Vulnerabilities > CVE-2007-4308 - Local Security Bypass vulnerability in Linux Kernel AACRAID Driver
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
The (1) aac_cfg_open and (2) aac_compat_ioctl functions in the SCSI layer ioctl path in aacraid in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23-rc2 do not check permissions for ioctls, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges.
Vulnerable Configurations
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Nessus
NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-509-1.NASL description A flaw in the sysfs_readdir 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 privileges. (CVE-2007-3105) A flaw was discovered in the usblcd driver. A local attacker could cause large amounts of kernel memory consumption, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2007-3513) It was discovered that certain setuid-root processes did not correctly reset process death signal handlers. A local user could manipulate this to send signals to processes they would not normally have access to. (CVE-2007-3848) The Direct Rendering Manager for the i915 driver could be made to write to arbitrary memory locations. An attacker with access to a running X11 session could send a specially crafted buffer and gain root privileges. (CVE-2007-3851) It was discovered that the aacraid SCSI driver did not correctly check permissions on certain ioctls. A local attacker could cause a denial of service or gain privileges. (CVE-2007-4308). 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 28113 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/28113 title Ubuntu 6.10 : linux-source-2.6.17 vulnerabilities (USN-509-1) NASL family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLELINUX_ELSA-2007-1049.NASL description From Red Hat Security Advisory 2007:1049 : Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues and a bug in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 kernel are now available. 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. A flaw was found in the handling of process death signals. This allowed a local user to send arbitrary signals to the suid-process executed by that user. A successful exploitation of this flaw depends on the structure of the suid-program and its signal handling. (CVE-2007-3848, Important) A flaw was found in the IPv4 forwarding base. This allowed a local user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-2172, Important) A flaw was found where a corrupted executable file could cause cross-region memory mappings on Itanium systems. This allowed a local user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2006-4538, Moderate) A flaw was found in the stack expansion when using the hugetlb kernel on PowerPC systems. This allowed a local user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-3739, Moderate) A flaw was found in the aacraid SCSI driver. This allowed a local user to make ioctl calls to the driver that should be restricted to privileged users. (CVE-2007-4308, Moderate) As well, these updated packages fix the following bug : * a bug in the TCP header prediction code may have caused last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 67609 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/67609 title Oracle Linux 3 : kernel (ELSA-2007-1049) NASL family CentOS Local Security Checks NASL id CENTOS_RHSA-2007-0939.NASL description Updated kernel packages that fix various security issues in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel are now available. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Linux kernel is the core of the operating system. These updated kernel packages contain fixes for the following security issues : * A flaw was found in the handling of process death signals. This allowed a local user to send arbitrary signals to the suid-process executed by that user. A successful exploitation of this flaw depends on the structure of the suid-program and its signal handling. (CVE-2007-3848, Important) * A flaw was found in the CIFS file system. This could cause the umask values of a process to not be honored on CIFS file systems where UNIX extensions are supported. (CVE-2007-3740, Important) * A flaw was found in the VFAT compat ioctl handling on 64-bit systems. This allowed a local user to corrupt a kernel_dirent struct and cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-2878, Important) * A flaw was found in the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA). A local user who had the ability to read the /proc/driver/snd-page-alloc file could see portions of kernel memory. (CVE-2007-4571, Moderate) * A flaw was found in the aacraid SCSI driver. This allowed a local user to make ioctl calls to the driver that should be restricted to privileged users. (CVE-2007-4308, Moderate) * A flaw was found in the stack expansion when using the hugetlb kernel on PowerPC systems. This allowed a local user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-3739, Moderate) * A flaw was found in the handling of zombie processes. A local user could create processes that would not be properly reaped which could lead to a denial of service. (CVE-2006-6921, Moderate) * A flaw was found in the CIFS file system handling. The mount option last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 37953 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/37953 title CentOS 4 : kernel (CESA-2007:0939) NASL family Scientific Linux Local Security Checks NASL id SL_20071203_KERNEL_ON_SL3.NASL description A flaw was found in the handling of process death signals. This allowed a local user to send arbitrary signals to the suid-process executed by that user. A successful exploitation of this flaw depends on the structure of the suid-program and its signal handling. (CVE-2007-3848, Important) A flaw was found in the IPv4 forwarding base. This allowed a local user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-2172, Important) A flaw was found where a corrupted executable file could cause cross-region memory mappings on Itanium systems. This allowed a local user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2006-4538, Moderate) A flaw was found in the stack expansion when using the hugetlb kernel on PowerPC systems. This allowed a local user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-3739, Moderate) A flaw was found in the aacraid SCSI driver. This allowed a local user to make ioctl calls to the driver that should be restricted to privileged users. (CVE-2007-4308, Moderate) As well, these updated packages fix the following bug : - a bug in the TCP header prediction code may have caused last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 60321 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/60321 title Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL3.x i386/x86_64 NASL family CentOS Local Security Checks NASL id CENTOS_RHSA-2007-1049.NASL description Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues and a bug in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 kernel are now available. 