Linux Kernel 'llc/sysctl_net_llc.c' Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Linux Kernel is an open source operating system. Linux Kernel llc2timeouttable fails to properly restrict data types, allowing an attacker to exploit the vulnerability to obtain sensitive information...

Linux Kernel 'rds/sysctl.c' Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Linux Kernel is an open source operating system. Linux Kernel rdssysctlrdstable fails to have the correct data type, allowing an attacker to exploit the vulnerability to obtain sensitive information...

UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2041

net/llc/sysctlnetllc.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19 uses an incorrect data type in a sysctl table, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory or possibly have unspecified other impact by accessing a sysctl entry...

CVE-2015-2042

net/rds/sysctl.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19 uses an incorrect data type in a sysctl table, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory or possibly have unspecified other impact by accessing a sysctl entry...

CVE-2015-2041

net/llc/sysctlnetllc.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19 uses an incorrect data type in a sysctl table, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory or possibly have unspecified other impact by accessing a sysctl entry...

UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2042

net/rds/sysctl.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19 uses an incorrect data type in a sysctl table, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory or possibly have unspecified other impact by accessing a sysctl entry...

Linux sysctl() Kernel 2.2.x Memory Reading Vulnerability

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2364/info The Linux Kernel is the core of the Linux Operating System. It was originally written by Linus Torvalds, and is publicly maintained. A problem in the Linux kernel may allow root compromise. The sysctl call allow...

FreeBSD 4.x Process Concealment Bypass Vulnerability

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4768/info In FreeBSD, setting kern.psshowallprocs=0 via the sysctl call is meant to disable normal users from seeing any running processes that are not owned by them. The current implementation of this feature fails to...

OpenBSD 3.3/3.4 sysctl Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9073/info A denial of service vulnerability has been reported for OpenBSD, specifically when handling malformed calls to sysctl. By invoking systcl and passing a specific flag in conjunction with a negative argument may...

openSUSE Security Update : systemd (openSUSE-2012-139)

Add fix-console-switch.patch: prevent console lockup rhb771563. - Add fix-quota.patch: correctly enable quota rhb773431. - Add passcredentials.patch: ensure compatibility with kernel 3.2 bnc743299. - Update modulesonboot.patch to not cause failed state for systemd-modules-load.service bnc741481...

FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-14:12.ktrace

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 ============================================================================= FreeBSD-SA-14:12.ktrace Security Advisory The FreeBSD Project Topic: ktrace kernel memory disclosure Category: core Module: kern Announced: 2014-06-03 Credits: Jilles...

FreeBSD-SA-14:12.ktrace

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 ============================================================================= FreeBSD-SA-14:12.ktrace Security Advisory The FreeBSD Project Topic: ktrace kernel memory disclosure Category: core Module: kern Announced: 2014-06-03 Credits: Jilles...

Linux Kernel 3.4 < 3.13.2 (Ubuntu 13.04/13.10 x64) - 'CONFIG_X86_X32=y' Local Privilege Escalation (3)

/ ============================== recvmmsg.c - linux 3.4+ local root CONFIGX86X32=y CVE-2014-0038 / x32 ABI with recvmmsg by rebel @ irc.smashthestack.org ----------------------------------- takes about 13 minutes to run because timeout-tvsec is decremented once per second and 0xff3 is 765. some...

Ubuntu 13.10 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2049-1)

Miroslav Vadkerti discovered a flaw in how the permissions for network sysctls are handled in the Linux kernel. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to have privileged access to files in /proc/sys/net/. CVE-2013-4270 A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's dm snapshot facility. ...

FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-13:06.mmap [REVISED]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ============================================================================= FreeBSD-SA-13:06.mmap Security Advisory The FreeBSD Project Topic: Privilege escalation via mmap Category: core Module: kernel Announced: 2013-06-18 Credits: Konstantin...

FreeBSD-SA-13:06.mmap

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ============================================================================= FreeBSD-SA-13:06.mmap Security Advisory The FreeBSD Project Topic: Privilege escalation via mmap Category: core Module: kernel Announced: 2013-06-18 Credits: Konstantin...

Fedora 18 : libvirt-0.10.2.3-1.fc18 (2013-1644)

Rebased to version 0.10.2.3 - Fix libxl driver to build against xen 4.2 bz 870689 - Fix possible crash when destroying guests bz 877110 - Fix loading sysctl file bz 887017 - Fix svirt memory leak bz 890039 - Fix attaching PCI netdev to VM bz 893131 - Fix libvirtd segfault on shutdown bz 903184 -...

Oracle Linux 6 kernel security, bug fix and enhancement update

2.6.32-279.el6 - netdrv mlx4: ignore old module parameters Jay Fenlason 830553 2.6.32-278.el6 - kernel sysctl: silence warning about missing strategy for file-max at boot time Jeff Layton 803431 - net sunrpc: make new tcpmaxslottableentries sysctl use CTLUNNUMBERED Jeff Layton 803431 - drm i915:...

SuSE 10 Security Update : the Linux Kernel (x86_64) (ZYPP Patch Number 6730)

This update fixes a several security issues and various bugs in the SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP 2 kernel. The following security issues were fixed: CVE-2009-3939: A sysctl variable of the megaraidsas driver was worldwriteable, allowing local users to cause a denial of service or potential code...

RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2012:0481)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2012:0481 advisory. - kernel: sysctl: restrict write access to dmesgrestrict CVE-2011-4080 - kernel: block: CLONEIO iocontext refcounting issues CVE-2012-0879 -...