 6.0.45+dfsg-1deb7u3 on Debian wheezy, before 6.0.45+dfsg-1deb8u1 on Debian jessie, before 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.9 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS; the tomcat7 package before 7.0.28-4+deb7u7 on Debian wheezy, before 7.0.56-3+deb8u6 on Debian...

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9775

The postrm script in the tomcat6 package before 6.0.45+dfsg-1deb7u3 on Debian wheezy, before 6.0.45+dfsg-1deb8u1 on Debian jessie, before 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.9 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS; the tomcat7 package before 7.0.28-4+deb7u7 on Debian wheezy, before 7.0.56-3+deb8u6 on Debian...

Ubuntu 16.10 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-3147-1)

Andreas Gruenbacher and Jan Kara discovered that the filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not clear the setgid bit during a setxattr call. A local attacker could use this to possibly elevate group privileges. CVE-2016-7097 Marco Grassi discovered that the driver for Areca RAID...

USN-3147-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Andreas Gruenbacher and Jan Kara discovered that the filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not clear the setgid bit during a setxattr call. A local attacker could use this to possibly elevate group privileges. CVE-2016-7097 Marco Grassi discovered that the driver for Areca RAID...

USN-3146-1 linux vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the getuserasmex implementation in the Linux kernel for x86/x8664 contained extended asm statements that were incompatible with the exception table. A local attacker could use this to gain administrative privileges. CVE-2016-9644 Andreas Gruenbacher and Jan Kara discovered...

Ubuntu 14.04/15.10 - User Namespace Overlayfs Xattr SetGID Privilege Escalation

Source: http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2016/UserNamespaceOverlayfsXattrSetgidPrivilegeEscalation/ Introduction Problem description: Linux user namespace allows to mount file systems as normal user, including the overlayfs. As many of those features were not designed with namespaces in mind, this...

Ubuntu 14.0415.10 - User Namespace Overlayfs Xattr SetGID Privilege Escalation

Ubuntu 14.0415.10 - User Namespace Overlayfs Xattr SetGID Privilege Escalation Source: http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2016/UserNamespaceOverlayfsXattrSetgidPrivilegeEscalation/ Introduction Problem description: Linux user namespace allows to mount file systems as normal user, including the...

GLSA-201611-10 : libuv: Privilege escalation

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201611-10 libuv: Privilege escalation It was discovered that libuv does not call setgroups before calling setuid/setgid. If this is not called, then even though the uid has been dropped, there may still be groups associated that...

Linux kernel elevation of privilege vulnerability (CNVD-2016-09544)

The Linux kernel is the kernel used by the operating system Linux, released by the Linux Foundation in the United States. A security vulnerability exists in the file system implementation in versions of Linux kernel prior to 4.8.2, which stems from a program incorrectly saving the setgid bit duri...

CVE-2016-7097

The filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2 preserves the setgid bit during a setxattr call, which allows local users to gain group privileges by leveraging the existence of a setgid program with restrictions on execute permissions...

CVE-2016-7097

The filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2 preserves the setgid bit during a setxattr call, which allows local users to gain group privileges by leveraging the existence of a setgid program with restrictions on execute permissions...

DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7097

The filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2 preserves the setgid bit during a setxattr call, which allows local users to gain group privileges by leveraging the existence of a setgid program with restrictions on execute permissions...