USN-2336-1: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel virtual machine's kvm validation of interrupt requests irq. A guest OS user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service host OS crash. CVE-2014-0155 Andy Lutomirski discovered a flaw in the authorization of netlink socket operations when a socket...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2317-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 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...

USN-2317-1: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

Eric W. Biederman discovered a flaw with the mediation of mount flags in the Linux kernel's user namespace subsystem. An unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to by-pass mount restrictions, and potentially gain administrative privileges. CVE-2014-5207 Kenton Varda discovered a flaw with...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-trusty vulnerability (USN-2313-1)

An flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's audit subsystem when auditing certain syscalls. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to obtain potentially sensitive single-bit values from kernel memory or cause a denial of service OOPS. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the...

USN-2313-1: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerability

An flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's audit subsystem when auditing certain syscalls. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to obtain potentially sensitive single-bit values from kernel memory or cause a denial of service OOPS...

USN-2288-1: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

Sasha Levin reported a flaw in the Linux kernel's point-to-point protocol PPP when used with the Layer Two Tunneling Protocol L2TP. A local user could exploit this flaw to gain administrative privileges. CVE-2014-4943 Salva Peiró discovered an information leak in the Linux kernel's media- device...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-trusty vulnerability (USN-2272-1)

Andy Lutomirski discovered a flaw with the Linux kernel's ptrace syscall on x8664 processors. An attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service System Crash or potential gain administrative privileges. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block...

USN-2272-1: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerability

Andy Lutomirski discovered a flaw with the Linux kernel's ptrace syscall on x8664 processors. An attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service System Crash or potential gain administrative privileges...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2260-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 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...

Immunity Canvas: LINUX_FUTEX_REQUEUE

Name| linuxfutexrequeue ---|--- CVE| CVE-2014-3153 Exploit Pack| CANVAS Description| Futex Requeue Privilege Escalation Exploit Notes| Repeatability: Multiple times Notes: - Supported 64bit kernels: 3.11.0-13-22-generic - Ubuntu saucy 13.10 3.11.0-13-22-generic - Ubuntu precise 12.04...

Dennis Fisher and Mike Mimoso Discuss Day Two at the RSA Conference

Dennis Fisher and Mike Mimoso run down the news from day two of the RSA Conference, including the new FBI director’s speech and preview Trusty Con. Download: digitalunderground147.mp3...