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. A flaw was found in the handling of process death signals. This allowed a local user to send arbitrary signals to the suid-process executed by that user. A successful exploitation of this flaw depends on the structure of the suid-program and its signal handling. (CVE-2007-3848, Important) A flaw was found in the IPv4 forwarding base. This allowed a local user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-2172, Important) A flaw was found where a corrupted executable file could cause cross-region memory mappings on Itanium systems. This allowed a local user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2006-4538, Moderate) A flaw was found in the stack expansion when using the hugetlb kernel on PowerPC systems. This allowed a local user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-3739, Moderate) A flaw was found in the aacraid SCSI driver. This allowed a local user to make ioctl calls to the driver that should be restricted to privileged users. (CVE-2007-4308, Moderate) As well, these updated packages fix the following bug : * a bug in the TCP header prediction code may have caused last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 29190 published 2007-12-04 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/29190 title CentOS 3 : kernel (CESA-2007:1049) NASL family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLELINUX_ELSA-2007-0940.NASL description From Red Hat Security Advisory 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 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 flaw was found in the handling of process death signals. This allowed a local user to send arbitrary signals to the suid-process executed by that user. A successful exploitation of this flaw depends on the structure of the suid-program and its signal handling. (CVE-2007-3848, Important) * A flaw was found in the Distributed Lock Manager (DLM) in the cluster manager. This allowed a remote user who is able to connect to the DLM port to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-3380, Important) * A flaw was found in the aacraid SCSI driver. This allowed a local user to make ioctl calls to the driver which should otherwise be restricted to privileged users. (CVE-2007-4308, Moderate) * A flaw was found in the prio_tree handling of the hugetlb support that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service. This only affected kernels with hugetlb support. (CVE-2007-4133, Moderate) * A flaw was found in the eHCA driver on PowerPC architectures that allowed a local user to access 60k of physical address space. This address space could contain sensitive information. (CVE-2007-3850, Moderate) * A flaw was found in ptrace support that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service via a NULL pointer dereference. (CVE-2007-3731, Moderate) * 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. (CVE-2007-3513, Moderate) * A flaw was found in the random number generator implementation that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges. If the root user raised the default wakeup threshold over the size of the output pool, this flaw could be exploited. (CVE-2007-3105, Low) In addition to the security issues described above, several bug fixes preventing possible system crashes and data corruption were also included. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 users are advised to upgrade to these packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 67581 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/67581 title Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2007-0940) NASL family VMware ESX Local Security Checks NASL id VMWARE_VMSA-2008-0003.NASL description I Updated ESX driver a. Updated aacraid driver This patch fixes a flaw in how the aacraid SCSI driver checked IOCTL command permissions. This flaw might allow a local user on the Service Console to cause a denial of service or gain privileges. Thanks to Adaptec for reporting this issue. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2007-4308 to this issue. II Service Console package security updates a. Samba Alin Rad Pop of Secunia Research found a stack-based buffer overflow flaw in the way Samba authenticates remote users. A remote unauthenticated user could trigger this flaw to cause the Samba server to crash or to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the Samba server. Note: This vulnerability can be exploited only if the attacker has access to the Service Console network. The Samba client is installed by default in the Service Console, but the Samba server is not. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2007-6015 to this issue. b. Python Chris Evans of the Google security research team discovered an integer overflow issue with the way Python last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 40374 published 2009-07-27 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/40374 title VMSA-2008-0003 : Moderate: Updated aacraid driver and samba and python Service Console updates NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_KERNEL-4745.NASL description This kernel update fixes the following security problems : - The sysfs_readdir function in the Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel OOPS) by dereferencing a NULL pointer to an inode in a dentry. (CVE-2007-3104) - A 2 byte buffer underflow in the ieee80211 stack was fixed, which might be used by attackers in the local WLAN reach to crash the machine. (CVE-2007-4997) - The CIFS filesystem, when Unix extension support is enabled, did not honor the umask of a process, which allowed local users to gain privileges. (CVE-2007-3740) - It was possible for local user to become root by exploiting a bug in the IA32 system call emulation. This problem affects the x86_64 platform only, on all distributions. (CVE-2007-4573) This problem was fixed for regular kernels, but had not been fixed for the XEN kernels. This update fixes the problem also for the XEN kernels. - The (1) aac_cfg_open and (2) aac_compat_ioctl functions in the SCSI layer ioctl path in aacraid did not check permissions for ioctls, which might have allowed local users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges. (CVE-2007-4308) - The Linux kernel checked the wrong global variable for the CIFS sec mount option, which might allow remote attackers to spoof CIFS network traffic that the client configured for security signatures, as demonstrated by lack of signing despite sec=ntlmv2i in a SetupAndX request. (CVE-2007-3843) - Multiple buffer overflows in CIFS VFS in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via long SMB responses that trigger the overflows in the SendReceive function. (CVE-2007-5904) This requires the attacker to mis-present / replace a CIFS server the client machine is connected to. - Buffer overflow in the isdn_net_setcfg function in isdn_net.