kernel: Creating multiple sockets when SCTP module isn't loaded leads to kernel panic

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the SCTP implementation. A local user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service on the system by triggering a kernel panic when creating multiple sockets in parallel while the system did not have the SCTP module loaded...

PT-2017-7224 · Red Hat +1 · Red Hat Enterprise Mrg 2 +4

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 kernel-rt Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 Description: A race condition exists in the kernel when the nfnetlink log module is loaded, allowing local users to cause a denial of service by creating netlink sockets...

IBM Security QRadar Incident Forensics Cached SSL Page Vulnerability

IBM Security QRadar Incident Forensics is a suite of security forensic investigation software from IBM. The software supports in-depth forensic investigations of suspected malicious network security incidents, and repair network security vulnerabilities. IBM Security QRadar Incident Forensics 7.2...

SolarWinds Log and Event ManagerTrigeo SIM 6.1.0 - Remote Command Execution

SolarWinds Log and Event ManagerTrigeo SIM 6.1.0 - Remote Command Execution Requirements: Python 2.7 netcat Tested on: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Vulnerable Appliance Version: 6.1.0 Download: http://downloads.solarwinds.com/solarwinds/Release/LEM/SolarWinds-LEM-v6.1.0-Evaluation-VMware.exe Instructions: Th...

UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4456

ownCloud Desktop Client before 1.8.2 does not call QNetworkReply::ignoreSslErrors with the list of errors to be ignored, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to bypass the user's certificate distrust decision and obtain sensitive information by leveraging a self-signed certificate and a...

Linux kernel denial of service vulnerability (CNVD-2015-06889)

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 'rdsconncreate' function in the net/rds/connection.c file in Linux kernel versions 4.2.3 and earlier. A remote attacker can exploit this...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-2778-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2778-1 advisory. It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not check if a new IPv6 MTU set by a user space application was valid. A remote attacker could forge a route...

USN-2779-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not check if a new IPv6 MTU set by a user space application was valid. A remote attacker could forge a route advertisement with an invalid MTU that a user space daemon like NetworkManager would honor and apply to the kernel, causing a denial of service...

USN-2777-1 linux-lts-utopic vulnerabilities

It was discovered that virtio networking in the Linux kernel did not handle fragments correctly, leading to kernel memory corruption. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute code with administrative privileges. CVE-2015-5156 Benjamin Randazzo...

USN-2774-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that virtio networking in the Linux kernel did not handle fragments correctly, leading to kernel memory corruption. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute code with administrative privileges. CVE-2015-5156 It was discovered...

USN-2773-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that virtio networking in the Linux kernel did not handle fragments correctly, leading to kernel memory corruption. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute code with administrative privileges. CVE-2015-5156 It was discovered...

CVE-2015-5283

The sctpinit function in net/sctp/protocol.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2.3 has an incorrect sequence of protocol-initialization steps, which allows local users to cause a denial of service panic or memory corruption by creating SCTP sockets before all of the steps have finished...

CVE-2015-5283

The sctpinit function in net/sctp/protocol.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2.3 has an incorrect sequence of protocol-initialization steps, which allows local users to cause a denial of service panic or memory corruption by creating SCTP sockets before all of the steps have finished...

Debian DSA-3372-1 : linux - security update

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service, unauthorised information disclosure or unauthorised information modification. - CVE-2015-2925 Jann Horn discovered that when a subdirectory of a filesystem was bind-mounted...

CXF: SSL hostname verification bypass, incomplete CVE-2012-5783 fix

It was found that the fix for CVE-2012-5783 was incomplete: the code added to check that the server host name matches the domain name in a subject's Common Name CN field in X.509 certificates was flawed. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to spoof an SSL server using a specially...

Oracle: Security Advisory (ELSA-2011-0975)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 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...

The vulnerability of the iOS operating system, which allows attackers to carry out “man-in-the-middle” attacks

The vulnerability of the WebKit component of the iOS operating system is related to errors in cryptographic transformations. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform “man-in-the-middle” attacks due to errors in SSL certificate processing...

UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5262

http/conn/ssl/SSLConnectionSocketFactory.java in Apache HttpComponents HttpClient before 4.3.6 ignores the http.socket.timeout configuration setting during an SSL handshake, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service HTTPS call hang via unspecified vectors...

[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: xpra-0.15.6-1.fc22

Xpra is "screen for X": it allows you to run X programs, usually on a remote host, direct their display to your local machine, and then to disconnect fr om these programs and reconnect from the same or another machine, without losi ng any state. It gives you remote access to individual...

Bash: How to open TCP/UDP sockets

How to open TCP/UDP sockets using a built-in feature in Bash ? Bash shell has a built-in feature that allows to open TCP/UDP sockets using a simple syntax. This is very useful when tools like netcat are not installed or we don’t have the permission to use it. The syntax is $ exec...