Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-4814 - Resource Management Errors vulnerability in Linux Kernel
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
SINGLE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
The mincore function in the Linux kernel before 2.4.33.6 does not properly lock access to user space, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors, possibly related to a deadlock.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
NASL family CentOS Local Security Checks NASL id CENTOS_RHSA-2008-0211.NASL description Updated kernel packages that fix various security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. These updated packages fix the following security issues : * the absence of a protection mechanism when attempting to access a critical section of code has been found in the Linux kernel open file descriptors control mechanism, fcntl. This could allow a local unprivileged user to simultaneously execute code, which would otherwise be protected against parallel execution. As well, a race condition when handling locks in the Linux kernel fcntl functionality, may have allowed a process belonging to a local unprivileged user to gain re-ordered access to the descriptor table. (CVE-2008-1669, Important) * the absence of a protection mechanism when attempting to access a critical section of code, as well as a race condition, have been found in the Linux kernel file system event notifier, dnotify. This could allow a local unprivileged user to get inconsistent data, or to send arbitrary signals to arbitrary system processes. (CVE-2008-1375, Important) Red Hat would like to thank Nick Piggin for responsibly disclosing the following issue : * when accessing kernel memory locations, certain Linux kernel drivers registering a fault handler did not perform required range checks. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to gain read or write access to arbitrary kernel memory, or possibly cause a kernel crash. (CVE-2008-0007, Important) * a flaw was found when performing asynchronous input or output operations on a FIFO special file. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a kernel panic. (CVE-2007-5001, Important) * a flaw was found in the way core dump files were created. If a local user could get a root-owned process to dump a core file into a directory, which the user has write access to, they could gain read access to that core file. This could potentially grant unauthorized access to sensitive information. (CVE-2007-6206, Moderate) * a buffer overflow was found in the Linux kernel ISDN subsystem. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-6151, Moderate) * a race condition found in the mincore system core could allow a local user to cause a denial of service (system hang). (CVE-2006-4814, Moderate) * it was discovered that the Linux kernel handled string operations in the opposite way to the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). This could allow a local unprivileged user to cause memory corruption. (CVE-2008-1367, Low) As well, these updated packages fix the following bugs : * a bug, which caused long delays when unmounting mounts containing a large number of unused dentries, has been resolved. * in the previous kernel packages, the kernel was unable to handle certain floating point instructions on Itanium(R) architectures. * on certain Intel CPUs, the Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB) was not flushed correctly, which caused machine check errors. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 32139 published 2008-05-09 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/32139 title CentOS 3 : kernel (CESA-2008:0211) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2008:0211 and # CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2008:0211 respectively. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(32139); script_version("1.18"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:04"); script_cve_id("CVE-2006-4814", "CVE-2007-5001", "CVE-2007-6151", "CVE-2007-6206", "CVE-2008-0007", "CVE-2008-1367", "CVE-2008-1375", "CVE-2008-1669"); script_bugtraq_id(21663, 26701, 27497, 29003, 29076); script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2008:0211"); script_name(english:"CentOS 3 : kernel (CESA-2008:0211)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Updated kernel packages that fix various security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. These updated packages fix the following security issues : * the absence of a protection mechanism when attempting to access a critical section of code has been found in the Linux kernel open file descriptors control mechanism, fcntl. This could allow a local unprivileged user to simultaneously execute code, which would otherwise be protected against parallel execution. As well, a race condition when handling locks in the Linux kernel fcntl functionality, may have allowed a process belonging to a local unprivileged user to gain re-ordered access to the descriptor table. (CVE-2008-1669, Important) * the absence of a protection mechanism when attempting to access a critical section of code, as well as a race condition, have been found in the Linux kernel file system event notifier, dnotify. This could allow a local unprivileged user to get inconsistent data, or to send arbitrary signals to arbitrary system processes. (CVE-2008-1375, Important) Red Hat would like to thank Nick Piggin for responsibly disclosing the following issue : * when accessing kernel memory locations, certain Linux kernel drivers registering a fault handler did not perform required range checks. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to gain read or write access to arbitrary kernel memory, or possibly cause a kernel crash. (CVE-2008-0007, Important) * a flaw was found when performing asynchronous input or output operations on a FIFO special file. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a kernel panic. (CVE-2007-5001, Important) * a flaw was found in the way core dump files were created. If a local user could get a root-owned process to dump a core file into a directory, which the user has write access to, they could gain read access to that core file. This could potentially grant unauthorized access to sensitive information. (CVE-2007-6206, Moderate) * a buffer overflow was found in the Linux kernel ISDN subsystem. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-6151, Moderate) * a race condition found in the mincore system core could allow a local user to cause a denial of service (system hang). (CVE-2006-4814, Moderate) * it was discovered that the Linux kernel handled string operations in the opposite way to the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). This could allow a local unprivileged user to cause memory corruption. (CVE-2008-1367, Low) As well, these updated packages fix the following bugs : * a bug, which caused long delays when unmounting mounts containing a large number of unused dentries, has been resolved. * in the previous kernel packages, the kernel was unable to handle certain floating point instructions on Itanium(R) architectures. * on certain Intel CPUs, the Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB) was not flushed correctly, which caused machine check errors. 