CVE-2013-1858

The clone system-call implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.8.3 does not properly handle a combination of the CLONENEWUSER and CLONEFS flags, which allows local users to gain privileges by calling chroot and leveraging the sharing of the / directory between a parent process and a child...

CVE-2013-1858

The clone system-call implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.8.3 does not properly handle a combination of the CLONENEWUSER and CLONEFS flags, which allows local users to gain privileges by calling chroot and leveraging the sharing of the / directory between a parent process and a child...

CVE-2013-1858

The CVE-2013-1858 issue affects the Linux kernel prior to 3.8.3, where the clone system-call mishandles a combination of CLONE_NEWUSER and CLONE_FS. This enables local users to escalate privileges by calling chroot and taking advantage of the sharing of the / directory between a parent process an...

PT-2013-3436 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 3.8.3 Description: The issue allows local users to gain privileges by exploiting a flaw in the clone system-call implementation. This is achieved by calling chroot and leveraging the sharing of the / directory...

CVE-2013-1828

The sctpgetsockoptassocstats function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.4 does not validate a size value before proceeding to a copyfromuser operation, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that contains an SCTPGETASSOCSTATS getsockopt system call...

CVE-2013-1828

The sctpgetsockoptassocstats function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.4 does not validate a size value before proceeding to a copyfromuser operation, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that contains an SCTPGETASSOCSTATS getsockopt system call...

Design/Logic Flaw

The sctpgetsockoptassocstats function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.4 does not validate a size value before proceeding to a copyfromuser operation, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that contains an SCTPGETASSOCSTATS getsockopt system call...

Information disclosure

The flushsignalhandlers function in kernel/signal.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.4 preserves the value of the sarestorer field across an exec operation, which makes it easier for local users to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted application containing a sigaction system call...

PT-2013-3413 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 3.8.4 Description: The issue concerns a function in the Linux kernel that does not properly validate a size value before performing a specific operation, allowing local users to potentially gain privileges. This...

kernel: security and bugfix update (important)

The Linux kernel was updated to fix various bugs and security issues: CVE-2013-0871: Race condition in the ptrace functionality in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges via a PTRACESETREGS ptrace system call in a crafted application, as demonstrated by ptracedeath. CVE-2013-0160...

CVE-2011-1182

kernel/signal.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 allows local users to spoof the uid and pid of a signal sender via a sigqueueinfo system call...

Information disclosure

The Network Lock Manager NLM protocol implementation in the NFS client functionality in the Linux kernel before 3.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service system hang via a LOCKUN flock system call...

Code injection

The Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not properly create transparent huge pages in response to a MAPPRIVATE mmap system call on /dev/zero, which allows local users to cause a denial of service system crash via a crafted application...

Design/Logic Flaw

kernel/signal.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 allows local users to spoof the uid and pid of a signal sender via a sigqueueinfo system call...

CVE-2013-0310

The cipsov4validate function in net/ipv4/cipsoipv4.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and system crash or possibly have unspecified other impact via an IPOPTCIPSO IPOPTIONS setsockopt system call...

CVE-2013-0310

The cipsov4validate function in net/ipv4/cipsoipv4.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and system crash or possibly have unspecified other impact via an IPOPTCIPSO IPOPTIONS setsockopt system call...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-quantal - Linux kernel hardware enablement from Quantal regression (USN-1704-2)

USN-1704-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. Due to an unrelated regression inotify/fanotify stopped working after upgrading. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Brad Spengler discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's uname system call. An unprivileged user...

Ubuntu Update for linux-lts-quantal USN-1704-1

Check for the Version of linux-lts-quantal OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN17041.nasl 8466 2018-01-19 06:58:30Z teissa $ Ubuntu Update for linux-lts-quantal USN-1704-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This...

RHEL 5 : kernel (RHSA-2010:0079)

Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 Extended Update Support. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel...

USN-1704-1: Linux kernel (Quantal HWE) vulnerabilities

Brad Spengler discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's uname system call. An unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to read kernel stack memory. CVE-2012-0957 Jon Howell reported a flaw in the Linux kernel's KVM Kernel-based virtual machine subsystem's handling of the XSAVE feature. On hosts,...