EUVD-2008-5684

Malware in sbrugna...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL4.x i386/x86_64

These updated packages fix the following security issue : - a possible kernel memory leak was found in the Linux kernel Simple Internet Transition SIT INET6 implementation. This could allow a local unprivileged user to cause a denial of service. CVE-2008-2136, Important As well, these updated...

CVE-2008-5713

The qdiscrun function in net/sched/schgeneric.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25 on SMP machines allows local users to cause a denial of service soft lockup by sending a large amount of network traffic, as demonstrated by multiple simultaneous invocations of the Netperf benchmark application in...

CVE-2008-5713

The qdiscrun function in net/sched/schgeneric.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25 on SMP machines allows local users to cause a denial of service soft lockup by sending a large amount of network traffic, as demonstrated by multiple simultaneous invocations of the Netperf benchmark application in...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

Updated kernel packages that fix a security issue and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating...

USN-263-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

A flaw was found in the module reference counting for loadable protocol modules of netfilter. By performing particular socket operations, a local attacker could exploit this to crash the kernel. This flaw only affects Ubuntu 5.10. CVE-2005-3359 David Howells noticed a race condition in the addkey...