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This security advisory 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 new kernel packages contain fixes for the security issues described below : * a flaw in the get_fdb_entries function of the network bridging support that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (crash) or allow a potential privilege escalation (CVE-2006-5751, Important) * an information leak in the _block_prepare_write function that allowed a local user to read kernel memory (CVE-2006-4813, Important) * an information leak in the copy_from_user() implementation on s390 and s390x platforms that allowed a local user to read kernel memory (CVE-2006-5174, Important) * a flaw in the handling of /proc/net/ip6_flowlabel that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) (CVE-2006-5619, Important) * a flaw in the AIO handling that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (panic) (CVE-2006-5754, Important) * a race condition in the mincore system core that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (system hang) (CVE-2006-4814, Moderate) * a flaw in the ELF handling on ia64 and sparc architectures which triggered a cross-region memory mapping and allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (CVE-2006-4538, Moderate) * a flaw in the dev_queue_xmit function of the network subsystem that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (data corruption) (CVE-2006-6535, Moderate) * a flaw in the handling of CAPI messages over Bluetooth that allowed a remote system to cause a denial of service or potential code execution. This flaw is only exploitable if a privileged user establishes a connection to a malicious remote device (CVE-2006-6106, Moderate) * a flaw in the listxattr system call that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (data corruption) or potential privilege escalation. To successfully exploit this flaw the existence of a bad inode is required first (CVE-2006-5753, Moderate) * a flaw in the __find_get_block_slow function that allowed a local privileged user to cause a denial of service (CVE-2006-5757, Low) * various flaws in the supported filesystems that allowed a local privileged user to cause a denial of service (CVE-2006-5823, CVE-2006-6053, CVE-2006-6054, CVE-2006-6056, Low) In addition to the security issues described above, fixes for the following bugs were included : * initialization error of the tg3 driver with some BCM5703x network card * a memory leak in the audit subsystem * x86_64 nmi watchdog timeout is too short * ext2/3 directory reads fail intermittently Red Hat would like to thank Dmitriy Monakhov and Kostantin Khorenko for reporting issues fixed in this erratum. All Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 users are advised to upgrade their kernels to the packages associated with their machine architecture and configurations as listed in this erratum. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 36838 published 2009-04-23 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/36838 title CentOS 4 : kernel (CESA-2007:0014) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2007:0014 and # CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2007:0014 respectively. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(36838); script_version("1.13"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:03"); script_cve_id("CVE-2006-4538", "CVE-2006-4813", "CVE-2006-4814", "CVE-2006-5174", "CVE-2006-5619", "CVE-2006-5751", "CVE-2006-5753", "CVE-2006-5754", "CVE-2006-5757", "CVE-2006-5823", "CVE-2006-6053", "CVE-2006-6054", "CVE-2006-6056", "CVE-2006-6106", "CVE-2006-6535"); script_bugtraq_id(19702, 20379, 20920, 21353, 21522, 21604, 21663, 22316); script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2007:0014"); script_name(english:"CentOS 4 : kernel (CESA-2007:0014)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel are now available. This security advisory 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 new kernel packages contain fixes for the security issues described below : * a flaw in the get_fdb_entries function of the network bridging support that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (crash) or allow a potential privilege escalation (CVE-2006-5751, Important) * an information leak in the _block_prepare_write function that allowed a local user to read kernel memory (CVE-2006-4813, Important) * an information leak in the copy_from_user() implementation on s390 and s390x platforms that allowed a local user to read kernel memory (CVE-2006-5174, Important) * a flaw in the handling of /proc/net/ip6_flowlabel that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) (CVE-2006-5619, Important) * a flaw in the AIO handling that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (panic) (CVE-2006-5754, Important) * a race condition in the mincore system core that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (system hang) (CVE-2006-4814, Moderate) * a flaw in the ELF handling on ia64 and sparc architectures which triggered a cross-region memory mapping and allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (CVE-2006-4538, Moderate) * a flaw in the dev_queue_xmit function of the network subsystem that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (data corruption) (CVE-2006-6535, Moderate) * a flaw in the handling of CAPI messages over Bluetooth that allowed a remote system to cause a denial of service or potential code execution. This flaw is only exploitable if a privileged user establishes a connection to a malicious remote device (CVE-2006-6106, Moderate) * a flaw in the listxattr system call that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (data corruption) or potential privilege escalation. To successfully exploit this flaw the existence of a bad inode is required first (CVE-2006-5753, Moderate) * a flaw in the __find_get_block_slow function that allowed a local privileged user to cause a denial of service (CVE-2006-5757, Low) * various flaws in the supported filesystems that allowed a local privileged user to cause a denial of service (CVE-2006-5823, CVE-2006-6053, CVE-2006-6054, CVE-2006-6056, Low) In addition to the security issues described above, fixes for the following bugs were included : * initialization error of the tg3 driver with some BCM5703x network card * a memory leak in the audit subsystem * x86_64 nmi watchdog timeout is too short * ext2/3 directory reads fail intermittently Red Hat would like to thank Dmitriy Monakhov and Kostantin Khorenko for reporting issues fixed in this erratum. 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This security advisory 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 new kernel packages contain fixes for the security issues described below : * a flaw in the get_fdb_entries function of the network bridging support that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (crash) or allow a potential privilege escalation (CVE-2006-5751, Important) * an information leak in the _block_prepare_write function that allowed a local user to read kernel memory (CVE-2006-4813, Important) * an information leak in the copy_from_user() implementation on s390 and s390x platforms that allowed a local user to read kernel memory (CVE-2006-5174, Important) * a flaw in the handling of /proc/net/ip6_flowlabel that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) (CVE-2006-5619, Important) * a flaw in the AIO handling that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (panic) (CVE-2006-5754, Important) * a race condition in the mincore system core that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (system hang) (CVE-2006-4814, Moderate) * a flaw in the ELF handling on ia64 and sparc architectures which triggered a cross-region memory mapping and allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (CVE-2006-4538, Moderate) * a flaw in the dev_queue_xmit function of the network subsystem that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (data corruption) (CVE-2006-6535, Moderate) * a flaw in the handling of CAPI messages over Bluetooth that allowed a remote system to cause a denial of service or potential code execution. This flaw is only exploitable if a privileged user establishes a connection to a malicious remote device (CVE-2006-6106, Moderate) * a flaw in the listxattr system call that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (data corruption) or potential privilege escalation. To successfully exploit this flaw the existence of a bad inode is required first (CVE-2006-5753, Moderate) * a flaw in the __find_get_block_slow function that allowed a local privileged user to cause a denial of service (CVE-2006-5757, Low) * various flaws in the supported filesystems that allowed a local privileged user to cause a denial of service (CVE-2006-5823, CVE-2006-6053, CVE-2006-6054, CVE-2006-6056, Low) In addition to the security issues described above, fixes for the following bugs were included : * initialization error of the tg3 driver with some BCM5703x network card * a memory leak in the audit subsystem * x86_64 nmi watchdog timeout is too short * ext2/3 directory reads fail intermittently Red Hat would like to thank Dmitriy Monakhov and Kostantin Khorenko for reporting issues fixed in this erratum. All Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 users are advised to upgrade their kernels to the packages associated with their machine architecture and configurations as listed in this erratum. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 24315 published 2007-02-09 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/24315 title RHEL 4 : kernel (RHSA-2007:0014) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2007:0014. The text # itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(24315); script_version ("1.26"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:12"); script_cve_id("CVE-2006-4538", "CVE-2006-4813", "CVE-2006-4814", "CVE-2006-5174", "CVE-2006-5619", "CVE-2006-5751", "CVE-2006-5753", "CVE-2006-5754", "CVE-2006-5757", "CVE-2006-5823", "CVE-2006-6053", "CVE-2006-6054", "CVE-2006-6056", "CVE-2006-6106", "CVE-2006-6535"); script_bugtraq_id(19702, 20379, 20920, 21353, 21522, 21604, 21663, 22316); script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2007:0014"); script_name(english:"RHEL 4 : kernel (RHSA-2007:0014)"); script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated packages"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel are now available. This security advisory 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 new kernel packages contain fixes for the security issues described below : * a flaw in the get_fdb_entries function of the network bridging support that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (crash) or allow a potential privilege escalation (CVE-2006-5751, Important) * an information leak in the _block_prepare_write function that allowed a local user to read kernel memory (CVE-2006-4813, Important) * an information leak in the copy_from_user() implementation on s390 and s390x platforms that allowed a local user to read kernel memory (CVE-2006-5174, Important) * a flaw in the handling of /proc/net/ip6_flowlabel that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) (CVE-2006-5619, Important) * a flaw in the AIO handling that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (panic) (CVE-2006-5754, Important) * a race condition in the mincore system core that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (system hang) (CVE-2006-4814, Moderate) * a flaw in the ELF handling on ia64 and sparc architectures which triggered a cross-region memory mapping and allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (CVE-2006-4538, Moderate) * a flaw in the dev_queue_xmit function of the network subsystem that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (data corruption) (CVE-2006-6535, Moderate) * a flaw in the handling of CAPI messages over Bluetooth that allowed a remote system to cause a denial of service or potential code execution. This flaw is only exploitable if a privileged user establishes a connection to a malicious remote device (CVE-2006-6106, Moderate) * a flaw in the listxattr system call that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (data corruption) or potential privilege escalation. To successfully exploit this flaw the existence of a bad inode is required first (CVE-2006-5753, Moderate) * a flaw in the __find_get_block_slow function that allowed a local privileged user to cause a denial of service (CVE-2006-5757, Low) * various flaws in the supported filesystems that allowed a local privileged user to cause a denial of service (CVE-2006-5823, CVE-2006-6053, CVE-2006-6054, CVE-2006-6056, Low) In addition to the security issues described above, fixes for the following bugs were included : * initialization error of the tg3 driver with some BCM5703x network card * a memory leak in the audit subsystem * x86_64 nmi watchdog timeout is too short * ext2/3 directory reads fail intermittently Red Hat would like to thank Dmitriy Monakhov and Kostantin Khorenko for reporting issues fixed in this erratum. All Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 users are advised to upgrade their kernels to the packages associated with their machine architecture and configurations as listed in this erratum." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2006-4538" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2006-4813" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2006-4814" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2006-5174" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2006-5619" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2006-5751" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2006-5753" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2006-5754" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2006-5757" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2006-5823" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2006-6053" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2006-6054" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2006-6056" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2006-6106" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2006-6535" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0014" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true"); script_cwe_id(399); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-devel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-doc"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-hugemem"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-hugemem-devel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-largesmp"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-largesmp-devel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-smp"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-smp-devel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2006/09/05"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/01/30"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/02/09"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "linux_alt_patch_detect.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("misc_func.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); include("ksplice.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || "Red Hat" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat"); os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Red Hat"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! preg(pattern:"^4([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat 4.x", "Red Hat " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "s390" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Red Hat", cpu); if (get_one_kb_item("Host/ksplice/kernel-cves")) { rm_kb_item(name:"Host/uptrack-uname-r"); cve_list = make_list("CVE-2006-4538", "CVE-2006-4813", "CVE-2006-4814", "CVE-2006-5174", "CVE-2006-5619", "CVE-2006-5751", "CVE-2006-5753", "CVE-2006-5754", "CVE-2006-5757", "CVE-2006-5823", "CVE-2006-6053", "CVE-2006-6054", "CVE-2006-6056", "CVE-2006-6106", "CVE-2006-6535"); if (ksplice_cves_check(cve_list)) { audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, "KSplice hotfix for RHSA-2007:0014"); } else { __rpm_report = ksplice_reporting_text(); } } yum_updateinfo = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/yum-updateinfo"); if (!empty_or_null(yum_updateinfo)) { rhsa = "RHSA-2007:0014"; yum_report = redhat_generate_yum_updateinfo_report(rhsa:rhsa); if (!empty_or_null(yum_report)) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_HOLE, extra : yum_report ); exit(0); } else { audit_message = "affected by Red Hat security advisory " + rhsa; audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, audit_message); } } else { flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", reference:"kernel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", reference:"kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", reference:"kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"i686", reference:"kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"i686", reference:"kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"i686", reference:"kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"i686", reference:"kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL")) flag++; if (flag) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_HOLE, extra : rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_package_caveat() ); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "kernel / kernel-devel / kernel-doc / kernel-hugemem / etc"); } }NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRAKE_MDKSA-2007-040.NASL description Some vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in the Linux 2.6 kernel : The isdn_ppp_ccp_reset_alloc_state function in drivers/isdn/isdn_ppp.c in the Linux 2.4 kernel before 2.4.34-rc4, as well as the 2.6 kernel, does not call the init_timer function for the ISDN PPP CCP reset state timer, which has unknown attack vectors and results in a system crash. (CVE-2006-5749) The listxattr syscall can corrupt user space under certain circumstances. The problem seems to be related to signed/unsigned conversion during size promotion. (CVE-2006-5753) The ext3fs_dirhash function in Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via an ext3 stream with malformed data structures. (CVE-2006-6053) The mincore function in the Linux kernel before 2.4.33.6, as well as the 2.6 kernel, does not properly lock access to user space, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors, possibly related to a deadlock. (CVE-2006-4814) The provided packages are patched to fix these vulnerabilities. All users are encouraged to upgrade to these updated kernels immediately and reboot to effect the fixes. In addition to these security fixes, other fixes have been included such as : - Add Ralink RT2571W/RT2671 WLAN USB support (rt73 module) - Fix sys_msync() to report -ENOMEM as before when an unmapped area falls within its range, and not to overshoot (LSB regression) - Avoid disk sector_t overflow for >2TB ext3 filesystem - USB: workaround to fix HP scanners detection (#26728) - USB: unusual_devs.h for Sony floppy (#28378) - Add preliminary ICH9 support - Add TI sd card reader support - Add RT61 driver - KVM update - Fix bttv vbi offset To update your kernel, please follow the directions located at : http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/kernelupdate last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 24653 published 2007-02-18 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/24653 title Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDKSA-2007:040) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Mandrake Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2007:040. # The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(24653); script_version ("1.16"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:48"); script_cve_id("CVE-2006-4814", "CVE-2006-5749", "CVE-2006-5753", "CVE-2006-6053"); script_bugtraq_id(21663, 21835, 22316); script_xref(name:"MDKSA", value:"2007:040"); script_name(english:"Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDKSA-2007:040)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Some vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in the Linux 2.6 kernel : The isdn_ppp_ccp_reset_alloc_state function in drivers/isdn/isdn_ppp.c in the Linux 2.4 kernel before 2.4.34-rc4, as well as the 2.6 kernel, does not call the init_timer function for the ISDN PPP CCP reset state timer, which has unknown attack vectors and results in a system crash. (CVE-2006-5749) The listxattr syscall can corrupt user space under certain circumstances. The problem seems to be related to signed/unsigned conversion during size promotion. (CVE-2006-5753) The ext3fs_dirhash function in Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via an ext3 stream with malformed data structures. (CVE-2006-6053) The mincore function in the Linux kernel before 2.4.33.6, as well as the 2.6 kernel, does not properly lock access to user space, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors, possibly related to a deadlock. (CVE-2006-4814) The provided packages are patched to fix these vulnerabilities. All users are encouraged to upgrade to these updated kernels immediately and reboot to effect the fixes. In addition to these security fixes, other fixes have been included such as : - Add Ralink RT2571W/RT2671 WLAN USB support (rt73 module) - Fix sys_msync() to report -ENOMEM as before when an unmapped area falls within its range, and not to overshoot (LSB regression) - Avoid disk sector_t overflow for >2TB ext3 filesystem - USB: workaround to fix HP scanners detection (#26728) - USB: unusual_devs.h for Sony floppy (#28378) - Add preliminary ICH9 support - Add TI sd card reader support - Add RT61 driver - KVM update - Fix bttv vbi offset To update your kernel, please follow the directions located at : http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/kernelupdate" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_cwe_id(399); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:kernel-2.6.17.10mdv"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:kernel-doc-2.6.17.10mdv"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:kernel-enterprise-2.6.17.10mdv"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:kernel-legacy-2.6.17.10mdv"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:kernel-source-2.6.17.10mdv"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:kernel-source-stripped-2.6.17.10mdv"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:kernel-xen0-2.6.17.10mdv"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:kernel-xenU-2.6.17.10mdv"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/02/07"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/02/18"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Mandriva Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/Mandrake/release", "Host/Mandrake/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mandriva / Mandake Linux"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if (cpu !~ "^(amd64|i[3-6]86|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Mandriva / Mandrake Linux", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", reference:"kernel-2.6.17.10mdv-1-1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", reference:"kernel-doc-2.6.17.10mdv-1-1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"kernel-enterprise-2.6.17.10mdv-1-1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"kernel-legacy-2.6.17.10mdv-1-1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", reference:"kernel-source-2.6.17.10mdv-1-1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", reference:"kernel-source-stripped-2.6.17.10mdv-1-1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", reference:"kernel-xen0-2.6.17.10mdv-1-1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", reference:"kernel-xenU-2.6.17.10mdv-1-1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_KERNEL-2605.NASL description This kernel update fixes the following security problems : - The ftdi_sio driver allowed local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by writing more data to the serial port than the hardware can handle, which causes the data to be queued. This requires this driver to be loaded, which only happens if such a device is plugged in. (CVE-2006-2936) - A deadlock in mincore that could be caused by local attackers was fixed. (CVE-2006-4814) - Multiple buffer overflows in the cmtp_recv_interopmsg function in the Bluetooth driver (net/bluetooth/cmtp/capi.c) in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via CAPI messages with a large value for the length of the (1) manu (manufacturer) or (2) serial (serial number) field. (CVE-2006-6106) - The isdn_ppp_ccp_reset_alloc_state function in drivers/isdn/isdn_ppp.c in the Linux kernel does not call the init_timer function for the ISDN PPP CCP reset state timer, which has unknown attack vectors and results in a system crash. (CVE-2006-5749) - Unspecified vulnerability in the listxattr system call in Linux kernel, when a last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 59122 published 2012-05-17 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/59122 title SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 2605) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-416-1.NASL description Mark Dowd discovered that the netfilter iptables module did not correcly handle fragmented IPv6 packets. By sending specially crafted packets, a remote attacker could exploit this to bypass firewall rules. This has has already been fixed for Ubuntu 6.10 in USN-395-1; this is the corresponding fix for Ubuntu 6.06.