Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2806-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 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 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-2798-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2798-1 advisory. It was discovered that in certain situations, a directory could be renamed outside of a bind mounted location. An attacker could use this to escape bind...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2798-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 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-2798-1: Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that in certain situations, a directory could be renamed outside of a bind mounted location. An attacker could use this to escape bind mount containment and gain access to sensitive information. CVE-2015-2925 Moein Ghasemzadeh discovered that the USB WhiteHEAT serial driver...

UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7884

The vividfbioctl function in drivers/media/platform/vivid/vivid-osd.c in the Linux kernel through 4.3.3 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted application...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-2778-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2778-1 advisory. It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not check if a new IPv6 MTU set by a user space application was valid. A remote attacker could forge a route...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2778-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 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-2778-1: Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not check if a new IPv6 MTU set by a user space application was valid. A remote attacker could forge a route advertisement with an invalid MTU that a user space daemon like NetworkManager would honor and apply to the kernel, causing a denial of service...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerability (USN-2765-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-2765-1 advisory. Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly initialize IPC object state in certain situations. A local attacker could use this to escalate the...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2765-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 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-2765-1: Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerability

Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly initialize IPC object state in certain situations. A local attacker could use this to escalate their privileges, expose confidential information, or cause a denial of service system crash...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2751-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 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 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-2751-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2751-1 advisory. Benjamin Randazzo discovered an information leak in the md multiple device driver when the bitmapinfo.file is disabled. A local privileged attacker could...

USN-2751-1: Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities

Benjamin Randazzo discovered an information leak in the md multiple device driver when the bitmapinfo.file is disabled. A local privileged attacker could use this to obtain sensitive information from the kernel. CVE-2015-5697 Marc-André Lureau discovered that the vhost driver did not properly...

Ubuntu Apport - Local Privilege Escalation Exploit

Exploit for linux platform in category local exploits Source: http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/ApportKernelCrashdumpFileAccessVulnerabilities/ Problem description: On Ubuntu Vivid Linux distribution apport is used for automated sending of client program crash dumps but also of kernel crash...

Apport 2.19 (Ubuntu 15.04) - Local Privilege Escalation

Source: http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/ApportKernelCrashdumpFileAccessVulnerabilities/ Problem description: On Ubuntu Vivid Linux distribution apport is used for automated sending of client program crash dumps but also of kernel crash dumps. For kernel crashes, upstart or SysV init invokes...

USN-2737-1: Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerability

It was discovered that an integer overflow error existed in the SCSI generic sg driver in the Linux kernel. A local attacker with write permission to a SCSI generic device could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or potentially escalate their privileges...

USN-2718-1: Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerability

Marcelo Ricardo Leitner discovered a race condition in the Linux kernel's SCTP address configuration lists when using Address Configuration Change ASCONF options on a socket. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerability (USN-2718-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-2718-1 advisory. Marcelo Ricardo Leitner discovered a race condition in the Linux kernel's SCTP address configuration lists when using Address Configuration Change ASCONF options ...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2690-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 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...