Denial Of Service (DoS)

kernel is vulnerable to denial of service DoS. The vulnerability exists as a flaw was found in the usblcd driver that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service by writing data to the device node. To exploit this issue, write access to the device node was needed...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64

These new kernel packages contain fixes for the following security issues : - A flaw was found in the backported stack unwinder fixes in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. On AMD64 and Intel 64 platforms, a local user could trigger this flaw and cause a denial of service. CVE-2007-4574, Important - A fl...

SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 4186)

This kernel update fixes the following security problems : - The IPv6 protocol allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted IPv6 type 0 route headers IPV6RTHDRTYPE0 that create network amplification between two routers. CVE-2007-2242 The default is that RH0 is disabled now. To...

Ubuntu Update for linux-source-2.6.15 vulnerability USN-489-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-489-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN4891.nasl 7969 2017-12-01 09:23:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux-source-2.6.15 vulnerability USN-489-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH,...

Ubuntu 6.10 : linux-source-2.6.17 vulnerabilities (USN-509-1)

A flaw in the sysfsreaddir function allowed a local user to cause a denial of service by dereferencing a NULL pointer. CVE-2007-3104 A buffer overflow was discovered in the random number generator. In environments with granular assignment of root privileges, a local attacker could gain additional...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS : linux-source-2.6.15 vulnerability (USN-489-1)

A flaw was discovered in dvb ULE decapsulation. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted message and cause a denial of service. CVE-2006-4623 The compatsysmount function allowed local users to cause a denial of service when mounting a smbfs filesystem in compatibility mode. CVE-2006-7203...

RHEL 5 : kernel (RHSA-2007:0940)

Updated kernel packages that fix various security issues in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel are now available. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. These ne...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix various security issues in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel are now available. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. These ne...

Locally triggerable memory consumption in usblcd

The lcdwrite function in drivers/usb/misc/usblcd.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22-rc7 does not limit the amount of memory used by a caller, which allows local users to cause a denial of service memory consumption...

Important: kernel security update

2.6.18-8.1.14.0.2.el5 - Fix bonding primary=ethX Bert Barbe IT 101532 ORA 5136660 - Add entropy module option to e1000/bnx2 John Sobecki ORA 6045759 2.6.18-8.1.14.el5 - Revert changes back to 2.6.18-8.1.10. - x8664 Zero extend all registers after ptrace in 32bit entry path Anton Arapov 297871...

USN-509-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

A flaw in the sysfsreaddir function allowed a local user to cause a denial of service by dereferencing a NULL pointer. CVE-2007-3104 A buffer overflow was discovered in the random number generator. In environments with granular assignment of root privileges, a local attacker could gain additional...

DSA-1356-1 linux-2.6 - several vulnerabilities

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USN-489-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

A flaw was discovered in dvb ULE decapsulation. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted message and cause a denial of service. CVE-2006-4623 The compatsysmount function allowed local users to cause a denial of service when mounting a smbfs filesystem in compatibility mode. CVE-2006-7203...

Linux kernel multiple security vulnerabilities

DoS with cluster manager, DoS with usblcd driver, DoS with VFAT IOCTL...

Linux Kernel USBLCD内存耗尽拒绝服务漏洞

BUGTRAQ ID: 24734 Linux Kernel是开放源码操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux Kernel的USBLCD驱动在处理数据访问时存在漏洞，本地攻击者可能利用此漏洞导致内核拒绝服务。 Linux Kernel的USBLCD驱动没有限制写入设备期间的内存消耗，如果用户拥有写访问权限的话就可以通过向受影响设备写入大量数据导致内存越界，消耗内存资源。 Linux kernel 2.6.22-rc7 目前厂商已经发布了升级补丁以修复这个安全问题，请到厂商的主页下载：...

CVE-2007-3513

CVE-2007-3513 : In the Linux kernel, the lcd_write function in drivers/usb/misc/usblcd.c does not limit memory used by a caller, allowing a local user to exhaust memory and cause a denial of service. Affected until 2.6.22-rc7; remediation is upgrading to 2.6.22-rc7 or later where the issue is fix...