(CVE-2006-4572) Doug Chapman discovered an improper lock handling in the mincore() function. A local attacker could exploit this to cause an eternal hang in the kernel, rendering the machine unusable. (CVE-2006-4814) Al Viro reported that the ISDN PPP module did not initialize the reset state timer. By sending specially crafted ISDN packets, a remote attacker could exploit this to crash the kernel. (CVE-2006-5749) Various syscalls (like listxattr()) misinterpreted the return value of return_EIO() when encountering bad inodes. By issuing particular system calls on a malformed file system, a local attacker could exploit this to crash the kernel. (CVE-2006-5753) The task switching code did not save and restore EFLAGS of processes. By starting a specially crafted executable, a local attacker could exploit this to eventually crash many other running processes. This only affects the amd64 platform. (CVE-2006-5755) A race condition was found in the grow_buffers() function. By mounting a specially crafted ISO9660 or NTFS file system, a local attacker could exploit this to trigger an infinite loop in the kernel, rendering the machine unusable. (CVE-2006-5757) A buffer overread was found in the zlib_inflate() function. By tricking an user into mounting a specially crafted file system which uses zlib compression (such as cramfs), this could be exploited to crash the kernel. (CVE-2006-5823) The ext3 file system driver did not properly handle corrupted data structures. By mounting a specially crafted ext3 file system, a local attacker could exploit this to crash the kernel. (CVE-2006-6053) The ext2 file system driver did not properly handle corrupted data structures. By mounting a specially crafted ext2 file system, a local attacker could exploit this to crash the kernel. (CVE-2006-6054) The hfs file system driver did not properly handle corrupted data structures. By mounting a specially crafted hfs file system, a local attacker could exploit this to crash the kernel. This only affects systems which enable SELinux (Ubuntu disables SELinux by default). (CVE-2006-6056) Several vulnerabilities have been found in the GFS2 file system driver. Since this driver has never actually worked in Ubuntu 6.10, it has been disabled. This only affects Ubuntu 6.10. (CVE-2006-6057) Marcel Holtman discovered several buffer overflows in the Bluetooth driver. By sending Bluetooth packets with specially crafted CAPI messages, a remote attacker could exploit these to crash the kernel. (CVE-2006-6106). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 28005 published 2007-11-10 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2007-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/28005 title Ubuntu 5.10 / 6.06 LTS / 6.10 : linux-source-2.6.12/2.6.15/2.6.17 vulnerabilities (USN-416-1) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_KERNEL-2635.NASL description This kernel update fixes the following security problems : - CVE-2006-2936: The ftdi_sio driver allowed local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by writing more data to the serial port than the hardware can handle, which causes the data to be queued. This requires this driver to be loaded, which only happens if such a device is plugged in. [#191836] - CVE-2006-4814: A deadlock in mincore that could be caused by local attackers was fixed. [#207667] - CVE-2006-6106: Multiple buffer overflows in the cmtp_recv_interopmsg function in the Bluetooth driver (net/bluetooth/cmtp/capi.c) in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via CAPI messages with a large value for the length of the (1) manu (manufacturer) or (2) serial (serial number) field. [#227603] - CVE-2006-5749: The isdn_ppp_ccp_reset_alloc_state function in drivers/isdn/isdn_ppp.c in the Linux kernel does not call the init_timer function for the ISDN PPP CCP reset state timer, which has unknown attack vectors and results in a system crash. [#229619] - CVE-2006-5753: Unspecified vulnerability in the listxattr system call in Linux kernel, when a last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 27292 published 2007-10-17 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/27292 title openSUSE 10 Security Update : kernel (kernel-2635) NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2009-0001.NASL description Updated kernel packages that fix a number of security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 running on 32-bit architectures. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. These updated packages fix the following security issues : * a flaw was found in the IPv4 forwarding base. This could allow a local, unprivileged user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-2172, Important) * a flaw was found in the handling of process death signals. This allowed a local, unprivileged user to send arbitrary signals to the suid-process executed by that user. Successful exploitation of this flaw depends on the structure of the suid-program and its signal handling. (CVE-2007-3848, Important) * when accessing kernel memory locations, certain Linux kernel drivers registering a fault handler did not perform required range checks. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to gain read or write access to arbitrary kernel memory, or possibly cause a denial of service. (CVE-2008-0007, Important) * a possible kernel memory leak was found in the Linux kernel Simple Internet Transition (SIT) INET6 implementation. This could allow a local, unprivileged user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2008-2136, Important) * missing capability checks were found in the SBNI WAN driver which could allow a local, unprivileged user to bypass intended capability restrictions. (CVE-2008-3525, Important) * a flaw was found in the way files were written using truncate() or ftruncate(). This could allow a local, unprivileged user to acquire the privileges of a different group and obtain access to sensitive information. (CVE-2008-4210, Important) * a race condition in the mincore system core allowed a local, unprivileged user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2006-4814, Moderate) * a flaw was found in the aacraid SCSI driver. This allowed a local, unprivileged user to make ioctl calls to the driver which should otherwise be restricted to privileged users. (CVE-2007-4308, Moderate) * two buffer overflow flaws were found in the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) subsystem. A local, unprivileged user could use these flaws to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-6063, CVE-2007-6151, Moderate) * a flaw was found in the way core dump files were created. If a local, unprivileged user could make a root-owned process dump a core file into a user-writable directory, the user could gain read access to that core file, potentially compromising sensitive information. (CVE-2007-6206, Moderate) * a deficiency was found in the Linux kernel virtual file system (VFS) implementation. This could allow a local, unprivileged user to attempt file creation within deleted directories, possibly causing a denial of service. (CVE-2008-3275, Moderate) All users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 on 32-bit architectures should upgrade to these updated packages which address these vulnerabilities. For this update to take effect, the system must be rebooted. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 35323 published 2009-01-09 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35323 title RHEL 2.1 : kernel (RHSA-2009:0001) NASL family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLELINUX_ELSA-2008-0211.NASL description From Red Hat Security Advisory 2008:0211 : Updated kernel packages that fix various security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. These updated packages fix the following security issues : * the absence of a protection mechanism when attempting to access a critical section of code has been found in the Linux kernel open file descriptors control mechanism, fcntl. This could allow a local unprivileged user to simultaneously execute code, which would otherwise be protected against parallel execution. As well, a race condition when handling locks in the Linux kernel fcntl functionality, may have allowed a process belonging to a local unprivileged user to gain re-ordered access to the descriptor table. (CVE-2008-1669, Important) * the absence of a protection mechanism when attempting to access a critical section of code, as well as a race condition, have been found in the Linux kernel file system event notifier, dnotify. This could allow a local unprivileged user to get inconsistent data, or to send arbitrary signals to arbitrary system processes. (CVE-2008-1375, Important) Red Hat would like to thank Nick Piggin for responsibly disclosing the following issue : * when accessing kernel memory locations, certain Linux kernel drivers registering a fault handler did not perform required range checks. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to gain read or write access to arbitrary kernel memory, or possibly cause a kernel crash. (CVE-2008-0007, Important) * a flaw was found when performing asynchronous input or output operations on a FIFO special file. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a kernel panic. (CVE-2007-5001, Important) * a flaw was found in the way core dump files were created. If a local user could get a root-owned process to dump a core file into a directory, which the user has write access to, they could gain read access to that core file. This could potentially grant unauthorized access to sensitive information. (CVE-2007-6206, Moderate) * a buffer overflow was found in the Linux kernel ISDN subsystem. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-6151, Moderate) * a race condition found in the mincore system core could allow a local user to cause a denial of service (system hang). (CVE-2006-4814, Moderate) * it was discovered that the Linux kernel handled string operations in the opposite way to the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). This could allow a local unprivileged user to cause memory corruption. (CVE-2008-1367, Low) As well, these updated packages fix the following bugs : * a bug, which caused long delays when unmounting mounts containing a large number of unused dentries, has been resolved. * in the previous kernel packages, the kernel was unable to handle certain floating point instructions on Itanium(R) architectures. * on certain Intel CPUs, the Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB) was not flushed correctly, which caused machine check errors. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 67678 published 2013-07-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/67678 title Oracle Linux 3 : kernel (ELSA-2008-0211) NASL family VMware ESX Local Security Checks NASL id VMWARE_VMSA-2008-0011.NASL description I Service Console rpm updates a. Security Update to Service Console Kernel This fix upgrades service console kernel version to 2.4.21-57.EL. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2007-5001, CVE-2007-6151, CVE-2007-6206, CVE-2008-0007, CVE-2008-1367, CVE-2008-1375, CVE-2006-4814, and CVE-2008-1669 to the security issues fixed in kernel-2.4.21-57.EL. b. Samba Security Update This fix upgrades the service console rpm samba to version 3.0.9-1.3E.15vmw The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2008-1105 to this issue. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 40380 published 2009-07-27 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/40380 title VMSA-2008-0011 : Updated ESX service console packages for Samba and vmnix NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2008-0211.NASL description Updated kernel packages that fix various security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. These updated packages fix the following security issues : * the absence of a protection mechanism when attempting to access a critical section of code has been found in the Linux kernel open file descriptors control mechanism, fcntl. This could allow a local unprivileged user to simultaneously execute code, which would otherwise be protected against parallel execution. As well, a race condition when handling locks in the Linux kernel fcntl functionality, may have allowed a process belonging to a local unprivileged user to gain re-ordered access to the descriptor table. (CVE-2008-1669, Important) * the absence of a protection mechanism when attempting to access a critical section of code, as well as a race condition, have been found in the Linux kernel file system event notifier, dnotify. This could allow a local unprivileged user to get inconsistent data, or to send arbitrary signals to arbitrary system processes. (CVE-2008-1375, Important) Red Hat would like to thank Nick Piggin for responsibly disclosing the following issue : * when accessing kernel memory locations, certain Linux kernel drivers registering a fault handler did not perform required range checks. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to gain read or write access to arbitrary kernel memory, or possibly cause a kernel crash. (CVE-2008-0007, Important) * a flaw was found when performing asynchronous input or output operations on a FIFO special file. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a kernel panic. (CVE-2007-5001, Important) * a flaw was found in the way core dump files were created. If a local user could get a root-owned process to dump a core file into a directory, which the user has write access to, they could gain read access to that core file. This could potentially grant unauthorized access to sensitive information. (CVE-2007-6206, Moderate) * a buffer overflow was found in the Linux kernel ISDN subsystem. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-6151, Moderate) * a race condition found in the mincore system core could allow a local user to cause a denial of service (system hang). (CVE-2006-4814, Moderate) * it was discovered that the Linux kernel handled string operations in the opposite way to the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). This could allow a local unprivileged user to cause memory corruption. (CVE-2008-1367, Low) As well, these updated packages fix the following bugs : * a bug, which caused long delays when unmounting mounts containing a large number of unused dentries, has been resolved. * in the previous kernel packages, the kernel was unable to handle certain floating point instructions on Itanium(R) architectures. * on certain Intel CPUs, the Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB) was not flushed correctly, which caused machine check errors. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 32160 published 2008-05-09 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/32160 title RHEL 3 : kernel (RHSA-2008:0211) NASL family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLELINUX_ELSA-2007-0014.NASL description From Red Hat Security Advisory 2007:0014 : Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel are now available. This security advisory 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 new kernel packages contain fixes for the security issues described below : * a flaw in the get_fdb_entries function of the network bridging support that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (crash) or allow a potential privilege escalation (CVE-2006-5751, Important) * an information leak in the _block_prepare_write function that allowed a local user to read kernel memory (CVE-2006-4813, Important) * an information leak in the copy_from_user() implementation on s390 and s390x platforms that allowed a local user to read kernel memory (CVE-2006-5174, Important) * a flaw in the handling of /proc/net/ip6_flowlabel that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) (CVE-2006-5619, Important) * a flaw in the AIO handling that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (panic) (CVE-2006-5754, Important) * a race condition in the mincore system core that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (system hang) (CVE-2006-4814, Moderate) * a flaw in the ELF handling on ia64 and sparc architectures which triggered a cross-region memory mapping and allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (CVE-2006-4538, Moderate) * a flaw in the