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to have an unknown impact via a crafted argument to the isdn_ioctl function. (CVE-2007-6063) and the following non security bugs : - patches.drivers/pci-delete-ACPI-hook-from-pci_set_power_stat e.patch: Delete ACPI hook from pci_set_power_state() [#162320] Still execute the code on Lenovo ThinkPads (or USB ports do not work anymore after suspend [#329232] - patches.drivers/alsa-post-sp1-hda-probe-blacklist: [ALSA] hda-intel - Add probe_mask blacklist [#172330] - patches.drivers/alsa-post-sp1-hda-robust-probe: [ALSA] hda-intel - Improve HD-audio codec probing robustness [#172330] - patches.arch/i386-hpet-lost-interrupts-fix.patch: Backport i386 hpet lost interrupts code [#257035] - patches.fixes/megaraid_mbox-dell-cerc-support: Dell CERC support for megaraid_mbox [#267134] - patches.fixes/nfsv4-MAXNAME-fix.diff: knfsd: query filesystem for NFSv4 getattr of FATTR4_MAXNAME [#271803] - patches.drivers/ide-amd74xx-add-ignore_enablebits-parameter: amd74xx: add ignore_enable_bits module parameter [#272786] - patches.fixes/legacy-pty-count-kernel-parm.patch: Add a kernel boot parameter to overwrite the legacy PTY count. The default value of 64 is insufficient occasionally [#277846] - patches.fixes/lockd-grant-shutdown: Stop GRANT callback from crashing if NFS server has been stopped. [#292478] - Kernel update to 2.6.16.54 [#298719] including (among others) : - lots of md fixes - fix of sparc bugs - fix of TCP handling of SACK in bidirectional flows - fix of MCA bus matching - fix of PPC issues : - Fix osize too small errors when decoding mppe. - Fix output buffer size in ppp_decompress_frame(). - patches.fixes/assign-task_struct.exit_code-before-taskstats_ exit.patch: Assign task_struct.exit_code before taskstats_exit() [#307504] - patches.fixes/bonding_no_addrconf_for_bond_slaves: bonding / ipv6: no addrconf for slaves separately from master. [#310254] - patches.fixes/bonding_support_carrier_state_for_master: bonding: support carrier state for master [#310254] - patches.fixes/fix-sys-devices-system-node-node0-meminfo-from -having-anonpages-wrapped.patch: fix /sys/devices/system/node/node0/meminfo from having anonpages wrapped [#310744] - patches.fixes/nfs-remove-bogus-cache-change-attribute-check. diff fix bogus cache change to make data available immediately, on direct write [#325877] - patches.fixes/tcp-send-ACKs-each-2nd-received-segment.patch: Send ACKs each 2nd received segment. This fixes a problem where the tcp cubic congestion algorithm was too slow in converging [#327848] - patches.drivers/libata-fix-spindown: libata: fix disk spindown on shutdown [#330722] - patches.fixes/scsi-reset-resid: busy status on tape write results in incorrect residual [#330926] - patches.fixes/condense-output-of-show_free_areas.patch: Condense output of show_free_areas() [#331251] - patches.arch/powernowk8_family_freq_from_fiddid.patch: To find the frequency given the fid and did is family dependent. [#332722] - patches.fixes/tcp-saner-thash_entries-default.patch: Limit the size of the TCP established hash to 512k entries by default [#333273] - patches.drivers/alsa-emu10k1-spdif-mem-fix: [ALSA] emu10k1 - Fix memory corruption [#333314] - patches.drivers/alsa-post-sp1-hda-stac-error-fix: [ALSA] Fix error probing with STAC codecs [#333320] - patches.fixes/qla2xxx-avoid-duplicate-pci_disable_device : Fixup patch to not refer to stale pointer [#333542] - large backport of dm-crypt fixes: [#333905] - patches.fixes/dm-disable_barriers.diff: dm: disable barriers. - patches.fixes/dm-crypt-restructure_for_workqueue_change.diff - patches.fixes/dm-crypt-restructure_write_processing.diff - patches.fixes/dm-crypt-move_io_to_workqueue.diff - patches.fixes/dm-crypt-use_private_biosets.diff - patches.fixes/dm-crypt-fix_call_to_clone_init.diff - patches.fixes/dm-crypt-fix_avoid_cloned_bio_ref_after_free.d iff - patches.fixes/dm-crypt-fix_remove_first_clone.diff - patches.fixes/dm-crypt-use_smaller_bvecs_in_clones.diff - patches.fixes/dm-crypt-fix_panic_on_large_request.diff - patches.fixes/initramfs-fix-cpio-hardlink-check.patch: initramfs: fix CPIO hardlink check [#334612] - patches.drivers/lpfc-8.1.10.12-update: driver update to fix severe issues in lpfc 8.1.10.9 driver [#334630] [#342044] - patches.fixes/nfs-direct-io-fix-1: NFS: Fix error handling in nfs_direct_write_result() [#336200] - patches.fixes/nfs-direct-io-fix-2: NFS: Fix a refcount leakage in O_DIRECT [#336200] - add patches.drivers/ibmvscsi-migration-login.patch prohibit IO during adapter login process [#337980] - patches.arch/acpi_thinkpad_brightness_fix.patch: Take care of latest Lenovo ThinkPad brightness control [#338274] [#343660] - patches.fixes/ramdisk-2.6.23-corruption_fix.diff: rd: fix data corruption on memory pressure [#338643] - patches.fixes/fc_transport-remove-targets-on-host-remove : memory use after free error in mptfc [#338730] - patches.fixes/ipmi-ipmi_msghandler.c-fix-a-memory-leak.patch : IPMI: ipmi_msghandler.c: fix a memory leak [#339413] - add patches.arch/ppc-pseries-rtas_ibm_suspend_me.patch fix multiple bugs in rtas_ibm_suspend_me code [#339927] - patches.fixes/nfsacl-retval.diff: knfsd: fix spurious EINVAL errors on first access of new filesystem [#340873] - patches.fixes/avm-fix-capilib-locking: [ISDN] Fix random hard freeze with AVM cards. [#341894] - patches.fixes/ipv6_rh_processing_fix: [IPV6]: Restore semantics of Routing Header processing [#343100] - The following set of XEN fixes has been applied: [#343612] - patches.xen/14280-net-fake-carrier-flag.patch: netfront: Better fix for netfront_tx_slot_available(). - patches.xen/14893-copy-more-skbs.patch: netback: Copy skbuffs that are presented to the start_xmit() function. - patches.xen/157-netfront-skb-deref.patch: net front: Avoid deref last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 59125 published 2012-05-17 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/59125 title SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 4745) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_KERNEL-4929.NASL description This kernel update fixes the following security problems : CVE-2008-0007: Insufficient range checks in certain fault handlers could be used by local attackers to potentially read or write kernel memory. CVE-2008-0001: Incorrect access mode checks could be used by local attackers to corrupt directory contents and so cause denial of service attacks or potentially execute code. CVE-2007-5966: Integer overflow in the hrtimer_start function in kernel/hrtimer.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (panic) via a large relative timeout value. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third-party information. CVE-2007-3843: The Linux kernel checked the wrong global variable for the CIFS sec mount option, which might allow remote attackers to spoof CIFS network traffic that the client configured for security signatures, as demonstrated by lack of signing despite sec=ntlmv2i in a SetupAndX request. CVE-2007-2242: The IPv6 protocol allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted IPv6 type 0 route headers (IPV6_RTHDR_TYPE_0) that create network amplification between two routers. CVE-2007-6417: The shmem_getpage function (mm/shmem.