Vulnerabilities > CVE-2007-4573 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls vulnerability in Linux Kernel

047910
CVSS 7.2 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
local
low complexity
linux
CWE-264
nessus
exploit available

Summary

The IA32 system call emulation functionality in Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x before 2.6.22.7, when running on the x86_64 architecture, does not zero extend the eax register after the 32bit entry path to ptrace is used, which might allow local users to gain privileges by triggering an out-of-bounds access to the system call table using the %RAX register.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Linux
1

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Accessing, Modifying or Executing Executable Files
    An attack of this type exploits a system's configuration that allows an attacker to either directly access an executable file, for example through shell access; or in a possible worst case allows an attacker to upload a file and then execute it. Web servers, ftp servers, and message oriented middleware systems which have many integration points are particularly vulnerable, because both the programmers and the administrators must be in synch regarding the interfaces and the correct privileges for each interface.
  • Leverage Executable Code in Non-Executable Files
    An attack of this type exploits a system's trust in configuration and resource files, when the executable loads the resource (such as an image file or configuration file) the attacker has modified the file to either execute malicious code directly or manipulate the target process (e.g. application server) to execute based on the malicious configuration parameters. Since systems are increasingly interrelated mashing up resources from local and remote sources the possibility of this attack occurring is high. The attack can be directed at a client system, such as causing buffer overrun through loading seemingly benign image files, as in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-028 where specially crafted JPEG files could cause a buffer overrun once loaded into the browser. Another example targets clients reading pdf files. In this case the attacker simply appends javascript to the end of a legitimate url for a pdf (http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/danger-danger-danger/) http://path/to/pdf/file.pdf#whatever_name_you_want=javascript:your_code_here The client assumes that they are reading a pdf, but the attacker has modified the resource and loaded executable javascript into the client's browser process. The attack can also target server processes. The attacker edits the resource or configuration file, for example a web.xml file used to configure security permissions for a J2EE app server, adding role name "public" grants all users with the public role the ability to use the administration functionality. The server trusts its configuration file to be correct, but when they are manipulated, the attacker gains full control.
  • Blue Boxing
    This type of attack against older telephone switches and trunks has been around for decades. A tone is sent by an adversary to impersonate a supervisor signal which has the effect of rerouting or usurping command of the line. While the US infrastructure proper may not contain widespread vulnerabilities to this type of attack, many companies are connected globally through call centers and business process outsourcing. These international systems may be operated in countries which have not upgraded Telco infrastructure and so are vulnerable to Blue boxing. Blue boxing is a result of failure on the part of the system to enforce strong authorization for administrative functions. While the infrastructure is different than standard current applications like web applications, there are historical lessons to be learned to upgrade the access control for administrative functions.
  • Restful Privilege Elevation
    Rest uses standard HTTP (Get, Put, Delete) style permissions methods, but these are not necessarily correlated generally with back end programs. Strict interpretation of HTTP get methods means that these HTTP Get services should not be used to delete information on the server, but there is no access control mechanism to back up this logic. This means that unless the services are properly ACL'd and the application's service implementation are following these guidelines then an HTTP request can easily execute a delete or update on the server side. The attacker identifies a HTTP Get URL such as http://victimsite/updateOrder, which calls out to a program to update orders on a database or other resource. The URL is not idempotent so the request can be submitted multiple times by the attacker, additionally, the attacker may be able to exploit the URL published as a Get method that actually performs updates (instead of merely retrieving data). This may result in malicious or inadvertent altering of data on the server.
  • Target Programs with Elevated Privileges
    This attack targets programs running with elevated privileges. The attacker would try to leverage a bug in the running program and get arbitrary code to execute with elevated privileges. For instance an attacker would look for programs that write to the system directories or registry keys (such as HKLM, which stores a number of critical Windows environment variables). These programs are typically running with elevated privileges and have usually not been designed with security in mind. Such programs are excellent exploit targets because they yield lots of power when they break. The malicious user try to execute its code at the same level as a privileged system call.

Exploit-Db

descriptionLinux Kernel 2.6.x Ptrace Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. CVE-2007-4573. Local exploit for linux platform
idEDB-ID:30604
last seen2016-02-03
modified2007-09-21
published2007-09-21
reporterWojciech Purczynski
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/30604/
titleLinux Kernel 2.6.x - Ptrace Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Nessus

  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_KERNEL-4472.NASL
    descriptionThis kernel update fixes the following security problems : - It was possible for local user to become root by exploiting a bug in the IA32 system call emulation. This affects x86_64 platforms with kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x before 2.6.22.7 only. (CVE-2007-4573) - An information disclosure vulnerability in the ALSA driver can be exploited by local users to read sensitive data from the kernel memory. (CVE-2007-4571) and the following non security bugs : - patches.xen/xen-blkback-cdrom: CDROM removable media-present attribute plus handling code [#159907] - patches.drivers/libata-add-pata_dma-kernel-parameter: libata: Add a drivers/ide style DMA disable [#229260] [#272786] - patches.drivers/libata-sata_via-kill-SATA_PATA_SHARING: sata_via: kill SATA_PATA_SHARING register handling [#254158] [#309069] - patches.drivers/libata-sata_via-add-PCI-IDs: sata_via: add PCI IDs [#254158] [#326647] - supported.conf: Marked 8250 and 8250_pci as supported (only Xen kernels build them as modules) [#260686] - patches.fixes/bridge-module-get-put.patch: Module use count must be updated as bridges are created/destroyed [#267651] - patches.fixes/iscsi-netware-fix: Linux Initiator hard hangs writing files to NetWare target [#286566] - patches.fixes/lockd-chroot-fix: Allow lockd to work reliably with applications in a chroot [#288376] [#305480] - add patches.fixes/x86_64-hangcheck_timer-fix.patch fix monotonic_clock() and hangcheck_timer [#291633] - patches.arch/sn_hwperf_cpuinfo_fix.diff: Correctly count CPU objects for SGI ia64/sn hwperf interface [#292240] - Extend reiserfs to properly support file systems up to 16 TiB [#294754] - patches.fixes/reiserfs-signedness-fixes.diff: reiserfs: fix usage of signed ints for block numbers - patches.fixes/reiserfs-fix-large-fs.diff: reiserfs: ignore s_bmap_nr on disk for file systems >= 8 TiB - patches.suse/ocfs2-06-per-resource-events.diff: Deliver events without a specified resource unconditionally. [#296606] - patches.fixes/proc-readdir-race-fix.patch: Fix the race in proc_pid_readdir [#297232] - patches.xen/xen3-patch-2.6.16.49-50: XEN: update to Linux 2.6.16.50 [#298719] - patches.fixes/pm-ordering-fix.patch: PM: Fix ACPI suspend / device suspend ordering [#302207] - patches.drivers/ibmvscsi-slave_configure.patch add ->slave_configure() to allow device restart [#304138] - patches.arch/ppc-power6-ebus-unique_location.patch Prevent bus_id collisions [#306482] - patches.xen/30-bit-field-booleans.patch: Fix packet loss in DomU xen netback driver [#306896] - config/i386/kdump: Enable ahci module [#308556] - update patches.drivers/ppc-power6-ehea.patch fix link state detection for bonding [#309553] - patches.drivers/ibmveth-fixup-pool_deactivate.patch patches.drivers/ibmveth-large-frames.patch patches.drivers/ibmveth-large-mtu.patch: fix serveral crashes when changing ibmveth sysfs values [#326164] - patches.drivers/libata-sata_sil24-fix-IRQ-clearing-race- on-I RQ_WOC: sata_sil24: fix IRQ clearing race when PCIX_IRQ_WOC is used [#327536] - update patches.drivers/ibmvscsis.patch set blocksize to PAGE_CACHE_SIZE to fix flood of bio allocation warnings/failures [#328219]
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id59124
    published2012-05-17
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/59124
    titleSuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 4472)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The text description of this plugin is (C) Novell, Inc.
    #
    
    if (NASL_LEVEL < 3000) exit(0);
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(59124);
      script_version("1.3");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:30");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2007-4571", "CVE-2007-4573");
    
      script_name(english:"SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 4472)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "This kernel update fixes the following security problems :
    
