RHEL 6 : MRG (RHSA-2012:1491)

Updated kernel-rt packages that fix several security issues and multiple bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.2. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed...

openSUSE Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2013:0396-1)

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-2013-016...

Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2012-2043)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2012-2043 advisory. - hugepages: fix use after free bug in 'quota' handling Orabug: 15845276 CVE-2012-2133 - udf: Fortify loading of sparing table Orabug: 15845302...

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...

kernel: udf: buffer overflow when parsing sparing table

Heap-based buffer overflow in the udfloadlogicalvol function in fs/udf/super.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted UDF filesystem...

CVE-2012-3400

Heap-based buffer overflow in the udfloadlogicalvol function in fs/udf/super.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted UDF filesystem...