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.11 through 2.6.23 does not properly clear allocated memory in some rare circumstances, which might allow local users to read sensitive kernel data or cause a denial of service (crash). CVE-2007-4308: The (1) aac_cfg_open and (2) aac_compat_ioctl functions in the SCSI layer ioctl path in aacraid in the Linux kernel did not check permissions for ioctls, which might have allowed local users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges. CVE-2007-3740: The CIFS filesystem, when Unix extension support is enabled, does not honor the umask of a process, which allows local users to gain privileges. CVE-2007-3848: The Linux kernel allowed local users to send arbitrary signals to a child process that is running at higher privileges by causing a setuid-root parent process to die, which delivers an attacker-controlled parent process death signal (PR_SET_PDEATHSIG). CVE-2007-4997: Integer underflow in the ieee80211_rx function in net/ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted SKB length value in a runt IEEE 802.11 frame when the IEEE80211_STYPE_QOS_DATA flag is set, aka an last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 30142 published 2008-02-01 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/30142 title openSUSE 10 Security Update : kernel (kernel-4929) NASL family CentOS Local Security Checks NASL id CENTOS_RHSA-2007-0940.NASL description 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 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 flaw was found in the handling of process death signals. This allowed a local user to send arbitrary signals to the suid-process executed by that user. A successful exploitation of this flaw depends on the structure of the suid-program and its signal handling. (CVE-2007-3848, Important) * A flaw was found in the Distributed Lock Manager (DLM) in the cluster manager. This allowed a remote user who is able to connect to the DLM port to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-3380, Important) * A flaw was found in the aacraid SCSI driver. This allowed a local user to make ioctl calls to the driver which should otherwise be restricted to privileged users. (CVE-2007-4308, Moderate) * A flaw was found in the prio_tree handling of the hugetlb support that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service. This only affected kernels with hugetlb support. (CVE-2007-4133, Moderate) * A flaw was found in the eHCA driver on PowerPC architectures that allowed a local user to access 60k of physical address space. This address space could contain sensitive information. (CVE-2007-3850, Moderate) * A flaw was found in ptrace support that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service via a NULL pointer dereference. (CVE-2007-3731, Moderate) * 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. (CVE-2007-3513, Moderate) * A flaw was found in the random number generator implementation that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges. If the root user raised the default wakeup threshold over the size of the output pool, this flaw could be exploited. (CVE-2007-3105, Low) In addition to the security issues described above, several bug fixes preventing possible system crashes and data corruption were also included. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 users are advised to upgrade to these packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 43654 published 2010-01-06 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/43654 title CentOS 5 : kernel (CESA-2007:0940) 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-2007-0939.NASL description From Red Hat Security Advisory 2007:0939 : Updated kernel packages that fix various security issues in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel are now available. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Linux kernel is the core of the operating system. These updated kernel packages contain fixes for the following security issues : * A flaw was found in the handling of process death signals. This allowed a local user to send arbitrary signals to the suid-process executed by that user. A successful exploitation of this flaw depends on the structure of the suid-program and its signal handling. (CVE-2007-3848, Important) * A flaw was found in the CIFS file system. This could cause the umask values of a process to not be honored on CIFS file systems where UNIX extensions are supported. (CVE-2007-3740, Important) * A flaw was found in the VFAT compat ioctl handling on 64-bit systems. This allowed a local user to corrupt a kernel_dirent struct and cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-2878, Important) * A flaw was found in the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA). A local user who had the ability to read the /proc/driver/snd-page-alloc file could see portions of kernel memory. (CVE-2007-4571, Moderate) * A flaw was found in the aacraid SCSI driver. This allowed a local user to make ioctl calls to the driver that should be restricted to privileged users. (CVE-2007-4308, Moderate) * A flaw was found in the stack expansion when using the hugetlb kernel on PowerPC systems. This allowed a local user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-3739, Moderate) * A flaw was found in the handling of zombie processes. A local user could create processes that would not be properly reaped which could lead to a denial of service. (CVE-2006-6921, Moderate) * A flaw was found in the CIFS file system handling. The mount option last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 67580 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/67580 title Oracle Linux 4 : kernel (ELSA-2007-0939) NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-1363.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-2007-2172 Thomas Graf reported a typo in the IPv4 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). The DECnet counterpart of this issue was already fixed in DSA-1356. - CVE-2007-2875 iDefense reported a potential integer underflow in the cpuset filesystem which may permit local attackers to gain access to sensitive kernel memory. This vulnerability is only exploitable if the cpuset filesystem is mounted. - CVE-2007-3105 The PaX Team discovered a potential buffer overflow in the random number generator which may permit local users to cause a denial of service or gain additional privileges. This issue is not believed to effect default Debian installations where only root has sufficient privileges to exploit it. - CVE-2007-3843 A coding error in the CIFS subsystem permits the use of unsigned messages even if the client has configured the system to enforce signing by passing the sec=ntlmv2i mount option. This may allow remote attackers to spoof CIFS network traffic. - 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. These problems have been fixed in the stable distribution in version 2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch2. The following matrix lists additional packages that were rebuilt for compatibility with or to take advantage of this update : Debian 4.0 (etch) fai-kernels 1.17+etch5 user-mode-linux 2.6.18-1um-2etch4 last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 25963 published 2007-09-03 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/25963 title Debian DSA-1363-1 : linux-2.6 - several vulnerabilities NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-1504.