dev_queue_xmit function of the network subsystem that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (data corruption) (CVE-2006-6535, Moderate) * a flaw in the handling of CAPI messages over Bluetooth that allowed a remote system to cause a denial of service or potential code execution. This flaw is only exploitable if a privileged user establishes a connection to a malicious remote device (CVE-2006-6106, Moderate) * a flaw in the listxattr system call that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (data corruption) or potential privilege escalation. To successfully exploit this flaw the existence of a bad inode is required first (CVE-2006-5753, Moderate) * a flaw in the __find_get_block_slow function that allowed a local privileged user to cause a denial of service (CVE-2006-5757, Low) * various flaws in the supported filesystems that allowed a local privileged user to cause a denial of service (CVE-2006-5823, CVE-2006-6053, CVE-2006-6054, CVE-2006-6056, Low) In addition to the security issues described above, fixes for the following bugs were included : * initialization error of the tg3 driver with some BCM5703x network card * a memory leak in the audit subsystem * x86_64 nmi watchdog timeout is too short * ext2/3 directory reads fail intermittently Red Hat would like to thank Dmitriy Monakhov and Kostantin Khorenko for reporting issues fixed in this erratum. All Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 users are advised to upgrade their kernels to the packages associated with their machine architecture and configurations as listed in this erratum. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 67438 published 2013-07-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/67438 title Oracle Linux 4 : kernel (ELSA-2007-0014) NASL family Scientific Linux Local Security Checks NASL id SL_20080507_KERNEL_ON_SL3_X.NASL description These updated packages fix the following security issues : - the absence of a protection mechanism when attempting to access a critical section of code has been found in the Linux kernel open file descriptors control mechanism, fcntl. This could allow a local unprivileged user to simultaneously execute code, which would otherwise be protected against parallel execution. As well, a race condition when handling locks in the Linux kernel fcntl functionality, may have allowed a process belonging to a local unprivileged user to gain re-ordered access to the descriptor table. (CVE-2008-1669, Important) - the absence of a protection mechanism when attempting to access a critical section of code, as well as a race condition, have been found in the Linux kernel file system event notifier, dnotify. This could allow a local unprivileged user to get inconsistent data, or to send arbitrary signals to arbitrary system processes. (CVE-2008-1375, Important) - when accessing kernel memory locations, certain Linux kernel drivers registering a fault handler did not perform required range checks. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to gain read or write access to arbitrary kernel memory, or possibly cause a kernel crash. (CVE-2008-0007, Important) - a flaw was found when performing asynchronous input or output operations on a FIFO special file. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a kernel panic. (CVE-2007-5001, Important) - a flaw was found in the way core dump files were created. If a local user could get a root-owned process to dump a core file into a directory, which the user has write access to, they could gain read access to that core file. This could potentially grant unauthorized access to sensitive information. (CVE-2007-6206, Moderate) - a buffer overflow was found in the Linux kernel ISDN subsystem. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-6151, Moderate) - a race condition found in the mincore system core could allow a local user to cause a denial of service (system hang). (CVE-2006-4814, Moderate) - it was discovered that the Linux kernel handled string operations in the opposite way to the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). This could allow a local unprivileged user to cause memory corruption. (CVE-2008-1367, Low) As well, these updated packages fix the following bugs : - a bug, which caused long delays when unmounting mounts containing a large number of unused dentries, has been resolved. - in the previous kernel packages, the kernel was unable to handle certain floating point instructions on Itanium(R) architectures. - on certain Intel CPUs, the Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB) was not flushed correctly, which caused machine check errors. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 60393 published 2012-08-01 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/60393 title Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL3.x i386/x86_64 NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-1304.NASL description CVE-2006-6060 CVE-2006-6106 CVE-2006-6535 CVE-2007-0958 CVE-2007-1357 CVE-2007-1592 Several local and remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code. This update also fixes a regression in the smbfs subsystem which was introduced in DSA-1233which caused symlinks to be interpreted as regular files. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2005-4811 David Gibson reported an issue in the hugepage code which could permit a local DoS (system crash) on appropriately configured systems. - CVE-2006-4814 Doug Chapman discovered a potential local DoS (deadlock) in the mincore function caused by improper lock handling. - CVE-2006-4623 Ang Way Chuang reported a remote DoS (crash) in the dvb driver which can be triggered by a ULE package with an SNDU length of 0. - CVE-2006-5753 Eric Sandeen provided a fix for a local memory corruption vulnerability resulting from a misinterpretation of return values when operating on inodes which have been marked bad. - CVE-2006-5754 Darrick Wong discovered a local DoS (crash) vulnerability resulting from the incorrect initialization of last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 25529 published 2007-06-18 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/25529 title Debian DSA-1304-1 : kernel-source-2.6.8 - several vulnerabilities NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-1503.NASL description Several local and remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2004-2731 infamous41md reported multiple integer overflows in the Sbus PROM driver that would allow for a DoS (Denial of Service) attack by a local user, and possibly the execution of arbitrary code. - CVE-2006-4814 Doug Chapman discovered a potential local DoS (deadlock) in the mincore function caused by improper lock handling. - CVE-2006-5753 Eric Sandeen provided a fix for a local memory corruption vulnerability resulting from a misinterpretation of return values when operating on inodes which have been marked bad. - CVE-2006-5823 LMH reported a potential local DoS which could be exploited by a malicious user with the privileges to mount and read a corrupted cramfs filesystem. - CVE-2006-6053 LMH reported a potential local DoS which could be exploited by a malicious user with the privileges to mount and read a corrupted ext3 filesystem. - CVE-2006-6054 LMH reported a potential local DoS which could be exploited by a malicious user with the privileges to mount and read a corrupted ext2 filesystem. - CVE-2006-6106 Marcel Holtman discovered multiple buffer overflows in the Bluetooth subsystem which can be used to trigger a remote DoS (crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code. - CVE-2007-1353 Ilja van Sprundel discovered that kernel memory could be leaked via the Bluetooth setsockopt call due to an uninitialized stack buffer. This could be used by local attackers to read the contents of sensitive kernel memory. - CVE-2007-1592 Masayuki Nakagawa discovered that flow labels were inadvertently being shared between listening sockets and child sockets. This defect can be exploited by local users to cause a DoS (Oops). - CVE-2007-2172 Thomas Graf reported a typo in the DECnet protocol handler that could be used by a local attacker to overrun an array via crafted packets, potentially resulting in a Denial of Service (system