      - It was possible for local user to become root by
        exploiting a bug in the IA32 system call emulation. This
        affects x86_64 platforms with kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x
        before 2.6.22.7 only. (CVE-2007-4573)
    
      - An information disclosure vulnerability in the ALSA
        driver can be exploited by local users to read sensitive
        data from the kernel memory. (CVE-2007-4571)
    
    and the following non security bugs :
    
      - patches.xen/xen-blkback-cdrom: CDROM removable
        media-present attribute plus handling code [#159907]
    
      - patches.drivers/libata-add-pata_dma-kernel-parameter:
        libata: Add a drivers/ide style DMA disable [#229260]
        [#272786]
    
      - patches.drivers/libata-sata_via-kill-SATA_PATA_SHARING:
        sata_via: kill SATA_PATA_SHARING register handling
        [#254158] [#309069]
    
      - patches.drivers/libata-sata_via-add-PCI-IDs: sata_via:
        add PCI IDs [#254158] [#326647]
    
      - supported.conf: Marked 8250 and 8250_pci as supported
        (only Xen kernels build them as modules) [#260686]
    
      - patches.fixes/bridge-module-get-put.patch: Module use
        count must be updated as bridges are created/destroyed
        [#267651]
    
      - patches.fixes/iscsi-netware-fix: Linux Initiator hard
        hangs writing files to NetWare target [#286566]
    
      - patches.fixes/lockd-chroot-fix: Allow lockd to work
        reliably with applications in a chroot [#288376]
        [#305480]
    
      - add patches.fixes/x86_64-hangcheck_timer-fix.patch fix
        monotonic_clock() and hangcheck_timer [#291633]
    
      - patches.arch/sn_hwperf_cpuinfo_fix.diff: Correctly count
        CPU objects for SGI ia64/sn hwperf interface [#292240]
    
      - Extend reiserfs to properly support file systems up to
        16 TiB [#294754]
    
      - patches.fixes/reiserfs-signedness-fixes.diff: reiserfs:
        fix usage of signed ints for block numbers
    
      - patches.fixes/reiserfs-fix-large-fs.diff: reiserfs:
        ignore s_bmap_nr on disk for file systems >= 8 TiB
    
      - patches.suse/ocfs2-06-per-resource-events.diff: Deliver
        events without a specified resource unconditionally.
        [#296606]
    
      - patches.fixes/proc-readdir-race-fix.patch: Fix the race
        in proc_pid_readdir [#297232]
    
      - patches.xen/xen3-patch-2.6.16.49-50: XEN: update to
        Linux 2.6.16.50 [#298719]
    
      - patches.fixes/pm-ordering-fix.patch: PM: Fix ACPI
        suspend / device suspend ordering [#302207]
    
      - patches.drivers/ibmvscsi-slave_configure.patch add
    
        ->slave_configure() to allow device restart [#304138]
    
      - patches.arch/ppc-power6-ebus-unique_location.patch
        Prevent bus_id collisions [#306482]
    
      - patches.xen/30-bit-field-booleans.patch: Fix packet loss
        in DomU xen netback driver [#306896]
    
      - config/i386/kdump: Enable ahci module [#308556]
    
      - update patches.drivers/ppc-power6-ehea.patch fix link
        state detection for bonding [#309553]
    
      - patches.drivers/ibmveth-fixup-pool_deactivate.patch
        patches.drivers/ibmveth-large-frames.patch
        patches.drivers/ibmveth-large-mtu.patch: fix serveral
        crashes when changing ibmveth sysfs values [#326164]
    
      -
        patches.drivers/libata-sata_sil24-fix-IRQ-clearing-race-
        on-I RQ_WOC: sata_sil24: fix IRQ clearing race when
        PCIX_IRQ_WOC is used [#327536]
    
      - update patches.drivers/ibmvscsis.patch set blocksize to
        PAGE_CACHE_SIZE to fix flood of bio allocation
        warnings/failures [#328219]"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-4571.html"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-4573.html"
      );
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Apply ZYPP patch number 4472.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
      script_cwe_id(264);
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/10/02");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/05/17");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
      script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("rpm.inc");
    
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) exit(0, "Local checks are not enabled.");
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release")) exit(0, "The host is not running SuSE.");
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) exit(1, "Could not obtain the list of installed packages.");
    
    cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (isnull(cpu)) exit(1, "Failed to determine the architecture type.");
    if (cpu >!< "x86_64" && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") exit(1, "Local checks for SuSE 10 on the '"+cpu+"' architecture have not been implemented.");
    
    
    flag = 0;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLED10", sp:1, cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-default-2.6.16.53-0.16")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLED10", sp:1, cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-smp-2.6.16.53-0.16")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLED10", sp:1, cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-source-2.6.16.53-0.16")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLED10", sp:1, cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-syms-2.6.16.53-0.16")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLED10", sp:1, cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-xen-2.6.16.53-0.16")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES10", sp:1, cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-debug-2.6.16.53-0.16")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES10", sp:1, cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-default-2.6.16.53-0.16")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES10", sp:1, cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-kdump-2.6.16.53-0.16")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES10", sp:1, cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-smp-2.6.16.53-0.16")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES10", sp:1, cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-source-2.6.16.53-0.16")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES10", sp:1, cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-syms-2.6.16.53-0.16")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES10", sp:1, cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-xen-2.6.16.53-0.16")) flag++;
    
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
      else security_hole(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else exit(0, "The host is not affected.");
    
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_KERNEL-4487.NASL
    descriptionThis kernel update fixes the following security problems : - CVE-2007-3105: Stack-based buffer overflow in the random number generator (RNG) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22 might allow local root users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges by setting the default wake-up threshold to a value greater than the output pool size, which triggers writing random numbers to the stack by the pool transfer function involving
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id27298
    published2007-10-17
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/27298
    titleopenSUSE 10 Security Update : kernel (kernel-4487)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from openSUSE Security Update kernel-4487.
    #
    # The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(27298);
      script_version ("1.14");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:30");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2007-2525", "CVE-2007-3105", "CVE-2007-3851", "CVE-2007-4571", "CVE-2007-4573");
    
      script_name(english:"openSUSE 10 Security Update : kernel (kernel-4487)");
      script_summary(english:"Check for the kernel-4487 patch");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "This kernel update fixes the following security problems :
    
      - CVE-2007-3105: Stack-based buffer overflow in the random
        number generator (RNG) implementation in the Linux
        kernel before 2.6.22 might allow local root users to
        cause a denial of service or gain privileges by setting
        the default wake-up threshold to a value greater than
        the output pool size, which triggers writing random
        numbers to the stack by the pool transfer function
        involving 'bound check ordering'. Since this value can
        only be changed by a root user, exploitability is low.
    
      - CVE-2007-2525: A memory leak in the PPPoE driver can be
        abused by local users to cause a denial-of-service
        condition.
    
      - CVE-2007-3851: On machines with a Intel i965 based
        graphics card local users with access to the direct
        rendering devicenode could overwrite memory on the
        machine and so gain root privileges.
    
      - CVE-2007-4573: It was possible for local user to become
        root by exploitable a bug in the IA32 system call
        emulation. This affects x86_64 platforms with kernel
        2.4.x and 2.6.x before 2.6.22.7 only.
    
