USN-1260-1 : linux-ti-omap4 vulnerability

Vasiliy Kulikov discovered that taskstats did not enforce access restrictions. A local attacker could exploit this to read certain information, leading to a loss of privacy. This script was automatically generated from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1260-1. It is released under the Nessus Script...

USN-1260-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerability

Peter Huewe discovered an information leak in the handling of reading security-related TPM data. A local, unprivileged user could read the results of a previous TPM command. CVE-2011-1162 Vasiliy Kulikov discovered that taskstats did not enforce access restrictions. A local attacker could exploit...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1245-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 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 Update for linux-ec2 USN-1239-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1239-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN12391.nasl 7964 2017-12-01 07:32:11Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux-ec2 USN-1239-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net Th...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1240-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 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 Update for linux-ti-omap4 USN-1244-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1244-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN12441.nasl 7964 2017-12-01 07:32:11Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux-ti-omap4 USN-1244-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.n...

USN-1244-1 : linux-ti-omap4 vulnerabilities

Dan Rosenberg discovered that the Linux kernel X.25 implementation incorrectly parsed facilities. A remote attacker could exploit this to crash the kernel, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2010-3873 Andrea Righi discovered a race condition in the KSM memory merging support. If KSM was being...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux-ec2 vulnerabilities (USN-1239-1)

Ryan Sweat discovered that the kernel incorrectly handled certain VLAN packets. On some systems, a remote attacker could send specially crafted traffic to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2011-1576 Vasiliy Kulikov and Dan Rosenberg discovered that ecryptfs did not correctly...

USN-1245-1: Linux kernel (Marvell DOVE) vulnerabilities

Ryan Sweat discovered that the kernel incorrectly handled certain VLAN packets. On some systems, a remote attacker could send specially crafted traffic to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2011-1576 Vasiliy Kulikov and Dan Rosenberg discovered that ecryptfs did not correctly...

USN-1244-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

Dan Rosenberg discovered that the Linux kernel X.25 implementation incorrectly parsed facilities. A remote attacker could exploit this to crash the kernel, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2010-3873 Andrea Righi discovered a race condition in the KSM memory merging support. If KSM was being...

USN-1242-1: Linux kernel (Maverick backport) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the security fix for CVE-2010-4250 introduced a regression. A remote attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2011-1479 Vasiliy Kulikov discovered that taskstats did not enforce access restrictions. A local attacker could exploit...

USN-1241-1: Linux kernel (i.MX51) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Stream Control Transmission Protocol SCTP implementation incorrectly calculated lengths. If the net.sctp.addipenable variable was turned on, a remote attacker could send specially crafted traffic to crash the system. CVE-2011-1573 Ryan Sweat discovered that the kernel...

USN-1239-1: Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities

Ryan Sweat discovered that the kernel incorrectly handled certain VLAN packets. On some systems, a remote attacker could send specially crafted traffic to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2011-1576 Vasiliy Kulikov and Dan Rosenberg discovered that ecryptfs did not correctly...

kernel security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2011:1386 Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues, several bugs, and add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Commo...

Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1236-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1236-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN12361.nasl 7964 2017-12-01 07:32:11Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1236-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1236-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 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...

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

Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues, several bugs, and add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores,...

kernel: taskstats: duplicate entries in listener mode can lead to DoS

The adddellistener function in kernel/taskstats.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.39.1 and earlier does not prevent multiple registrations of exit handlers, which allows local users to cause a denial of service memory and CPU consumption, and bypass the OOM Killer, via a crafted application...

RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2011:1350)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2011:1350 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issues: Flaws...

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

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues, various bugs, and add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, whi...