Vulnerabilities > CVE-2007-5001 - Resource Management Errors vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux and Enterprise Linux Desktop
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
Linux kernel before 2.4.21 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via asynchronous input or output on a FIFO special file.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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OS | 4 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
NASL family CentOS Local Security Checks NASL id CENTOS_RHSA-2008-0211.NASL description Updated kernel packages that fix various security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. These updated packages fix the following security issues : * the absence of a protection mechanism when attempting to access a critical section of code has been found in the Linux kernel open file descriptors control mechanism, fcntl. This could allow a local unprivileged user to simultaneously execute code, which would otherwise be protected against parallel execution. As well, a race condition when handling locks in the Linux kernel fcntl functionality, may have allowed a process belonging to a local unprivileged user to gain re-ordered access to the descriptor table. (CVE-2008-1669, Important) * the absence of a protection mechanism when attempting to access a critical section of code, as well as a race condition, have been found in the Linux kernel file system event notifier, dnotify. This could allow a local unprivileged user to get inconsistent data, or to send arbitrary signals to arbitrary system processes. (CVE-2008-1375, Important) Red Hat would like to thank Nick Piggin for responsibly disclosing the following issue : * when accessing kernel memory locations, certain Linux kernel drivers registering a fault handler did not perform required range checks. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to gain read or write access to arbitrary kernel memory, or possibly cause a kernel crash. (CVE-2008-0007, Important) * a flaw was found when performing asynchronous input or output operations on a FIFO special file. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a kernel panic. (CVE-2007-5001, Important) * a flaw was found in the way core dump files were created. If a local user could get a root-owned process to dump a core file into a directory, which the user has write access to, they could gain read access to that core file. This could potentially grant unauthorized access to sensitive information. (CVE-2007-6206, Moderate) * a buffer overflow was found in the Linux kernel ISDN subsystem. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-6151, Moderate) * a race condition found in the mincore system core could allow a local user to cause a denial of service (system hang). (CVE-2006-4814, Moderate) * it was discovered that the Linux kernel handled string operations in the opposite way to the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). This could allow a local unprivileged user to cause memory corruption. (CVE-2008-1367, Low) As well, these updated packages fix the following bugs : * a bug, which caused long delays when unmounting mounts containing a large number of unused dentries, has been resolved. * in the previous kernel packages, the kernel was unable to handle certain floating point instructions on Itanium(R) architectures. * on certain Intel CPUs, the Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB) was not flushed correctly, which caused machine check errors. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 32139 published 2008-05-09 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/32139 title CentOS 3 : kernel (CESA-2008:0211) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2008:0211 and # CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2008:0211 respectively. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(32139); script_version("1.18"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:04"); script_cve_id("CVE-2006-4814", "CVE-2007-5001", "CVE-2007-6151", "CVE-2007-6206", "CVE-2008-0007", "CVE-2008-1367", "CVE-2008-1375", "CVE-2008-1669"); script_bugtraq_id(21663, 26701, 27497, 29003, 29076); script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2008:0211"); script_name(english:"CentOS 3 : kernel (CESA-2008:0211)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Updated kernel packages that fix various security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. These updated packages fix the following security issues : * the absence of a protection mechanism when attempting to access a critical section of code has been found in the Linux kernel open file descriptors control mechanism, fcntl. This could allow a local unprivileged user to simultaneously execute code, which would otherwise be protected against parallel execution. As well, a race condition when handling locks in the Linux kernel fcntl functionality, may have allowed a process belonging to a local unprivileged user to gain re-ordered access to the descriptor table. (CVE-2008-1669, Important) * the absence of a protection mechanism when attempting to access a critical section of code, as well as a race condition, have been found in the Linux kernel file system event notifier, dnotify. This could allow a local unprivileged user to get inconsistent data, or to send arbitrary signals to arbitrary system processes. (CVE-2008-1375, Important) Red Hat would like to thank Nick Piggin for responsibly disclosing the following issue : * when accessing kernel memory locations, certain Linux kernel drivers registering a fault handler did not perform required range checks. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to gain read or write access to arbitrary kernel memory, or possibly cause a kernel crash. (CVE-2008-0007, Important) * a flaw was found when performing asynchronous input or output operations on a FIFO special file. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a kernel panic. (CVE-2007-5001, Important) * a flaw was found in the way core dump files were created. If a local user could get a root-owned process to dump a core file into a directory, which the user has write access to, they could gain read access to that core file. This could potentially grant unauthorized access to sensitive information. (CVE-2007-6206, Moderate) * a buffer overflow was found in the Linux kernel ISDN subsystem. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-6151, Moderate) * a race condition found in the mincore system core could allow a local user to cause a denial of service (system hang). (CVE-2006-4814, Moderate) * it was discovered that the Linux kernel handled string operations in the opposite way to the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). This could allow a local unprivileged user to cause memory corruption. (CVE-2008-1367, Low) As well, these updated packages fix the following bugs : * a bug, which caused long delays when unmounting mounts containing a large number of unused dentries, has been resolved. * in the previous kernel packages, the kernel was unable to handle certain floating point instructions on Itanium(R) architectures. * on certain Intel CPUs, the Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB) was not flushed correctly, which caused machine check errors. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues." ); # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2008-May/014880.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?fa094a93" ); # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2008-May/014881.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?9d3dc798" ); # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2008-May/014890.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?8dd0eb67" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected kernel packages." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_cwe_id(16, 94, 119, 362, 399); 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-BOOT"); 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-unsupported"); 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-unsupported"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-source"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kernel-unsupported"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:3"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2006/12/19"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/05/07"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/05/09"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 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:"^3([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS 3.x", "CentOS " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && "ia64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "CentOS", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-3", reference:"kernel-2.4.21-57.EL")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-3", cpu:"i386", reference:"kernel-BOOT-2.4.21-57.EL")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-3", reference:"kernel-doc-2.4.21-57.EL")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-3", cpu:"i386", reference:"kernel-hugemem-2.4.21-57.EL")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-3", cpu:"i386", reference:"kernel-hugemem-unsupported-2.4.21-57.EL")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-3", cpu:"i386", reference:"kernel-smp-2.4.21-57.EL")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-smp-2.4.21-57.EL")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-3", cpu:"i386", reference:"kernel-smp-unsupported-2.4.21-57.EL")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-smp-unsupported-2.4.21-57.EL")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-3", reference:"kernel-source-2.4.21-57.EL")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-3", reference:"kernel-unsupported-2.4.21-57.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-BOOT / kernel-doc / kernel-hugemem / etc"); }
NASL family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLELINUX_ELSA-2008-0211.NASL description From Red Hat Security Advisory 2008:0211 : Updated kernel packages that fix various security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. These updated packages fix the following security issues : * the absence of a protection mechanism when attempting to access a critical section of code has been found in the Linux kernel open file descriptors control mechanism, fcntl. This could allow a local unprivileged user to simultaneously execute code, which would otherwise be protected against parallel execution. As well, a race condition when handling locks in the Linux kernel fcntl functionality, may have allowed a process belonging to a local unprivileged user to gain re-ordered access to the descriptor table. (CVE-2008-1669, Important) * the absence of a protection mechanism when attempting to access a critical section of code, as well as a race condition, have been found in the Linux kernel file system event notifier, dnotify. This could allow a local unprivileged user to get inconsistent data, or to send arbitrary signals to arbitrary system processes. (CVE-2008-1375, Important) Red Hat would like to thank Nick Piggin for responsibly disclosing the following issue : * when accessing kernel memory locations, certain Linux kernel drivers registering a fault handler did not perform required range checks. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to gain read or write access to arbitrary kernel memory, or possibly cause a kernel crash. (CVE-2008-0007, Important) * a flaw was found when performing asynchronous input or output operations on a FIFO special file. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a kernel panic. (CVE-2007-5001, Important) * a flaw was found in the way core dump files were created. If a local user could get a root-owned process to dump a core file into a directory, which the user has write access to, they could gain read access to that core file. This could potentially grant unauthorized access to sensitive information. (CVE-2007-6206, Moderate) * a buffer overflow was found in the Linux kernel ISDN subsystem. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-6151, Moderate) * a race condition found in the mincore system core could allow a local user to cause a denial of service (system hang). (CVE-2006-4814, Moderate) * it was discovered that the Linux kernel handled string operations in the opposite way to the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). This could allow a local unprivileged user to cause memory corruption. (CVE-2008-1367, Low) As well, these updated packages fix the following bugs : * a bug, which caused long delays when unmounting mounts containing a large number of unused dentries, has been resolved. * in the previous kernel packages, the kernel was unable to handle certain floating point instructions on Itanium(R) architectures. * on certain Intel CPUs, the Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB) was not flushed correctly, which caused machine check errors. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 67678 published 2013-07-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/67678 title Oracle Linux 3 : kernel (ELSA-2008-0211) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2008:0211 and # Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2008-0211 respectively. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(67678); script_version("1.15"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:07"); script_cve_id("CVE-2006-4814", "CVE-2007-5001", "CVE-2007-6151", "CVE-2007-6206", "CVE-2008-0007", "CVE-2008-1367", "CVE-2008-1375", "CVE-2008-1669"); script_bugtraq_id(21663, 26701, 27497, 29003, 29076); script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2008:0211"); script_name(english:"Oracle Linux 3 : kernel (ELSA-2008-0211)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "From Red Hat Security Advisory 2008:0211 : Updated kernel packages that fix various security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. These updated packages fix the following security issues : * the absence of a protection mechanism when attempting to access a critical section of code has been found in the Linux kernel open file descriptors control mechanism, fcntl. This could allow a local unprivileged user to simultaneously execute code, which would otherwise be protected against parallel execution. As well, a race condition when handling locks in the Linux kernel fcntl functionality, may have allowed a process belonging to a local unprivileged user to gain re-ordered access to the descriptor table. (CVE-2008-1669, Important) * the absence of a protection mechanism when attempting to access a critical section of code, as well as a race condition, have been found in the Linux kernel file system event notifier, dnotify. This could allow a local unprivileged user to get inconsistent data, or to send arbitrary signals to arbitrary system processes. (CVE-2008-1375, Important) Red Hat would like to thank Nick Piggin for responsibly disclosing the following issue : * when accessing kernel memory locations, certain Linux kernel drivers registering a fault handler did not perform required range checks. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to gain read or write access to arbitrary kernel memory, or possibly cause a kernel crash. (CVE-2008-0007, Important) * a flaw was found when performing asynchronous input or output operations on a FIFO special file. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a kernel panic. (CVE-2007-5001, Important) * a flaw was found in the way core dump files were created. If a local user could get a root-owned process to dump a core file into a directory, which the user has write access to, they could gain read access to that core file. This could potentially grant unauthorized access to sensitive information. (CVE-2007-6206, Moderate) * a buffer overflow was found in the Linux kernel ISDN subsystem. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-6151, Moderate) * a race condition found in the mincore system core could allow a local user to cause a denial of service (system hang). (CVE-2006-4814, Moderate) * it was discovered that the Linux kernel handled string operations in the opposite way to the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). This could allow a local unprivileged user to cause memory corruption. (CVE-2008-1367, Low) As well, these updated packages fix the following bugs : * a bug, which caused long delays when unmounting mounts containing a large number of unused dentries, has been resolved. * in the previous kernel packages, the kernel was unable to handle certain floating point instructions on Itanium(R) architectures. * on certain Intel CPUs, the Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB) was not flushed correctly, which caused machine check errors. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2008-May/000587.html" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected kernel packages." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_cwe_id(16, 94, 119, 362, 399); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-BOOT"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-doc"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-hugemem"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-hugemem-unsupported"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-smp"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-smp-unsupported"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-source"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-unsupported"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:oracle:linux:3"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2006/12/19"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/05/08"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/07/12"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Oracle Linux Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "linux_alt_patch_detect.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/OracleLinux", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); include("ksplice.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/OracleLinux")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Oracle Linux"); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || !pregmatch(pattern: "Oracle (?:Linux Server|Enterprise Linux)", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Oracle Linux"); os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Oracle (?:Linux Server|Enterprise Linux) .