      - CVE-2007-4571: An information disclosure vulnerability
        in the ALSA driver can be exploited by local users to
        read sensitive data from the kernel memory.
    
    and the following non security bugs :
    
        - patches.arch/x86-fam10-mtrr: mtrr: fix size_or_mask
          and size_and_mask [#237736]
    
        - patches.fixes/usb_nokia6233_fix1.patch: usb:
          rndis_host: fix crash while probing a Nokia S60 mobile
          [#244459]
    
        - patches.fixes/usb_nokia6233_fix2.patch: usbnet: init
          fault (oops) cleanup, whitespace fixes [#244459]
    
        - patches.fixes/usb_nokia6233_fix2.patch: usb:
          unusual_devs.h entry for Nokia 6233 [#244459]
    
        - patches.fixes/bt_broadcom_reset.diff: quirky Broadcom
          device [#257303]
    
        - patches.arch/i386-compat-vdso: i386: allow debuggers
          to access the vsyscall page with compat vDSO [#258433]
    
      - -
        patches.fixes/anycast6-unbalanced-inet6_dev-refcnt.patch
        : Fix netdevice reference leak when reading from
        /proc/net/anycast6 [#285336]
    
      - -
        patches.drivers/scsi-throttle-SG_DXFER_TO_FROM_DEV-warni
        ng-b etter: SCSI: throttle SG_DXFER_TO_FROM_DEV warning
        message better [#290117]
    
      - -
        patches.fixes/nf_conntrack_h323-out-of-bounds-index.diff
        : nf_conntrack_h323: add checking of out-of-range on
        choices' index values [#290611]
    
        - patches.fixes/ppc-fpu-corruption-fix.diff: ppc: fix
          corruption of fpu [#290622]
    
      - -
        patches.fixes/ppp-fix-osize-too-small-errors-when-decodi
        ng-m ppe.diff: ppp: Fix osize too small errors when
        decoding mppe [#291102]
    
        - patches.fixes/hugetlbfs-stack-grows-fix.patch: Don't
          allow the stack to grow into hugetlb reserved regions
          [#294021]
    
        - patches.fixes/pwc_dos.patch: fix a disconnect method
          waiting for user space to close a file. A malicious
          user can stall khubd indefinitely long [#302063]
          [#302194]
    
        - patches.suse/kdb.add-unwind-info-to-kdb_call: Add
          unwind info to kdb_call() to fix build of KDB kernel
          on i386 [#305209]
    
        - Updated config files: enable KDB for kernel-debug on
          i386. [#305209]"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected kernel packages."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
      script_cwe_id(119, 264, 399);
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-bigsmp");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-default");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-kdump");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-source");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-syms");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-xen");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-xenpae");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.2");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/10/03");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/10/17");
      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:"SuSE Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");
    
      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);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
    if (isnull(release) || release =~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "openSUSE");
    if (release !~ "^(SUSE10\.2)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "10.2", release);
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    ourarch = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (!ourarch) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if (ourarch !~ "^(i586|i686|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i586 / i686 / x86_64", ourarch);
    
    flag = 0;
    
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE10.2", reference:"kernel-bigsmp-2.6.18.8-0.7") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE10.2", reference:"kernel-default-2.6.18.8-0.7") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE10.2", reference:"kernel-kdump-2.6.18.8-0.7") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE10.2", reference:"kernel-source-2.6.18.8-0.7") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE10.2", reference:"kernel-syms-2.6.18.8-0.7") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE10.2", reference:"kernel-xen-2.6.18.8-0.7") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE10.2", reference:"kernel-xenpae-2.6.18.8-0.7") ) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
      else security_hole(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "kernel-bigsmp / kernel-default / kernel-kdump / kernel-source / etc");
    }
    
  • NASL familyCentOS Local Security Checks
    NASL idCENTOS_RHSA-2007-0937.NASL
    descriptionUpdated kernel packages that fix a security issue 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 handles the basic functions of the operating system. A flaw was found in the IA32 system call emulation provided on AMD64 and Intel 64 platforms. An improperly validated 64-bit value could be stored in the %RAX register, which could trigger an out-of-bounds system call table access. An untrusted local user could exploit this flaw to run code in the kernel (ie a root privilege escalation). (CVE-2007-4573). Red Hat would like to thank Wojciech Purczynski for reporting this issue. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 users are advised to upgrade to these packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id26206
    published2007-10-03
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/26206
    titleCentOS 4 : kernel (CESA-2007:0937)
    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-2007:0937 and 
    # CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2007:0937 respectively.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(26206);
      script_version("1.15");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:03");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2007-4573");
      script_bugtraq_id(25774);
      script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2007:0937");
    
      script_name(english:"CentOS 4 : kernel (CESA-2007:0937)");
      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 a security issue 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 handles the basic functions of the operating system.
    
    A flaw was found in the IA32 system call emulation provided on AMD64
    and Intel 64 platforms. An improperly validated 64-bit value could be
    stored in the %RAX register, which could trigger an out-of-bounds
    system call table access. An untrusted local user could exploit this
    flaw to run code in the kernel (ie a root privilege escalation).
    (CVE-2007-4573).
    
    Red Hat would like to thank Wojciech Purczynski for reporting this
    issue.
    
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 users are advised to upgrade to these
    packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue."
      );
      # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2007-September/014251.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?37c7987a"
      );
      # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2007-September/014264.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?71eaaf4a"
      );
      # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2007-September/014265.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?f6d29f79"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected kernel 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: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(264);
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-devel");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-doc");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-hugemem");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-hugemem-devel");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-largesmp");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-largesmp-devel");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-smp");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-smp-devel");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-xenU");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-xenU-devel");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:4");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2007/09/24");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/09/28");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/10/03");
      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:"CentOS Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/CentOS/release", "Host/CentOS/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);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/CentOS/release");
    if (isnull(release) || "CentOS" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS");
    os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "CentOS(?: Linux)? release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
    if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "CentOS");
    os_ver = os_ver[1];
    if (! preg(pattern:"^4([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS 4.x", "CentOS " + os_ver);
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    
    cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && "ia64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "CentOS", cpu);
    
    
    flag = 0;
    if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-4", reference:"kernel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-4", reference:"kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-4", cpu:"i386", reference:"kernel-doc-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-doc-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-4", cpu:"i386", reference:"kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-4", cpu:"i386", reference:"kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-4", cpu:"ia64", reference:"kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-4", cpu:"ia64", reference:"kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-4", cpu:"i386", reference:"kernel-smp-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-smp-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-4", cpu:"i386", reference:"kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-4", cpu:"i386", reference:"kernel-xenU-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-xenU-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-4", cpu:"i386", reference:"kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL")) flag++;
    
