Amazon Linux AMI : kernel (ALAS-2018-1044)

A NULL pointer dereference issue was found in the Linux kernel. If the close and fchownat system calls share a socket file descriptor as an argument, then the two calls can race and trigger a NULL pointer dereference leading to a system crash and a denial of service.CVE-2018-12232 C Tenable Netwo...

Kernel security update: CVE-2017-18017 and other; new kernel 2.6.32-042stab128.2 for Virtuozzo Containers for Linux 4.7, Server Bare Metal 5.0

This update provides a new Virtuozzo Containers for Linux 4.7 and Server Bare Metal 5.0 kernel 2.6.32-042stab128.2 that is a rebase to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 kernel 2.6.32-696.23.1.el6. This kernel was recompiled by the updated gcc with retpolines support. Retpolines are a technique use...

HPESBGN03722 rev.2 - HPE Operations Agent Virtual Appliance, Local Escalation of Privilege

Potential Security Impact: Local: Escalation of Privilege SUPPORTED SOFTWARE VERSIONS: ONLY impacted versions are listed. HPE Operations Agent - v11.11, v11.12, v11.13, v11.14 CVSS Scores: | CVE | CVSS Vector | Base Score | | --- | --- | --- | | CVE-2016-5195 |...

RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2016:2766-01

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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...

SUSE-SU-2016:0585-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 kernel was updated to 3.12.53 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2013-7446: Use-after-free vulnerability in net/unix/afunix.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to bypass intended AFUNIX socket permissions ...

Medium: kernel

Issue Overview: Perception Point Research identified http://perception-point.io/2016/01/14/analysis-and-exploitation-of-a-linux-kernel-vulnerability-cve-2016-0728/ a use-after-free vulnerability, representing a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux kernel. Their post contains a...

PT-2015-5979 · Linux +5 · Linux Kernel +5

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 4.2.4 Description: The issue allows local users to bypass an intended container protection mechanism by renaming a directory, related to a "double-chroot attack." This occurs because the prepend path function in...

Low: kernel

Issue Overview: It was reported that stack address is not properly randomized on some 64 bit architectures due to an integer overflow. The stack entropy of the processes is reduced by four. Affected Packages: kernel Issue Correction: Run yum update kernel or yum update --advisory ALAS-2015-491 to...

Amazon Linux AMI : kernel (ALAS-2014-363)

The futexrequeue function in kernel/futex.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.5 does not ensure that calls have two different futex addresses, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted FUTEXREQUEUE command that facilitates unsafe waiter modification. C Tenable Network Security, Inc...

RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2011:0007-01

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2011:0007-01 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the ter...

local root security bug in linux >= 2.4.6 <= 2.4.30-rc1 and 2.6.x.y <= 2.6.11.5

Suresec security advisory 1 Release date: 27th March 2005 CVE ID: CAN-2005-0750 Linux kernel local root vulnerability About the linux kernel: The linux kernel is a widely used kernel which is unix based. Vulnerability summary: The linux kernel has support for bluetooth. A local root security...