*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Oracle Linux"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! preg(pattern:"^3([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Oracle Linux 3", "Oracle Linux " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && "ia64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Oracle Linux", cpu); if (get_one_kb_item("Host/ksplice/kernel-cves")) { rm_kb_item(name:"Host/uptrack-uname-r"); cve_list = make_list("CVE-2006-4814", "CVE-2007-5001", "CVE-2007-6151", "CVE-2007-6206", "CVE-2008-0007", "CVE-2008-1367", "CVE-2008-1375", "CVE-2008-1669"); if (ksplice_cves_check(cve_list)) { audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, "KSplice hotfix for ELSA-2008-0211"); } else { __rpm_report = ksplice_reporting_text(); } } kernel_major_minor = get_kb_item("Host/uname/major_minor"); if (empty_or_null(kernel_major_minor)) exit(1, "Unable to determine kernel major-minor level."); expected_kernel_major_minor = "2.4"; if (kernel_major_minor != expected_kernel_major_minor) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "running kernel level " + expected_kernel_major_minor + ", it is running kernel level " + kernel_major_minor); flag = 0; if (rpm_exists(release:"EL3", rpm:"kernel-2.4.21") && rpm_check(release:"EL3", cpu:"i386", reference:"kernel-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL")) flag++; if (rpm_exists(release:"EL3", rpm:"kernel-2.4.21") && rpm_check(release:"EL3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL")) flag++; if (rpm_exists(release:"EL3", rpm:"kernel-BOOT-2.4.21") && rpm_check(release:"EL3", cpu:"i386", reference:"kernel-BOOT-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL")) flag++; if (rpm_exists(release:"EL3", rpm:"kernel-doc-2.4.21") && rpm_check(release:"EL3", cpu:"i386", reference:"kernel-doc-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL")) flag++; if (rpm_exists(release:"EL3", rpm:"kernel-doc-2.4.21") && rpm_check(release:"EL3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-doc-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL")) flag++; if (rpm_exists(release:"EL3", rpm:"kernel-hugemem-2.4.21") && rpm_check(release:"EL3", cpu:"i386", reference:"kernel-hugemem-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL")) flag++; if (rpm_exists(release:"EL3", rpm:"kernel-hugemem-unsupported-2.4.21") && rpm_check(release:"EL3", cpu:"i386", reference:"kernel-hugemem-unsupported-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL")) flag++; if (rpm_exists(release:"EL3", rpm:"kernel-smp-2.4.21") && rpm_check(release:"EL3", cpu:"i386", reference:"kernel-smp-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL")) flag++; if (rpm_exists(release:"EL3", rpm:"kernel-smp-2.4.21") && rpm_check(release:"EL3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-smp-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL")) flag++; if (rpm_exists(release:"EL3", rpm:"kernel-smp-unsupported-2.4.21") && rpm_check(release:"EL3", cpu:"i386", reference:"kernel-smp-unsupported-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL")) flag++; if (rpm_exists(release:"EL3", rpm:"kernel-smp-unsupported-2.4.21") && rpm_check(release:"EL3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-smp-unsupported-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL")) flag++; if (rpm_exists(release:"EL3", rpm:"kernel-source-2.4.21") && rpm_check(release:"EL3", cpu:"i386", reference:"kernel-source-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL")) flag++; if (rpm_exists(release:"EL3", rpm:"kernel-source-2.4.21") && rpm_check(release:"EL3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-source-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL")) flag++; if (rpm_exists(release:"EL3", rpm:"kernel-unsupported-2.4.21") && rpm_check(release:"EL3", cpu:"i386", reference:"kernel-unsupported-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL")) flag++; if (rpm_exists(release:"EL3", rpm:"kernel-unsupported-2.4.21") && rpm_check(release:"EL3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-unsupported-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL")) 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, "affected kernel"); }
NASL family VMware ESX Local Security Checks NASL id VMWARE_VMSA-2008-0011.NASL description I Service Console rpm updates a. Security Update to Service Console Kernel This fix upgrades service console kernel version to 2.4.21-57.EL. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2007-5001, CVE-2007-6151, CVE-2007-6206, CVE-2008-0007, CVE-2008-1367, CVE-2008-1375, CVE-2006-4814, and CVE-2008-1669 to the security issues fixed in kernel-2.4.21-57.EL. b. Samba Security Update This fix upgrades the service console rpm samba to version 3.0.9-1.3E.15vmw The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2008-1105 to this issue. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 40380 published 2009-07-27 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/40380 title VMSA-2008-0011 : Updated ESX service console packages for Samba and vmnix code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from VMware Security Advisory 2008-0011. # The text itself is copyright (C) VMware Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(40380); script_version("1.20"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/08/06 14:03:16"); script_cve_id("CVE-2006-4814", "CVE-2007-5001", "CVE-2007-6151", "CVE-2007-6206", "CVE-2008-0007", "CVE-2008-1105", "CVE-2008-1367", "CVE-2008-1375", "CVE-2008-1669"); script_bugtraq_id(21663, 26701, 27497, 27686, 27705, 29076, 29404); script_xref(name:"VMSA", value:"2008-0011"); script_name(english:"VMSA-2008-0011 : Updated ESX service console packages for Samba and vmnix"); script_summary(english:"Checks esxupdate output for the patches"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote VMware ESX host is missing one or more security-related patches." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "I Service Console rpm updates a. Security Update to Service Console Kernel This fix upgrades service console kernel version to 2.4.21-57.EL. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2007-5001, CVE-2007-6151, CVE-2007-6206, CVE-2008-0007, CVE-2008-1367, CVE-2008-1375, CVE-2006-4814, and CVE-2008-1669 to the security issues fixed in kernel-2.4.21-57.EL. b. Samba Security Update This fix upgrades the service console rpm samba to version 3.0.9-1.3E.15vmw The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2008-1105 to this issue." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000041.html" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Apply the missing patches."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); 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(16, 94, 119, 362, 399); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:vmware:esx:2.5.4"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:vmware:esx:2.5.5"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:vmware:esx:3.0.1"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:vmware:esx:3.0.2"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:vmware:esx:3.5"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/07/28"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/07/27"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2006/12/20"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"VMware ESX Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/VMware/release", "Host/VMware/version"); script_require_ports("Host/VMware/esxupdate", "Host/VMware/esxcli_software_vibs"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("vmware_esx_packages.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/VMware/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "VMware ESX / ESXi"); if ( !get_kb_item("Host/VMware/esxcli_software_vibs") && !get_kb_item("Host/VMware/esxupdate") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); init_esx_check(date:"2008-07-28"); flag = 0; if (esx_check(ver:"ESX 2.5.4", patch:"21")) flag++; if (esx_check(ver:"ESX 2.5.5", patch:"10")) flag++; if (esx_check(ver:"ESX 3.0.1", patch:"ESX-1006028")) flag++; if (esx_check(ver:"ESX 3.0.2", patch:"ESX-1006029")) flag++; if ( esx_check( ver : "ESX 3.5.0", patch : "ESX350-200806201-UG", patch_updates : make_list("ESX350-200911201-UG", "ESX350-Update05", "ESX350-Update05a") ) ) flag++; if ( esx_check( ver : "ESX 3.5.0", patch : "ESX350-200806218-UG", patch_updates : make_list("ESX350-200808218-UG", "ESX350-201008410-SG", "ESX350-201012408-SG", "ESX350-Update02", "ESX350-Update03", "ESX350-Update04", "ESX350-Update05", "ESX350-Update05a") ) ) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:esx_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2008-0211.NASL description Updated kernel packages that fix various security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. These updated packages fix the following security issues : * the absence of a protection mechanism when attempting to access a critical section of code has been found in the Linux kernel open file descriptors control mechanism, fcntl. This could allow a local unprivileged user to simultaneously execute code, which would otherwise be protected against parallel execution. As well, a race condition when handling locks in the Linux kernel fcntl functionality, may have allowed a process belonging to a local unprivileged user to gain re-ordered access to the descriptor table. (CVE-2008-1669, Important) * the absence of a protection mechanism when attempting to access a critical section of code, as well as a race condition, have been found in the Linux kernel file system event notifier, dnotify. This could allow a local unprivileged user to get inconsistent data, or to send arbitrary signals to arbitrary system processes. (CVE-2008-1375, Important) Red Hat would like to thank Nick Piggin for responsibly disclosing the following issue : * when accessing kernel memory locations, certain Linux kernel drivers registering a fault handler did not perform required range checks. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to gain read or write access to arbitrary kernel memory, or possibly cause a kernel crash. (CVE-2008-0007, Important) * a flaw was found when performing asynchronous input or output operations on a FIFO special file. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a kernel panic. (CVE-2007-5001, Important) * a flaw was found in the way core dump files were created. If a local user could get a root-owned process to dump a core file into a directory, which the user has write access to, they could gain read access to that core file. This could potentially grant unauthorized access to sensitive information. (CVE-2007-6206, Moderate) * a buffer overflow was found in the Linux kernel ISDN subsystem. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-6151, Moderate) * a race condition found in the mincore system core could allow a local user to cause a denial of service (system hang). (CVE-2006-4814, Moderate) * it was discovered that the Linux kernel handled string operations in the opposite way to the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). This could allow a local unprivileged user to cause memory corruption. (CVE-2008-1367, Low) As well, these updated packages fix the following bugs : * a bug, which caused long delays when unmounting mounts containing a large number of unused dentries, has been resolved. * in the previous kernel packages, the kernel was unable to handle certain floating point instructions on Itanium(R) architectures. * on certain Intel CPUs, the Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB) was not flushed correctly, which caused machine check errors. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 32160 published 2008-05-09 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/32160 title RHEL 3 : kernel (RHSA-2008:0211) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2008:0211. The text # itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(32160); script_version ("1.28"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:13"); script_cve_id("CVE-2006-4814", "CVE-2007-5001", "CVE-2007-6151", "CVE-2007-6206", "CVE-2008-0007", "CVE-2008-1367", "CVE-2008-1375", "CVE-2008-1669"); script_bugtraq_id(21663, 26701, 27497, 29003, 29076); script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2008:0211"); script_name(english:"RHEL 3 : kernel (RHSA-2008:0211)"); script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated packages"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Updated kernel packages that fix various security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. These updated packages fix the following security issues : * the absence of a protection mechanism when attempting to access a critical section of code has been found in the Linux kernel open file descriptors control mechanism, fcntl. This could allow a local unprivileged user to simultaneously execute code, which would otherwise be protected against parallel execution. As well, a race condition when handling locks in the Linux kernel fcntl functionality, may have allowed a process belonging to a local unprivileged user to gain re-ordered access to the descriptor table. (CVE-2008-1669, Important) * the absence of a protection mechanism when attempting to access a critical section of code, as well as a race condition, have been found in the Linux kernel file system event notifier, dnotify. This could allow a local unprivileged user to get inconsistent data, or to send arbitrary signals to arbitrary system processes. (CVE-2008-1375, Important) Red Hat would like to thank Nick Piggin for responsibly disclosing the following issue : * when accessing kernel memory locations, certain Linux kernel drivers registering a fault handler did not perform required range checks. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to gain read or write access to arbitrary kernel memory, or possibly cause a kernel crash. (CVE-2008-0007, Important) * a flaw was found when performing asynchronous input or output operations on a FIFO special file. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a kernel panic. (CVE-2007-5001, Important) * a flaw was found in the way core dump files were created. If a local user could get a root-owned process to dump a core file into a directory, which the user has write access to, they could gain read access to that core file. This could potentially grant unauthorized access to sensitive information. (CVE-2007-6206, Moderate) * a buffer overflow was found in the Linux kernel ISDN subsystem. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-6151, Moderate) * a race condition found in the mincore system core could allow a local user to cause a denial of service (system hang). (CVE-2006-4814, Moderate) * it was discovered that the Linux kernel handled string operations in the opposite way to the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). This could allow a local unprivileged user to cause memory corruption. (CVE-2008-1367, Low) As well, these updated packages fix the following bugs : * a bug, which caused long delays when unmounting mounts containing a large number of unused dentries, has been resolved. * in the previous kernel packages, the kernel was unable to handle certain floating point instructions on Itanium(R) architectures. * on certain Intel CPUs, the Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB) was not flushed correctly, which caused machine check errors. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2006-4814" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-5001" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-6151" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-6206" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-0007" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-1367" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-1375" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-1669" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0211" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_cwe_id(16, 94, 119, 362, 399); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-BOOT"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-doc"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-hugemem"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-hugemem-unsupported"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-smp"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-smp-unsupported"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-source"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-unsupported"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2006/12/19"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/05/07"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/05/09"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "linux_alt_patch_detect.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("misc_func.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); include("ksplice.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || "Red Hat" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat"); os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Red Hat"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! 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accepted | 2013-04-29T04:13:17.687-04:00 | ||||||||
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description | Linux kernel before 2.4.21 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via asynchronous input or output on a FIFO special file. | ||||||||
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id | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11329 | ||||||||
status | accepted | ||||||||
submitted | 2010-07-09T03:56:16-04:00 | ||||||||
title | Linux kernel before 2.4.21 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via asynchronous input or output on a FIFO special file. | ||||||||
version | 26 |
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References
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000023.html
- http://osvdb.org/44987
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30110
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31246
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0211.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29083
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2222/references
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=326251
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42273
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11329