    
    if (flag)
    {
      security_report_v4(
        port       : 0,
        severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
        extra      : rpm_report_get()
      );
      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 familyMandriva Local Security Checks
    NASL idMANDRIVA_MDVSA-2010-198.NASL
    descriptionSome vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in the Linux 2.6 kernel : fs/namei.c in Linux kernel 2.6.18 through 2.6.34 does not always follow NFS automount symlinks, which allows attackers to have an unknown impact, related to LOOKUP_FOLLOW. (CVE-2010-1088) The tc_fill_tclass function in net/sched/sch_api.c in the tc subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.4.x before 2.4.37.6 and 2.6.x before 2.6.31-rc9 does not initialize certain (1) tcm__pad1 and (2) tcm__pad2 structure members, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2009-3228) The do_pages_move function in mm/migrate.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33-rc7 does not validate node values, which allows local users to read arbitrary kernel memory locations, cause a denial of service (OOPS), and possibly have unspecified other impact by specifying a node that is not part of the kernel node set. (CVE-2010-0415) The ATI Rage 128 (aka r128) driver in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31-git11 does not properly verify Concurrent Command Engine (CCE) state initialization, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified ioctl calls. (CVE-2009-3620) The wake_futex_pi function in kernel/futex.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33-rc7 does not properly handle certain unlock operations for a Priority Inheritance (PI) futex, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) and possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving modification of the futex value from user space. (CVE-2010-0622) The kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_set_sregs function in the KVM in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.30, when running on x86 systems, does not validate the page table root in a KVM_SET_SREGS call, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash or hang) via a crafted cr3 value, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference in the gfn_to_rmap function. (CVE-2009-2287) The handle_dr function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31.1 does not properly verify the Current Privilege Level (CPL) before accessing a debug register, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (trap) on the host OS via a crafted application. (CVE-2009-3722) The ext4_decode_error function in fs/ext4/super.c in the ext4 filesystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference), and possibly have unspecified other impact, via a crafted read-only filesystem that lacks a journal. (CVE-2009-4308) The eisa_eeprom_read function in the parisc isa-eeprom component (drivers/parisc/eisa_eeprom.c) in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31-rc6 allows local users to access restricted memory via a negative ppos argument, which bypasses a check that assumes that ppos is positive and causes an out-of-bounds read in the readb function. (CVE-2009-2846) Multiple buffer overflows in fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c in the XDR implementation in the NFS server in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34-rc6 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted NFSv4 compound WRITE request, related to the read_buf and nfsd4_decode_compound functions. (CVE-2010-2521) mm/shmem.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc8, when strict overcommit is enabled and CONFIG_SECURITY is disabled, does not properly handle the export of shmemfs objects by knfsd, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and knfsd crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-1643. (CVE-2008-7256) The release_one_tty function in drivers/char/tty_io.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34-rc4 omits certain required calls to the put_pid function, which has unspecified impact and local attack vectors. (CVE-2010-1162) mm/shmem.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc3, when strict overcommit is enabled, does not properly handle the export of shmemfs objects by knfsd, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and knfsd crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors. (CVE-2010-1643) The sctp_process_unk_param function in net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.33.3 and earlier, when SCTP is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an SCTPChunkInit packet containing multiple invalid parameters that require a large amount of error data. (CVE-2010-1173) The Transparent Inter-Process Communication (TIPC) functionality in Linux kernel 2.6.16-rc1 through 2.6.33, and possibly other versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel OOPS) by sending datagrams through AF_TIPC before entering network mode, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference. (CVE-2010-1187) The sctp_process_unk_param function in net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.33.3 and earlier, when SCTP is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an SCTPChunkInit packet containing multiple invalid parameters that require a large amount of error data. (CVE-2010-1173) fs/cifs/cifssmb.c in the CIFS implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34-rc4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via an SMB response packet with an invalid CountHigh value, as demonstrated by a response from an OS/2 server, related to the CIFSSMBWrite and CIFSSMBWrite2 functions. (CVE-2010-2248) Buffer overflow in the ecryptfs_uid_hash macro in fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c in the eCryptfs subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 might allow local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (system crash) via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2010-2492) The xfs_swapext function in fs/xfs/xfs_dfrag.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 does not properly check the file descriptors passed to the SWAPEXT ioctl, which allows local users to leverage write access and obtain read access by swapping one file into another file. (CVE-2010-2226) The gfs2_dirent_find_space function in fs/gfs2/dir.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 uses an incorrect size value in calculations associated with sentinel directory entries, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) and possibly have unspecified other impact by renaming a file in a GFS2 filesystem, related to the gfs2_rename function in fs/gfs2/ops_inode.c. (CVE-2010-2798) The do_anonymous_page function in mm/memory.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.52, 2.6.32.x before 2.6.32.19, 2.6.34.x before 2.6.34.4, and 2.6.35.x before 2.6.35.2 does not properly separate the stack and the heap, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code by writing to the bottom page of a shared memory segment, as demonstrated by a memory-exhaustion attack against the X.Org X server. (CVE-2010-2240) The drm_ioctl function in drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c in the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.53, 2.6.32.x before 2.6.32.21, 2.6.34.x before 2.6.34.6, and 2.6.35.x before 2.6.35.4 allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory by requesting a large memory-allocation amount. (CVE-2010-2803) Integer overflow in net/can/bcm.c in the Controller Area Network (CAN) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.53, 2.6.32.x before 2.6.32.21, 2.6.34.x before 2.6.34.6, and 2.6.35.x before 2.6.35.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (system crash) via crafted CAN traffic. (CVE-2010-2959) Double free vulnerability in the snd_seq_oss_open function in sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_init.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc4 might allow local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via an unsuccessful attempt to open the /dev/sequencer device. (CVE-2010-3080) A vulnerability in Linux kernel caused by insecure allocation of user space memory when translating system call inputs to 64-bit. A stack pointer underflow can occur when using the compat_alloc_user_space method with an arbitrary length input. (CVE-2010-3081) The IA32 system call emulation functionality in arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc4-git2 on the x86_64 platform does not zero extend the %eax register after the 32-bit entry path to ptrace is used, which allows local users to gain privileges by triggering an out-of-bounds access to the system call table using the %rax register. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2007-4573 regression. (CVE-2010-3301) To update your kernel, please follow the directions located at : http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/kernelupdate
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id49795
    published2010-10-08
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/49795
    titleMandriva Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDVSA-2010:198)
  • NASL familyMandriva Local Security Checks
    NASL idMANDRIVA_MDVSA-2010-188.NASL
    descriptionSome vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in the Linux 2.6 kernel : fs/namei.c in Linux kernel 2.6.18 through 2.6.34 does not always follow NFS automount symlinks, which allows attackers to have an unknown impact, related to LOOKUP_FOLLOW. (CVE-2010-1088) The tc_fill_tclass function in net/sched/sch_api.c in the tc subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.4.x before 2.4.37.6 and 2.6.x before 2.6.31-rc9 does not initialize certain (1) tcm__pad1 and (2) tcm__pad2 structure members, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2009-3228) The do_pages_move function in mm/migrate.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33-rc7 does not validate node values, which allows local users to read arbitrary kernel memory locations, cause a denial of service (OOPS), and possibly have unspecified other impact by specifying a node that is not part of the kernel node set. (CVE-2010-0415) The ATI Rage 128 (aka r128) driver in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31-git11 does not properly verify Concurrent Command Engine (CCE) state initialization, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified ioctl calls. (CVE-2009-3620) The wake_futex_pi function in kernel/futex.