SECURITY

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USN-2870-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

2016-01-20 KENNETH 0

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2870-1 19th January, 2016 linux vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary The system could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator. Software description linux – Linux kernel Details Yevgeny Pats discovered that the session keyring implementation in theLinux kernel did not properly reference count when joining an existingsession keyring. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial ofservice (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code withadministrative privileges. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: linux-image-3.13.0-76-generic-lpae 3.13.0-76.120 linux-image-3.13.0-76-lowlatency 3.13.0-76.120 linux-image-3.13.0-76-powerpc-e500mc 3.13.0-76.120 linux-image-3.13.0-76-powerpc-smp 3.13.0-76.120 linux-image-3.13.0-76-powerpc64-smp 3.13.0-76.120 linux-image-3.13.0-76-powerpc-e500 3.13.0-76.120 linux-image-3.13.0-76-generic 3.13.0-76.120 linux-image-3.13.0-76-powerpc64-emb 3.13.0-76.120 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer [ more… ]

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RHSA-2016:0045-1: Important: kernel security update

2016-01-19 KENNETH 0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated kernel packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. CVE-2015-5364, CVE-2015-5366 Source: rhn-errata

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RHSA-2016:0046-1: Important: kernel security update

2016-01-19 KENNETH 0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated kernel packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 Advanced Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. CVE-2015-5307, CVE-2015-8104 Source: rhn-errata

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RHSA-2016:0043-1: Moderate: openssh security update

2016-01-15 KENNETH 0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated openssh packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. CVE-2016-0777, CVE-2016-0778 Source: rhn-errata