crash). A similar issue exists in the IPV4 protocol handler and will be fixed in a subsequent update. - CVE-2007-2525 Florian Zumbiehl discovered a memory leak in the PPPOE subsystem caused by releasing a socket before PPPIOCGCHAN is called upon it. This could be used by a local user to DoS a system by consuming all available memory. - CVE-2007-3848 Wojciech Purczynski discovered that pdeath_signal was not being reset properly under certain conditions which may allow local users to gain privileges by sending arbitrary signals to suid binaries. - CVE-2007-4308 Alan Cox reported an issue in the aacraid driver that allows unprivileged local users to make ioctl calls which should be restricted to admin privileges. - CVE-2007-4311 PaX team discovered an issue in the random driver where a defect in the reseeding code leads to a reduction in entropy. - CVE-2007-5093 Alex Smith discovered an issue with the pwc driver for certain webcam devices. If the device is removed while a userspace application has it open, the driver will wait for userspace to close the device, resulting in a blocked USB subsystem. This issue is of low security impact as it requires the attacker to either have physical access to the system or to convince a user with local access to remove the device on their behalf. - CVE-2007-6063 Venustech AD-LAB discovered a a buffer overflow in the isdn ioctl handling, exploitable by a local user. - CVE-2007-6151 ADLAB discovered a possible memory overrun in the ISDN subsystem that may permit a local user to overwrite kernel memory by issuing ioctls with unterminated data. - CVE-2007-6206 Blake Frantz discovered that when a core file owned by a non-root user exists, and a root-owned process dumps core over it, the core file retains its original ownership. This could be used by a local user to gain access to sensitive information. - CVE-2007-6694 Cyrill Gorcunov reported a NULL pointer dereference in code specific to the CHRP PowerPC platforms. Local users could exploit this issue to achieve a Denial of Service (DoS). - CVE-2008-0007 Nick Piggin of SuSE discovered a number of issues in subsystems which register a fault handler for memory mapped areas. This issue can be exploited by local users to achieve a Denial of Service (DoS) and possibly execute arbitrary code. The following matrix lists additional packages that were rebuilt for compatibility with or to take advantage of this update : Debian 3.1 (sarge) alsa-modules-i386 1.0.8+2sarge2 kernel-image-2.4.27-arm 2.4.27-2sarge6 kernel-image-2.4.27-m68k 2.4.27-3sarge6 kernel-image-speakup-i386 2.4.27-1.1sarge5 kernel-image-2.4.27-alpha 2.4.27-10sarge6 kernel-image-2.4.27-s390 2.4.27-2sarge6 kernel-image-2.4.27-sparc 2.4.27-9sarge6 kernel-image-2.4.27-i386 2.4.27-10sarge6 kernel-image-2.4.27-ia64 2.4.27-10sarge6 kernel-patch-2.4.27-mips 2.4.27-10.sarge4.040815-3 kernel-patch-powerpc-2.4.27 2.4.27-10sarge6 kernel-latest-2.4-alpha 101sarge3 kernel-latest-2.4-i386 101sarge2 kernel-latest-2.4-s390 2.4.27-1sarge2 kernel-latest-2.4-sparc 42sarge3 i2c 1:2.9.1-1sarge2 lm-sensors 1:2.9.1-1sarge4 mindi-kernel 2.4.27-2sarge5 pcmcia-modules-2.4.27-i386 3.2.5+2sarge2 hostap-modules-i386 1:0.3.7-1sarge3 systemimager 3.2.3-6sarge5 last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 31147 published 2008-02-25 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/31147 title Debian DSA-1503-1 : kernel-source-2.4.27 - several vulnerabilities NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRAKE_MDKSA-2007-060.NASL description Some vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in the Linux 2.6 kernel : The 2.6.17 kernel and earlier, when running on IA64 and SPARC platforms would allow a local user to cause a DoS (crash) via a malformed ELF file (CVE-2006-4538). The mincore function in the Linux kernel did not properly lock access to user space, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors, possibly related to a deadlock (CVE-2006-4814). An unspecified vulnerability in the listxattr system call, when a last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 24810 published 2007-03-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/24810 title Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDKSA-2007:060) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_KERNEL-2606.NASL description This kernel update fixes the following security problems : - The ftdi_sio driver allowed local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by writing more data to the serial port than the hardware can handle, which causes the data to be queued. This requires this driver to be loaded, which only happens if such a device is plugged in. (CVE-2006-2936) - A deadlock in mincore that could be caused by local attackers was fixed. (CVE-2006-4814) - Multiple buffer overflows in the cmtp_recv_interopmsg function in the Bluetooth driver (net/bluetooth/cmtp/capi.c) in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via CAPI messages with a large value for the length of the (1) manu (manufacturer) or (2) serial (serial number) field. (CVE-2006-6106) - The isdn_ppp_ccp_reset_alloc_state function in drivers/isdn/isdn_ppp.c in the Linux kernel does not call the init_timer function for the ISDN PPP CCP reset state timer, which has unknown attack vectors and results in a system crash. (CVE-2006-5749) - Unspecified vulnerability in the listxattr system call in Linux kernel, when a last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 29486 published 2007-12-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/29486 title SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 2606)
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| description | The mincore function in the Linux kernel before 2.4.33.6 does not properly lock access to user space, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors, possibly related to a deadlock. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| family | unix | ||||||||||||||||||||
| id | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9648 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||
| submitted | 2010-07-09T03:56:16-04:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| title | The mincore function in the Linux kernel before 2.4.33.6 does not properly lock access to user space, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors, possibly related to a deadlock. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| version | 26 |
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Statements
| contributor | Mark J Cox |
| lastmodified | 2007-03-14 |
| organization | Red Hat |
| statement | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch. |
References
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000023.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23436
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23609
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23997
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24098
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24100
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24206
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24482
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25691
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25714
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29058
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30110
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31246
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33280
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1304
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.33.6
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:040
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:060
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_kernel.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0211.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0787.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21663
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0002/
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-416-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5082
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2222/references
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9648