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33-rc7 does not properly handle certain unlock operations for a Priority Inheritance (PI) futex, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) and possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving modification of the futex value from user space. (CVE-2010-0622) The kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_set_sregs function in the KVM in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.30, when running on x86 systems, does not validate the page table root in a KVM_SET_SREGS call, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash or hang) via a crafted cr3 value, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference in the gfn_to_rmap function. (CVE-2009-2287) The handle_dr function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31.1 does not properly verify the Current Privilege Level (CPL) before accessing a debug register, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (trap) on the host OS via a crafted application. (CVE-2009-3722) The ext4_decode_error function in fs/ext4/super.c in the ext4 filesystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference), and possibly have unspecified other impact, via a crafted read-only filesystem that lacks a journal. (CVE-2009-4308) The eisa_eeprom_read function in the parisc isa-eeprom component (drivers/parisc/eisa_eeprom.c) in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31-rc6 allows local users to access restricted memory via a negative ppos argument, which bypasses a check that assumes that ppos is positive and causes an out-of-bounds read in the readb function. (CVE-2009-2846) Multiple buffer overflows in fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c in the XDR implementation in the NFS server in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34-rc6 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted NFSv4 compound WRITE request, related to the read_buf and nfsd4_decode_compound functions. (CVE-2010-2521) mm/shmem.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc8, when strict overcommit is enabled and CONFIG_SECURITY is disabled, does not properly handle the export of shmemfs objects by knfsd, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and knfsd crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-1643. (CVE-2008-7256) The release_one_tty function in drivers/char/tty_io.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34-rc4 omits certain required calls to the put_pid function, which has unspecified impact and local attack vectors. (CVE-2010-1162) mm/shmem.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc3, when strict overcommit is enabled, does not properly handle the export of shmemfs objects by knfsd, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and knfsd crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors. (CVE-2010-1643) The sctp_process_unk_param function in net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.33.3 and earlier, when SCTP is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an SCTPChunkInit packet containing multiple invalid parameters that require a large amount of error data. (CVE-2010-1173) The Transparent Inter-Process Communication (TIPC) functionality in Linux kernel 2.6.16-rc1 through 2.6.33, and possibly other versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel OOPS) by sending datagrams through AF_TIPC before entering network mode, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference. (CVE-2010-1187) The sctp_process_unk_param function in net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.33.3 and earlier, when SCTP is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an SCTPChunkInit packet containing multiple invalid parameters that require a large amount of error data. (CVE-2010-1173) fs/cifs/cifssmb.c in the CIFS implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34-rc4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via an SMB response packet with an invalid CountHigh value, as demonstrated by a response from an OS/2 server, related to the CIFSSMBWrite and CIFSSMBWrite2 functions. (CVE-2010-2248) Buffer overflow in the ecryptfs_uid_hash macro in fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c in the eCryptfs subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 might allow local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (system crash) via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2010-2492) The xfs_swapext function in fs/xfs/xfs_dfrag.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 does not properly check the file descriptors passed to the SWAPEXT ioctl, which allows local users to leverage write access and obtain read access by swapping one file into another file. (CVE-2010-2226) The gfs2_dirent_find_space function in fs/gfs2/dir.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 uses an incorrect size value in calculations associated with sentinel directory entries, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) and possibly have unspecified other impact by renaming a file in a GFS2 filesystem, related to the gfs2_rename function in fs/gfs2/ops_inode.c. (CVE-2010-2798) The do_anonymous_page function in mm/memory.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.52, 2.6.32.x before 2.6.32.19, 2.6.34.x before 2.6.34.4, and 2.6.35.x before 2.6.35.2 does not properly separate the stack and the heap, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code by writing to the bottom page of a shared memory segment, as demonstrated by a memory-exhaustion attack against the X.Org X server. (CVE-2010-2240) The drm_ioctl function in drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c in the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.53, 2.6.32.x before 2.6.32.21, 2.6.34.x before 2.6.34.6, and 2.6.35.x before 2.6.35.4 allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory by requesting a large memory-allocation amount. (CVE-2010-2803) Integer overflow in net/can/bcm.c in the Controller Area Network (CAN) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.53, 2.6.32.x before 2.6.32.21, 2.6.34.x before 2.6.34.6, and 2.6.35.x before 2.6.35.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (system crash) via crafted CAN traffic. (CVE-2010-2959) Double free vulnerability in the snd_seq_oss_open function in sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_init.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc4 might allow local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via an unsuccessful attempt to open the /dev/sequencer device. (CVE-2010-3080) A vulnerability in Linux kernel caused by insecure allocation of user space memory when translating system call inputs to 64-bit. A stack pointer underflow can occur when using the compat_alloc_user_space method with an arbitrary length input. (CVE-2010-3081) The IA32 system call emulation functionality in arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc4-git2 on the x86_64 platform does not zero extend the %eax register after the 32-bit entry path to ptrace is used, which allows local users to gain privileges by triggering an out-of-bounds access to the system call table using the %rax register. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2007-4573 regression. (CVE-2010-3301) To update your kernel, please follow the directions located at : http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/kernelupdate
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id49666
    published2010-09-24
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/49666
    titleMandriva Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDVSA-2010:188)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_KERNEL-4471.NASL
    descriptionThis kernel update fixes the following security problems : - It was possible for local user to become root by exploiting a bug in the IA32 system call emulation. This affects x86_64 platforms with kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x before 2.6.22.7 only. (CVE-2007-4573) - An information disclosure vulnerability in the ALSA driver can be exploited by local users to read sensitive data from the kernel memory. (CVE-2007-4571) and the following non security bugs : - patches.xen/xen-blkback-cdrom: CDROM removable media-present attribute plus handling code [#159907] - patches.drivers/libata-add-pata_dma-kernel-parameter: libata: Add a drivers/ide style DMA disable [#229260] [#272786] - patches.drivers/libata-sata_via-kill-SATA_PATA_SHARING: sata_via: kill SATA_PATA_SHARING register handling [#254158] [#309069] - patches.drivers/libata-sata_via-add-PCI-IDs: sata_via: add PCI IDs [#254158] [#326647] - supported.conf: Marked 8250 and 8250_pci as supported (only Xen kernels build them as modules) [#260686] - patches.fixes/bridge-module-get-put.patch: Module use count must be updated as bridges are created/destroyed [#267651] - patches.fixes/iscsi-netware-fix: Linux Initiator hard hangs writing files to NetWare target [#286566] - patches.fixes/lockd-chroot-fix: Allow lockd to work reliably with applications in a chroot [#288376] [#305480] - add patches.fixes/x86_64-hangcheck_timer-fix.patch fix monotonic_clock() and hangcheck_timer [#291633] - patches.arch/sn_hwperf_cpuinfo_fix.diff: Correctly count CPU objects for SGI ia64/sn hwperf interface [#292240] - Extend reiserfs to properly support file systems up to 16 TiB [#294754] - patches.fixes/reiserfs-signedness-fixes.diff: reiserfs: fix usage of signed ints for block numbers - patches.fixes/reiserfs-fix-large-fs.diff: reiserfs: ignore s_bmap_nr on disk for file systems >= 8 TiB - patches.suse/ocfs2-06-per-resource-events.diff: Deliver events without a specified resource unconditionally. [#296606] - patches.fixes/proc-readdir-race-fix.patch: Fix the race in proc_pid_readdir [#297232] - patches.xen/xen3-patch-2.6.16.49-50: XEN: update to Linux 2.6.16.50 [#298719] - patches.fixes/pm-ordering-fix.patch: PM: Fix ACPI suspend / device suspend ordering [#302207] - patches.drivers/ibmvscsi-slave_configure.patch add ->slave_configure() to allow device restart [#304138] - patches.arch/ppc-power6-ebus-unique_location.patch Prevent bus_id collisions [#306482] - patches.xen/30-bit-field-booleans.patch: Fix packet loss in DomU xen netback driver [#306896] - config/i386/kdump: Enable ahci module [#308556] - update patches.drivers/ppc-power6-ehea.patch fix link state detection for bonding [#309553] - patches.drivers/ibmveth-fixup-pool_deactivate.patch patches.drivers/ibmveth-large-frames.patch patches.drivers/ibmveth-large-mtu.patch: fix serveral crashes when changing ibmveth sysfs values [#326164] - patches.drivers/libata-sata_sil24-fix-IRQ-clearing-race- on-I RQ_WOC: sata_sil24: fix IRQ clearing race when PCIX_IRQ_WOC is used [#327536] - update patches.drivers/ibmvscsis.patch set blocksize to PAGE_CACHE_SIZE to fix flood of bio allocation warnings/failures [#328219] Fixes for S/390 : - IBM Patchcluster 17 [#330036] - Problem-ID: 38085 - zfcp: zfcp_scsi_eh_abort_handler or zfcp_scsi_eh_device_reset_handler hanging after CHPID off/on - Problem-ID: 38491 - zfcp: Error messages when LUN 0 is present - Problem-ID: 37390 - zcrypt: fix PCIXCC/CEX2C error recovery [#306056] - Problem-ID: 38500 - kernel: too few page cache pages in state volatile - Problem-ID: 38634 - qeth: crash during reboot after failing online setting - Problem-ID: 38927 - kernel: shared memory may not be volatile - Problem-ID: 39069 - cio: Disable channel path measurements on shutdown/reboot - Problem-ID: 27787 - qeth: recognize
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id29488
    published2007-12-13
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/29488
    titleSuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 4471)
  • NASL familyMandriva Local Security Checks
    NASL idMANDRIVA_MDVSA-2010-247.NASL
    descriptionA vulnerability was discovered and corrected in the Linux 2.6 kernel : The compat_alloc_user_space functions in include/asm/compat.h files in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc4-git2 on 64-bit platforms do not properly allocate the userspace memory required for the 32-bit compatibility layer, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging the ability of the compat_mc_getsockopt function (aka the MCAST_MSFILTER getsockopt support) to control a certain length value, related to a stack pointer underflow issue, as exploited in the wild in September 2010. (CVE-2010-3081) The IA32 system call emulation functionality in arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc4-git2 on the x86_64 platform does not zero extend the %eax register after the 32-bit entry path to ptrace is used, which allows local users to gain privileges by triggering an out-of-bounds access to the system call table using the %rax register. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2007-4573 regression. (CVE-2010-3301) Integer overflow in the ext4_ext_get_blocks function in fs/ext4/extents.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG and system crash) via a write operation on the last block of a large file, followed by a sync operation. (CVE-2010-3015) Additionally, the kernel has been updated to the stable version 2.6.31.14. A timeout bug in bnx2 has been fixed. Muting and unmuting on VT1812/VT2002P now should work correctly. A fix for ACL decoding on NFS was added. Rebooting on Dell Precision WorkStation T7400 was corrected. Read balancing with RAID0 and RAID1 on drives larger then 2TB was also fixed. A more detailed description is available in the package changelog and related tickets. Thanks to Thomas Backlund and Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski for contributions in this update. To update your kernel, please follow the directions located at : http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/kernelupdate
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id50981
    published2010-12-06
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/50981
    titleMandriva Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDVSA-2010:247)
  • NASL familyOracle Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idORACLELINUX_ELSA-2007-0936.NASL
    descriptionFrom Red Hat Security Advisory 2007:0936 : Updated kernel packages that fix a security issue 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. A flaw was found in the IA32 system call emulation provided on AMD64 and Intel 64 platforms. An improperly validated 64-bit value could be stored in the %RAX register, which could trigger an out-of-bounds system call table access. An untrusted local user could exploit this flaw to run code in the kernel (ie a root privilege escalation). (CVE-2007-4573). Red Hat would like to thank Wojciech Purczynski for reporting this issue. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 users are advised to upgrade to these packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id67577
    published2013-07-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/67577
    titleOracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2007-0936)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2007-2298.NASL
    descriptionUpdate to official Linux 2.6.22.6 (from 2.6.22.6-rc1): http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22.6 Update to Linux 2.6.22.7: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22.7 - libata: add option to disable DMA on PATA devices (libata.pata_dma, see kernel-parameters.txt for details) - libata: fix DMA on ATAPI devices with it821x (#242229) - libata: fix cable detection on pata_via - fix vmware
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id27765
    published2007-11-06
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/27765
    titleFedora 7 : kernel-2.6.22.7-85.fc7 (2007-2298)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_KERNEL-4503.NASL
    descriptionThis kernel update fixes the following security problems : - CVE-2007-4571: An information disclosure vulnerability in the ALSA driver can be exploited by local users to read sensitive data from the kernel memory. - CVE-2007-4573: It was possible for local user to become root by exploitable a bug in the IA32 system call emulation. This affects x86_64 platforms with kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x before 2.6.22.7 only. and the following non security bugs : - supported.conf: Mark 8250 and 8250_pci as supported (only Xen kernels build them as modules) [#260686] - patches.fixes/bridge-module-get-put.patch: Module use count must be updated as bridges are created/destroyed [#267651] - patches.fixes/nfsv4-MAXNAME-fix.diff: knfsd: query filesystem for NFSv4 getattr of FATTR4_MAXNAME [#271803] - patches.fixes/sky2-tx-sum-resume.patch: sky2: fix transmit state on resume [#297132] [#326376] - patches.suse/reiserfs-add-reiserfs_error.diff: patches.suse/reiserfs-use-reiserfs_error.diff: patches.suse/reiserfs-buffer-info-for-balance.diff: Fix reiserfs_error() with NULL superblock calls [#299604] - patches.fixes/acpi_disable_C_states_in_suspend.patch: ACPI: disable lower idle C-states across suspend/resume [#302482] - kernel-syms.rpm: move the copies of the Modules.alias files from /lib/modules/... to /usr/src/linux-obj/... to avoid a file conflict between kernel-syms and other kernel-$flavor packages. The Modules.alias files in kernel-syms.rpm are intended for future use - [#307291] - patches.fixes/jffs2-fix-ACL-vs-mode-handling: Fix ACL vs. mode handling. [#310520] - patches.drivers/libata-sata_sil24-fix-IRQ-clearing-race-on-I RQ_WOC: sata_sil24: fix IRQ clearing race when PCIX_IRQ_WOC is used [#327536] - Update config files: Enabled CONFIG_DVB_PLUTO2 for i386 since it
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id27299
    published2007-10-17
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/27299
    titleopenSUSE 10 Security Update : kernel (kernel-4503)
  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2007-0937.NASL
    descriptionUpdated kernel packages that fix a security issue 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 handles the basic functions of the operating system. A flaw was found in the IA32 system call emulation provided on AMD64 and Intel 64 platforms. An improperly validated 64-bit value could be stored in the %RAX register, which could trigger an out-of-bounds system call table access. An untrusted local user could exploit this flaw to run code in the kernel (ie a root privilege escalation). (CVE-2007-4573). Red Hat would like to thank Wojciech Purczynski for reporting this issue. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 users are advised to upgrade to these packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id26905
    published2007-10-03
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/26905
    titleRHEL 4 : kernel (RHSA-2007:0937)
  • NASL familyOracle Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idORACLELINUX_ELSA-2007-0937.NASL
    descriptionFrom Red Hat Security Advisory 2007:0937 : Updated kernel packages that fix a security issue 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 handles the basic functions of the operating system. A flaw was found in the IA32 system call emulation provided on AMD64 and Intel 64 platforms. An improperly validated 64-bit value could be stored in the %RAX register, which could trigger an out-of-bounds system call table access. An untrusted local user could exploit this flaw to run code in the kernel (ie a root privilege escalation). (CVE-2007-4573). Red Hat would like to thank Wojciech Purczynski for reporting this issue. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 users are advised to upgrade to these packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id67578
    published2013-07-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/67578
    titleOracle Linux 4 : kernel (ELSA-2007-0937)
  • NASL familyCentOS Local Security Checks
    NASL idCENTOS_RHSA-2007-0936.NASL
    descriptionUpdated kernel packages that fix a security issue 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. A flaw was found in the IA32 system call emulation provided on AMD64 and Intel 64 platforms. An improperly validated 64-bit value could be stored in the %RAX register, which could trigger an out-of-bounds system call table access. An untrusted local user could exploit this flaw to run code in the kernel (ie a root privilege escalation). (CVE-2007-4573). Red Hat would like to thank Wojciech Purczynski for reporting this issue. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 users are advised to upgrade to these packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id26205
    published2007-10-03
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/26205
    titleCentOS 5 : kernel (CESA-2007:0936)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2007-712.NASL
    descriptionUpdate to official Linux 2.6.22.6 (previously 2.6.22.6-rc1): http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22.6 Update to Linux 2.6.22.7: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22.7 - USB: three trivial fixes - futex: fix compat list traversal - Restore ofpath functionality (IDE_PROC_FS=y)(#289931) - add option to disable DMA on libata PATA devices (libata.pata_dma, see kernel-parameters.txt) - fix DMA on ATAPI devices with it821x - fix cable detection on pata_via - fix vmware
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id26116
    published2007-09-25
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/26116
    titleFedora Core 6 : kernel-2.6.22.7-57.fc6 (2007-712)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_KERNEL-4745.NASL
    descriptionThis 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 seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id59125
    published2012-05-17
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/59125
    titleSuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 4745)
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-1378.NASL
    descriptionSeveral 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-2007-3731 Evan Teran discovered a potential local denial of service (oops) in the handling of PTRACE_SETREGS and PTRACE_SINGLESTEP requests. - 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 Matt Keenan reported that CIFS filesystems with CAP_UNIX enabled were not honoring a process
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id26208
    published2007-10-03
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/26208
    titleDebian DSA-1378-2 : linux-2.6 - several vulnerabilities
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-1381.NASL
    descriptionSeveral local 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-2006-5755 The NT bit maybe leaked into the next task which can make it possible for local attackers to cause a Denial of Service (crash) on systems which run the amd64 flavour kernel. The stable distribution (