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-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-2006-6054 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-2006-6058 LMH reported an issue in the minix filesystem that allows local users with mount privileges to create a DoS (printk flood) by mounting a specially crafted corrupt filesystem. - CVE-2006-7203 OpenVZ Linux kernel team reported an issue in the smbfs filesystem which can be exploited by local users to cause a DoS (oops) during mount. - 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-2007-2172 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-2007-3105 The PaX Team discovered a potential buffer overflow in the random number generator which may permit local users to cause a denial of service or gain additional privileges. This issue is not believed to effect default Debian installations where only root has sufficient privileges to exploit it. - CVE-2007-3739 Adam Litke reported a potential local denial of service (oops) on powerpc platforms resulting from unchecked VMA expansion into address space reserved for hugetlb pages. - CVE-2007-3740 Steve French reported that CIFS filesystems with CAP_UNIX enabled were not honoring a process last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 31148 published 2008-02-25 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/31148 title Debian DSA-1504-1 : kernel-source-2.6.8 - several vulnerabilities NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2007-0940.NASL description 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 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 flaw was found in the handling of process death signals. This allowed a local user to send arbitrary signals to the suid-process executed by that user. A successful exploitation of this flaw depends on the structure of the suid-program and its signal handling. (CVE-2007-3848, Important) * A flaw was found in the Distributed Lock Manager (DLM) in the cluster manager. This allowed a remote user who is able to connect to the DLM port to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-3380, Important) * A flaw was found in the aacraid SCSI driver. This allowed a local user to make ioctl calls to the driver which should otherwise be restricted to privileged users. (CVE-2007-4308, Moderate) * A flaw was found in the prio_tree handling of the hugetlb support that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service. This only affected kernels with hugetlb support. (CVE-2007-4133, Moderate) * A flaw was found in the eHCA driver on PowerPC architectures that allowed a local user to access 60k of physical address space. This address space could contain sensitive information. (CVE-2007-3850, Moderate) * A flaw was found in ptrace support that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service via a NULL pointer dereference. (CVE-2007-3731, Moderate) * 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. (CVE-2007-3513, Moderate) * A flaw was found in the random number generator implementation that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges. If the root user raised the default wakeup threshold over the size of the output pool, this flaw could be exploited. (CVE-2007-3105, Low) In addition to the security issues described above, several bug fixes preventing possible system crashes and data corruption were also included. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 users are advised to upgrade to these packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 27565 published 2007-10-25 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/27565 title RHEL 5 : kernel (RHSA-2007:0940) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_KERNEL-4752.NASL description This kernel update fixes the following security problems : ++ CVE-2007-3104: The sysfs_readdir function in the Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel OOPS) by dereferencing a NULL pointer to an inode in a dentry. ++ CVE-2007-4997: A 2 byte buffer underflow in the ieee80211 stack was fixed, which might be used by attackers in the local WLAN reach to crash the machine. ++ CVE-2007-3740: The CIFS filesystem, when Unix extension support is enabled, did not honor the umask of a process, which allowed local users to gain privileges. ++ CVE-2007-4573: It was possible for local user to become root by exploiting a bug in the IA32 system call emulation. This problem affects the x86_64 platform only, on all distributions. This problem was fixed for regular kernels, but had not been fixed for the XEN kernels. This update fixes the problem also for the XEN kernels. ++ CVE-2007-4308: The (1) aac_cfg_open and (2) aac_compat_ioctl functions in the SCSI layer ioctl path in aacraid did not check permissions for ioctls, which might have allowed local users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges. ++ CVE-2007-3843: The Linux kernel checked the wrong global variable for the CIFS sec mount option, which might allow remote attackers to spoof CIFS network traffic that the client configured for security signatures, as demonstrated by lack of signing despite sec=ntlmv2i in a SetupAndX request. ++ CVE-2007-5904: Multiple buffer overflows in CIFS VFS in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via long SMB responses that trigger the overflows in the SendReceive function. This requires the attacker to mis-present / replace a CIFS server the client machine is connected to. ++ CVE-2007-6063: Buffer overflow in the isdn_net_setcfg function in isdn_net.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to have an unknown impact via a crafted argument to the isdn_ioctl function. Furthermore, this kernel catches up to the SLE 10 state of the kernel, with numerous additional fixes. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 29880 published 2008-01-08 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/29880 title openSUSE 10 Security Update : kernel (kernel-4752) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-510-1.NASL description A flaw was discovered in the PPP over Ethernet implementation. Local attackers could manipulate ioctls and cause kernel memory consumption leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2007-2525) An integer underflow was discovered in the cpuset filesystem. If mounted, local attackers could obtain kernel memory using large file offsets while reading the tasks file. This could disclose sensitive data. (CVE-2007-2875) Vilmos Nebehaj discovered that the SCTP netfilter code did not correctly validate certain states. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted packet causing a denial of service. (CVE-2007-2876) Luca Tettamanti discovered a flaw in the VFAT compat ioctls on 64-bit systems. A local attacker could corrupt a kernel_dirent struct and cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-2878) A flaw in the sysfs_readdir 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 privileges. (CVE-2007-3105) A flaw was discovered in the usblcd driver. A local attacker could cause large amounts of kernel memory consumption, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2007-3513) Zhongling Wen discovered that the h323 conntrack handler did not correctly handle certain bitfields. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted packet and cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-3642) A flaw was discovered in the CIFS mount security checking. Remote attackers could spoof CIFS network traffic, which could lead a client to trust the connection. (CVE-2007-3843) It was discovered that certain setuid-root processes did not correctly reset process death signal handlers. A local user could manipulate this to send signals to processes they would not normally have access to. (CVE-2007-3848) The Direct Rendering Manager for the i915 driver could be made to write to arbitrary memory locations. An attacker with access to a running X11 session could send a specially crafted buffer and gain root privileges. (CVE-2007-3851) It was discovered that the aacraid SCSI driver did not correctly check permissions on certain ioctls. A local attacker could cause a denial of service or gain privileges. (CVE-2007-4308). 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 28114 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/28114 title Ubuntu 7.04 : linux-source-2.6.20 vulnerabilities (USN-510-1) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-508-1.NASL description A buffer overflow was discovered in the Moxa serial driver. Local attackers could execute arbitrary code and gain root privileges. (CVE-2005-0504) A flaw was discovered in the IPv6 stack last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 28112 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/28112 title Ubuntu 6.06 LTS : linux-source-2.6.15 vulnerabilities (USN-508-1) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_KERNEL-4741.NASL description This kernel update fixes the following security problems : - The sysfs_readdir function in the Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel OOPS) by dereferencing a NULL pointer to an inode in a dentry. (CVE-2007-3104) - A 2 byte buffer underflow in the ieee80211 stack was fixed, which might be used by attackers in the local WLAN reach to crash the machine. (CVE-2007-4997) - The CIFS filesystem, when Unix extension support is enabled, did not honor the umask of a process, which allowed local users to gain privileges. (CVE-2007-3740) - It was possible for local user to become root by exploiting a bug in the IA32 system call emulation. This problem affects the x86_64 platform only, on all distributions. (CVE-2007-4573) This problem was fixed for regular kernels, but had not been fixed for the XEN kernels. This update fixes the problem also for the XEN kernels. - The (1) aac_cfg_open and (2) aac_compat_ioctl functions in the SCSI layer ioctl path in aacraid did not check permissions for ioctls, which might have allowed local users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges. (CVE-2007-4308) - The Linux kernel checked the wrong global variable for the CIFS sec mount option, which might allow remote attackers to spoof CIFS network traffic that the client configured for security signatures, as demonstrated by lack of signing despite sec=ntlmv2i in a SetupAndX request. (CVE-2007-3843) - Multiple buffer overflows in CIFS VFS in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via long SMB responses that trigger the overflows in the SendReceive function. (CVE-2007-5904) This requires the attacker to mis-present / replace a CIFS server the client machine is connected to. - Buffer overflow in the isdn_net_setcfg function in isdn_net.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to have an unknown impact via a crafted argument to the isdn_ioctl function. (CVE-2007-6063) and the following non security bugs : - patches.drivers/pci-delete-ACPI-hook-from-pci_set_power_stat e.patch: Delete ACPI hook from pci_set_power_state() [#162320] Still execute the code on Lenovo ThinkPads (or USB ports do not work anymore after suspend [#329232] - patches.drivers/alsa-post-sp1-hda-probe-blacklist: [ALSA] hda-intel - Add probe_mask blacklist [#172330] - patches.drivers/alsa-post-sp1-hda-robust-probe: [ALSA] hda-intel - Improve HD-audio codec probing robustness [#172330] - patches.arch/i386-hpet-lost-interrupts-fix.patch: Backport i386 hpet lost interrupts code [#257035] - patches.fixes/megaraid_mbox-dell-cerc-support: Dell CERC support for megaraid_mbox [#267134] - patches.fixes/nfsv4-MAXNAME-fix.diff: knfsd: query filesystem for NFSv4 getattr of FATTR4_MAXNAME [#271803] - patches.drivers/ide-amd74xx-add-ignore_enablebits-parameter: amd74xx: add ignore_enable_bits module parameter [#272786] - patches.fixes/legacy-pty-count-kernel-parm.patch: Add a kernel boot parameter to overwrite the legacy PTY count. The default value of 64 is insufficient occasionally [#277846] - patches.fixes/lockd-grant-shutdown: Stop GRANT callback from crashing if NFS server has been stopped. [#292478] - Kernel update to 2.6.16.54 [#298719] including (among others) : - lots of md fixes - fix of sparc bugs - fix of TCP handling of SACK in bidirectional flows - fix of MCA bus matching - fix of PPC issues : - Fix osize too small errors when decoding mppe. - Fix output buffer size in ppp_decompress_frame(). - patches.fixes/assign-task_struct.exit_code-before-taskstats_ exit.patch: Assign task_struct.exit_code before taskstats_exit() [#307504] - patches.fixes/bonding_no_addrconf_for_bond_slaves: bonding / ipv6: no addrconf for slaves separately from master. [#310254] - patches.fixes/bonding_support_carrier_state_for_master: bonding: support carrier state for master [#310254] - patches.fixes/fix-sys-devices-system-node-node0-meminfo-from -having-anonpages-wrapped.patch: fix /sys/devices/system/node/node0/meminfo from having anonpages wrapped [#310744] - patches.fixes/nfs-remove-bogus-cache-change-attribute-check. diff fix bogus cache change to make data available immediately, on direct write [#325877] - patches.fixes/tcp-send-ACKs-each-2nd-received-segment.patch: Send ACKs each 2nd received segment. This fixes a problem where the tcp cubic congestion algorithm was too slow in converging [#327848] - patches.drivers/libata-fix-spindown: libata: fix disk spindown on shutdown [#330722] - patches.fixes/scsi-reset-resid: busy status on tape write results in incorrect residual [#330926] - patches.fixes/condense-output-of-show_free_areas.patch: Condense output of show_free_areas() [#331251] - patches.arch/powernowk8_family_freq_from_fiddid.patch: To find the frequency given the fid and did is family dependent. [#332722] - patches.fixes/tcp-saner-thash_entries-default.patch: Limit the size of the TCP established hash to 512k entries by default [#333273] - patches.drivers/alsa-emu10k1-spdif-mem-fix: [ALSA] emu10k1 - Fix memory corruption [#333314] - patches.drivers/alsa-post-sp1-hda-stac-error-fix: [ALSA] Fix error probing with STAC codecs [#333320] - patches.fixes/qla2xxx-avoid-duplicate-pci_disable_device : Fixup patch to not refer to stale pointer [#333542] - large backport of dm-crypt fixes: [#333905] - patches.fixes/dm-disable_barriers.diff: dm: disable barriers. - patches.fixes/dm-crypt-restructure_for_workqueue_change.diff - patches.fixes/dm-crypt-restructure_write_processing.diff - patches.fixes/dm-crypt-move_io_to_workqueue.diff - patches.fixes/dm-crypt-use_private_biosets.diff - patches.fixes/dm-crypt-fix_call_to_clone_init.diff - patches.fixes/dm-crypt-fix_avoid_cloned_bio_ref_after_free.d iff - patches.fixes/dm-crypt-fix_remove_first_clone.diff - patches.fixes/dm-crypt-use_smaller_bvecs_in_clones.diff - patches.fixes/dm-crypt-fix_panic_on_large_request.diff - patches.fixes/initramfs-fix-cpio-hardlink-check.patch: initramfs: fix CPIO hardlink check [#334612] - patches.drivers/lpfc-8.1.10.12-update: driver update to fix severe issues