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id26211
    published2007-10-03
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/26211
    titleDebian DSA-1381-2 : linux-2.6 - several vulnerabilities
  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2007-0938.NASL
    descriptionUpdated kernel packages that fix a security issue 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 Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. A flaw was found in ia32 emulation affecting users running 64-bit versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux on x86_64 architectures. A local user could use this flaw to gain elevated privileges. (CVE-2007-4573). Red Hat would like to thank Wojciech Purczynski for reporting this issue. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 users are advised to upgrade to these packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id26906
    published2007-10-03
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/26906
    titleRHEL 3 : kernel (RHSA-2007:0938)
  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
    NASL idUBUNTU_USN-518-1.NASL
    descriptionEvan Teran discovered that the Linux kernel ptrace routines did not correctly handle certain requests robustly. Local attackers could exploit this to crash the system, causing a denial of service. (CVE-2007-3731) It was discovered that hugetlb kernels on PowerPC systems did not prevent the stack from colliding with reserved kernel memory. Local attackers could exploit this and crash the system, causing a denial of service. (CVE-2007-3739) It was discovered that certain CIFS filesystem actions did not honor the umask of a process. Local attackers could exploit this to gain additional privileges. (CVE-2007-3740) Wojciech Purczynski discovered that the Linux kernel ia32 syscall emulation in x86_64 kernels did not correctly clear the high bits of registers. Local attackers could exploit this to gain root privileges. (CVE-2007-4573). 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 seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id28123
    published2007-11-10
    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2007-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/28123
    titleUbuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 / 7.04 : linux-source-2.6.15, linux-source-2.6.17, linux-source-2.6.20 vulnerabilities (USN-518-1)
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-1504.NASL
    descriptionSeveral 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 seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id31148
    published2008-02-25
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/31148
    titleDebian DSA-1504-1 : kernel-source-2.6.8 - several vulnerabilities
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_KERNEL-4752.NASL
    descriptionThis 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 seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id29880
    published2008-01-08
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/29880
    titleopenSUSE 10 Security Update : kernel (kernel-4752)
  • NASL familyOracle Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idORACLELINUX_ELSA-2007-0938.NASL
    descriptionFrom Red Hat Security Advisory 2007:0938 : Updated kernel packages that fix a security issue 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 Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. A flaw was found in ia32 emulation affecting users running 64-bit versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux on x86_64 architectures. A local user could use this flaw to gain elevated privileges. (CVE-2007-4573). Red Hat would like to thank Wojciech Purczynski for reporting this issue. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 users are advised to upgrade to these packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id67579
    published2013-07-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/67579
    titleOracle Linux 3 : kernel (ELSA-2007-0938)
  • NASL familyCentOS Local Security Checks
    NASL idCENTOS_RHSA-2007-0938.NASL
    descriptionUpdated kernel packages that fix a security issue 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 Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. A flaw was found in ia32 emulation affecting users running 64-bit versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux on x86_64 architectures. A local user could use this flaw to gain elevated privileges. (CVE-2007-4573). Red Hat would like to thank Wojciech Purczynski for reporting this issue. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 users are advised to upgrade to these packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id26207
    published2007-10-03
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/26207
    titleCentOS 3 : kernel (CESA-2007:0938)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_KERNEL-4741.NASL
    descriptionThis 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 seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id29489
    published2007-12-13
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/29489
    titleSuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 4741)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_KERNEL-4473.NASL
    descriptionThis kernel update fixes the following security problems : - CVE-2007-4573: It was possible for local user to become root by exploiting a bug in the IA32 system call emulation. This affects x86_64 platforms with kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x before 2.6.22.7 only. - CVE-2007-4571: An information disclosure vulnerability in the ALSA driver can be exploited by local users to read sensitive data from the kernel memory. Furthermore, this kernel catches up to the SLE 10 state of the kernel, with numerous additional fixes.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id27297
    published2007-10-17
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/27297
    titleopenSUSE 10 Security Update : kernel (kernel-4473)
  • NASL familyScientific Linux Local Security Checks
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    descriptionA flaw was found in the IA32 system call emulation provided on AMD64 and Intel 64 platforms. An improperly validated 64-bit value could be stored in the %RAX register, which could trigger an out-of-bounds system call table access. An untrusted local user could exploit this flaw to run code in the kernel (ie a root privilege escalation). (CVE-2007-4573). Please Note: Kernel
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id60258
    published2012-08-01
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/60258
    titleScientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x, SL4.x, SL3.x i386/x86_64
  • NASL familyMandriva Local Security Checks
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    descriptionSome 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 seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id27561
    published2007-10-25
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/27561
    titleMandrake Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDKSA-2007:195)
  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2007-0936.NASL
    descriptionUpdated kernel packages that fix a security issue 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. A flaw was found in the IA32 system call emulation provided on AMD64 and Intel 64 platforms. An improperly validated 64-bit value could be stored in the %RAX register, which could trigger an out-of-bounds system call table access. An untrusted local user could exploit this flaw to run code in the kernel (ie a root privilege escalation). (CVE-2007-4573). Red Hat would like to thank Wojciech Purczynski for reporting this issue. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 users are advised to upgrade to these packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id26904
    published2007-10-03
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/26904
    titleRHEL 5 : kernel (RHSA-2007:0936)
  • NASL familyMandriva Local Security Checks
    NASL idMANDRIVA_MDVSA-2008-105.NASL
    descriptionThe CIFS filesystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22, when Unix extension support is enabled, does not honor the umask of a process, which allows local users to gain privileges. (CVE-2007-3740) The drm/i915 component in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22.2, when used with i965G and later chipsets, allows local users with access to an X11 session and Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) to write to arbitrary memory locations and gain privileges via a crafted batchbuffer. (CVE-2007-3851) The (1) hugetlb_vmtruncate_list and (2) hugetlb_vmtruncate functions in fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.19-rc4 perform certain prio_tree calculations using HPAGE_SIZE instead of PAGE_SIZE units, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2007-4133) The IA32 system call emulation functionality in Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x before 2.6.22.7, when running on the x86_64 architecture, does not zero extend the eax register after the 32bit entry path to ptrace is used, which might allow local users to gain privileges by triggering an out-of-bounds access to the system call table using the %RAX register. This vulnerability is now being fixed in the Xen kernel too. (CVE-2007-4573) Integer underflow in the ieee80211_rx function in net/ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.23 allows 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 off-by-two error. (CVE-2007-4997) The disconnect method in the Philips USB Webcam (pwc) driver in Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.22.6 relies on user space to close the device, which allows user-assisted local attackers to cause a denial of service (USB subsystem hang and CPU consumption in khubd) by not closing the device after the disconnect is invoked. NOTE: this rarely crosses privilege boundaries, unless the attacker can convince the victim to unplug the affected device. (CVE-2007-5093) A race condition in the directory notification subsystem (dnotify) in Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.24.6, and 2.6.25 before 2.6.25.1, allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) and possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2008-1375) The Linux kernel before 2.6.25.2 does not apply a certain protection mechanism for fcntl functionality, which allows local users to (1) execute code in parallel or (2) exploit a race condition to obtain re-ordered access to the descriptor table. (CVE-2008-1669) To update your kernel, please follow the directions located at : http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/kernelupdate
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id37772
    published2009-04-23
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/37772
    titleMandriva Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDVSA-2008:105)