in lpfc 8.1.10.9 driver [#334630] [#342044] - patches.fixes/nfs-direct-io-fix-1: NFS: Fix error handling in nfs_direct_write_result() [#336200] - patches.fixes/nfs-direct-io-fix-2: NFS: Fix a refcount leakage in O_DIRECT [#336200] - add patches.drivers/ibmvscsi-migration-login.patch prohibit IO during adapter login process [#337980] - patches.arch/acpi_thinkpad_brightness_fix.patch: Take care of latest Lenovo ThinkPad brightness control [#338274] [#343660] - patches.fixes/ramdisk-2.6.23-corruption_fix.diff: rd: fix data corruption on memory pressure [#338643] - patches.fixes/fc_transport-remove-targets-on-host-remove : memory use after free error in mptfc [#338730] - patches.fixes/ipmi-ipmi_msghandler.c-fix-a-memory-leak.patch : IPMI: ipmi_msghandler.c: fix a memory leak [#339413] - add patches.arch/ppc-pseries-rtas_ibm_suspend_me.patch fix multiple bugs in rtas_ibm_suspend_me code [#339927] - patches.fixes/nfsacl-retval.diff: knfsd: fix spurious EINVAL errors on first access of new filesystem [#340873] - patches.fixes/avm-fix-capilib-locking: [ISDN] Fix random hard freeze with AVM cards. [#341894] - patches.fixes/ipv6_rh_processing_fix: [IPV6]: Restore semantics of Routing Header processing [#343100] - The following set of XEN fixes has been applied: [#343612] - patches.xen/14280-net-fake-carrier-flag.patch: netfront: Better fix for netfront_tx_slot_available(). - patches.xen/14893-copy-more-skbs.patch: netback: Copy skbuffs that are presented to the start_xmit() function. - patches.xen/157-netfront-skb-deref.patch: net front: Avoid deref last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 29489 published 2007-12-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/29489 title SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 4741) 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 Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2007-1049.NASL description Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues and a bug in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 kernel are now available. 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. A flaw was found in the handling of process death signals. This allowed a local user to send arbitrary signals to the suid-process executed by that user. A successful exploitation of this flaw depends on the structure of the suid-program and its signal handling. (CVE-2007-3848, Important) A flaw was found in the IPv4 forwarding base. This allowed a local user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-2172, Important) A flaw was found where a corrupted executable file could cause cross-region memory mappings on Itanium systems. This allowed a local user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2006-4538, Moderate) A flaw was found in the stack expansion when using the hugetlb kernel on PowerPC systems. This allowed a local user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-3739, Moderate) A flaw was found in the aacraid SCSI driver. This allowed a local user to make ioctl calls to the driver that should be restricted to privileged users. (CVE-2007-4308, Moderate) As well, these updated packages fix the following bug : * a bug in the TCP header prediction code may have caused last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 29203 published 2007-12-04 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/29203 title RHEL 3 : kernel (RHSA-2007:1049) NASL family Scientific Linux Local Security Checks NASL id SL_20071022_KERNEL_ON_SL5_X.NASL description 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 flaw was found in the handling of process death signals. This allowed a local user to send arbitrary signals to the suid-process executed by that user. A successful exploitation of this flaw depends on the structure of the suid-program and its signal handling. (CVE-2007-3848, Important) - A flaw was found in the Distributed Lock Manager (DLM) in the cluster manager. This allowed a remote user who is able to connect to the DLM port to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-3380, Important) - A flaw was found in the aacraid SCSI driver. This allowed a local user to make ioctl calls to the driver which should otherwise be restricted to privileged users. (CVE-2007-4308, Moderate) - A flaw was found in the prio_tree handling of the hugetlb support that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service. This only affected kernels with hugetlb support. (CVE-2007-4133, Moderate) - A flaw was found in the eHCA driver on PowerPC architectures that allowed a local user to access 60k of physical address space. This address space could contain sensitive information. (CVE-2007-3850, Moderate) - A flaw was found in ptrace support that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service via a NULL pointer dereference. (CVE-2007-3731, Moderate) - 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. (CVE-2007-3513, Moderate) - A flaw was found in the random number generator implementation that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges. If the root user raised the default wakeup threshold over the size of the output pool, this flaw could be exploited. (CVE-2007-3105, Low) In addition to the security issues described above, several bug fixes preventing possible system crashes and data corruption were also included. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 60272 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/60272 title Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64 NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRAKE_MDKSA-2007-195.NASL description Some vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in the Linux 2.6 kernel : A stack-based buffer overflow in the random number generator could allow local root users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges by setting the default wakeup threshold to a value greater than the output pool size (CVE-2007-3105). The lcd_write function did not limit the amount of memory used by a caller, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) (CVE-2007-3513). The decode_choice function allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an encoded out-of-range index value for a choice field which triggered a NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2007-3642). The Linux kernel allowed local users to send arbitrary signals to a child process that is running at higher privileges by causing a setuid-root parent process to die which delivered an attacker-controlled parent process death signal (PR_SET_PDEATHSIG) (CVE-2007-3848). The aac_cfg_openm and aac_compat_ioctl functions in the SCSI layer ioctl patch in aacraid did not check permissions for ioctls, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges (CVE-2007-4308). The IA32 system call emulation functionality, when running on the x86_64 architecture, did not zero extend the eax register after the 32bit entry path to ptrace is used, which could allow local users to gain privileges by triggering an out-of-bounds access to the system call table using the %RAX register (CVE-2007-4573). In addition to these security fixes, other fixes have been included such as : - More NVidia PCI ids wre added - The 3w-9xxx module was updated to version 2.26.02.010 - Fixed the map entry for ICH8 - Added the TG3 5786 PCI id - Reduced the log verbosity of cx88-mpeg 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 27561 published 2007-10-25 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/27561 title Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDKSA-2007:195) NASL family Scientific Linux Local Security Checks NASL id SL_20071101_KERNEL_ON_SL4_X.NASL description - A flaw was found in the handling of process death signals. This allowed a local user to send arbitrary signals to the suid-process executed by that user. A successful exploitation of this flaw depends on the structure of the suid-program and its signal handling. (CVE-2007-3848, Important) - A flaw was found in the CIFS file system. This could cause the umask values of a process to not be honored on CIFS file systems where UNIX extensions are supported. (CVE-2007-3740, Important) - A flaw was found in the VFAT compat ioctl handling on 64-bit systems. This allowed a local user to corrupt a kernel_dirent struct and cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-2878, Important) - A flaw was found in the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA). A local user who had the ability to read the /proc/driver/snd-page-alloc file could see portions of kernel memory. (CVE-2007-4571, Moderate) - A flaw was found in the aacraid SCSI driver. This allowed a local user to make ioctl calls to the driver that should be restricted to privileged users. (CVE-2007-4308, Moderate) - A flaw was found in the stack expansion when using the hugetlb kernel on PowerPC systems. This allowed a local user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-3739, Moderate) - A flaw was found in the handling of zombie processes. A local user could create processes that would not be properly reaped which could lead to a denial of service. (CVE-2006-6921, Moderate) - A flaw was found in the CIFS file system handling. The mount option last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 60280 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/60280 title Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL4.x i386/x86_64 NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2007-0939.NASL description Updated kernel packages that fix various security issues in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel are now available. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Linux kernel is the core of the operating system. These updated kernel packages contain fixes for the following security issues : * A flaw was found in the handling of process death signals. This allowed a local user to send arbitrary signals to the suid-process executed by that user. A successful exploitation of this flaw depends on the structure of the suid-program and its signal handling. (CVE-2007-3848, Important) * A flaw was found in the CIFS file system. This could cause the umask values of a process to not be honored on CIFS file systems where UNIX extensions are supported. (CVE-2007-3740, Important) * A flaw was found in the VFAT compat ioctl handling on 64-bit systems. This allowed a local user to corrupt a kernel_dirent struct and cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-2878, Important) * A flaw was found in the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA). A local user who had the ability to read the /proc/driver/snd-page-alloc file could see portions of kernel memory. (CVE-2007-4571, Moderate) * A flaw was found in the aacraid SCSI driver. This allowed a local user to make ioctl calls to the driver that should be restricted to privileged users. (CVE-2007-4308, Moderate) * A flaw was found in the stack expansion when using the hugetlb kernel on PowerPC systems. This allowed a local user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-3739, Moderate) * A flaw was found in the handling of zombie processes. A local user could create processes that would not be properly reaped which could lead to a denial of service. (CVE-2006-6921, Moderate) * A flaw was found in the CIFS file system handling. The mount option last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 27616 published 2007-11-02 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/27616 title RHEL 4 : kernel (RHSA-2007:0939)
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| description | The (1) aac_cfg_open and (2) aac_compat_ioctl functions in the SCSI layer ioctl path in aacraid in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23-rc2 do not check permissions for ioctls, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| id | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8872 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| submitted | 2010-07-09T03:56:16-04:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| title | The (1) aac_cfg_open and (2) aac_compat_ioctl functions in the SCSI layer ioctl path in aacraid in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23-rc2 do not check permissions for ioctls, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| version | 27 |
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References
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.23-rc2
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-12/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00007.html
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000005.html
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/7/23/195
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26322
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26643
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26647
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26651
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27212
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27322
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27436
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27747
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27912
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27913
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28806
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29032
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29058
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29570
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33280
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019470
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-474.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1363
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:195
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:196
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0939.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0940.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1049.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0787.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488457/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25216
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-508-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-509-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-510-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2786
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0637
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8872