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  • commentOracle Linux 4.x
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:15990
  • commentThe operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:11414
  • commentThe operating system installed on the system is CentOS Linux 5.x
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:15802
  • commentOracle Linux 5.x
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:15459
descriptionThe IA32 system call emulation functionality in Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x before 2.6.22.7, when running on the x86_64 architecture, does not zero extend the eax register after the 32bit entry path to ptrace is used, which might allow local users to gain privileges by triggering an out-of-bounds access to the system call table using the %RAX register.
familyunix
idoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9735
statusaccepted
submitted2010-07-09T03:56:16-04:00
titleThe IA32 system call emulation functionality in Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x before 2.6.22.7, when running on the x86_64 architecture, does not zero extend the eax register after the 32bit entry path to ptrace is used, which might allow local users to gain privileges by triggering an out-of-bounds access to the system call table using the %RAX register.
version27

Redhat

advisories
  • bugzilla
    id294541
    titleCVE-2007-4573 x86_64 syscall vulnerability
    oval
    OR
    • commentRed Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
      ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20070304026
    • AND
      • commentRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is installed
        ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20070331005
      • OR
        • commentkernel earlier than 0:2.6.18-8.1.14.el5 is currently running
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20070936021
        • commentkernel earlier than 0:2.6.18-8.1.14.el5 is set to boot up on next boot
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20070936022
      • OR
        • AND
          • commentkernel-headers is earlier than 0:2.6.18-8.1.14.el5
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20070936001
          • commentkernel-headers is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20080314006
        • AND
          • commentkernel-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.18-8.1.14.el5
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20070936003
          • commentkernel-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20080314016
        • AND
          • commentkernel is earlier than 0:2.6.18-8.1.14.el5
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20070936005
          • commentkernel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20080314008
        • AND
          • commentkernel-doc is earlier than 0:2.6.18-8.1.14.el5
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20070936007
          • commentkernel-doc is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20080314002
        • AND
          • commentkernel-kdump-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.18-8.1.14.el5
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20070936009
          • commentkernel-kdump-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20080314012
        • AND
          • commentkernel-kdump is earlier than 0:2.6.18-8.1.14.el5
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20070936011
          • commentkernel-kdump is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20080314010
        • AND
          • commentkernel-xen-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.18-8.1.14.el5
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20070936013
          • commentkernel-xen-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20080314020
        • AND
          • commentkernel-xen is earlier than 0:2.6.18-8.1.14.el5
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20070936015
          • commentkernel-xen is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20080314018
        • AND
          • commentkernel-PAE-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.18-8.1.14.el5
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20070936017
          • commentkernel-PAE-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20080314022
        • AND
          • commentkernel-PAE is earlier than 0:2.6.18-8.1.14.el5
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20070936019
          • commentkernel-PAE is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20080314024
    rhsa
    idRHSA-2007:0936
    released2007-09-27
    severityImportant
    titleRHSA-2007:0936: kernel security update (Important)
  • bugzilla
    id294541
    titleCVE-2007-4573 x86_64 syscall vulnerability
    oval
    OR
    • commentRed Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
      ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20070304026
    • AND
      • commentRed Hat Enterprise Linux 4 is installed
        ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20070304025
      • OR
        • commentkernel earlier than 0:2.6.9-55.0.9.EL is currently running
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20070937023
        • commentkernel earlier than 0:2.6.9-55.0.9.EL is set to boot up on next boot
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20070937024
      • OR
        • AND
          • commentkernel-doc is earlier than 0:2.6.9-55.0.9.EL
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20070937001
          • commentkernel-doc is signed with Red Hat master key
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20070304002
        • AND
          • commentkernel-hugemem-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.9-55.0.9.EL
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20070937003
          • commentkernel-hugemem-devel is signed with Red Hat master key
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20070304022
        • AND
          • commentkernel-xenU-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.9-55.0.9.EL
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20070937005
          • commentkernel-xenU-devel is signed with Red Hat master key
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20070304014
        • AND
          • commentkernel-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.9-55.0.9.EL
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20070937007
          • commentkernel-devel is signed with Red Hat master key
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20070304016
        • AND
          • commentkernel-smp is earlier than 0:2.6.9-55.0.9.EL
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20070937009
          • commentkernel-smp is signed with Red Hat master key
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20070304004
        • AND
          • commentkernel is earlier than 0:2.6.9-55.0.9.EL
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20070937011
          • commentkernel is signed with Red Hat master key
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20070304018
        • AND
          • commentkernel-hugemem is earlier than 0:2.6.9-55.0.9.EL
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20070937013
          • commentkernel-hugemem is signed with Red Hat master key
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20070304020
        • AND
          • commentkernel-smp-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.9-55.0.9.EL
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20070937015
          • commentkernel-smp-devel is signed with Red Hat master key
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20070304012
        • AND
          • commentkernel-xenU is earlier than 0:2.6.9-55.0.9.EL
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20070937017
          • commentkernel-xenU is signed with Red Hat master key
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20070304006
        • AND
          • commentkernel-largesmp-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.9-55.0.9.EL
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20070937019
          • commentkernel-largesmp-devel is signed with Red Hat master key
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20070304008
        • AND
          • commentkernel-largesmp is earlier than 0:2.6.9-55.0.9.EL
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20070937021
          • commentkernel-largesmp is signed with Red Hat master key
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20070304010
    rhsa
    idRHSA-2007:0937
    released2008-01-08
    severityImportant
    titleRHSA-2007:0937: kernel security update (Important)
  • rhsa
    idRHSA-2007:0938
rpms
  • kernel-0:2.6.18-8.1.14.el5
  • kernel-PAE-0:2.6.18-8.1.14.el5
  • kernel-PAE-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-8.1.14.el5
  • kernel-PAE-devel-0:2.6.18-8.1.14.el5
  • kernel-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-8.1.14.el5
  • kernel-debuginfo-common-0:2.6.18-8.1.14.el5
  • kernel-devel-0:2.6.18-8.1.14.el5
  • kernel-doc-0:2.6.18-8.1.14.el5
  • kernel-headers-0:2.6.18-8.1.14.el5
  • kernel-kdump-0:2.6.18-8.1.14.el5
  • kernel-kdump-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-8.1.14.el5
  • kernel-kdump-devel-0:2.6.18-8.1.14.el5
  • kernel-xen-0:2.6.18-8.1.14.el5
  • kernel-xen-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-8.1.14.el5
  • kernel-xen-devel-0:2.6.18-8.1.14.el5
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-55.0.9.EL
  • kernel-debuginfo-0:2.6.9-55.0.9.EL
  • kernel-devel-0:2.6.9-55.0.9.EL
  • kernel-doc-0:2.6.9-55.0.9.EL
  • kernel-hugemem-0:2.6.9-55.0.9.EL
  • kernel-hugemem-devel-0:2.6.9-55.0.9.EL
  • kernel-largesmp-0:2.6.9-55.0.9.EL
  • kernel-largesmp-devel-0:2.6.9-55.0.9.EL
  • kernel-smp-0:2.6.9-55.0.9.EL
  • kernel-smp-devel-0:2.6.9-55.0.9.EL
  • kernel-xenU-0:2.6.9-55.0.9.EL
  • kernel-xenU-devel-0:2.6.9-55.0.9.EL
  • kernel-0:2.4.21-52.EL
  • kernel-BOOT-0:2.4.21-52.EL
  • kernel-debuginfo-0:2.4.21-52.EL
  • kernel-doc-0:2.4.21-52.EL
  • kernel-hugemem-0:2.4.21-52.EL
  • kernel-hugemem-unsupported-0:2.4.21-52.EL
  • kernel-smp-0:2.4.21-52.EL
  • kernel-smp-unsupported-0:2.4.21-52.EL
  • kernel-source-0:2.4.21-52.EL
  • kernel-unsupported-0:2.4.21-52.EL

Statements

contributorMark J Cox
lastmodified2007-09-27
organizationRed Hat
statementThis issue affected users who were running 64-bit versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5 on x86_64 architecture. It did not affect users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1. Updates are available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5 to correct this issue. New kernel packages along with our advisory are available at the URL below as well as via the Red Hat Network. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/CVE-2007-4573.html

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