SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 7665)

NASLDB: SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 7665)

General

ID: 59158
Name: SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 7665)

Summary: Checks rpm output for the updated packages

Credits: Tenable Network Security, Inc.

Classification

Risk: –

CVSS: –
CVSS Base Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Temporal Vector: –

Port: 0
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Type: Local

Description

This kernel update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP4 kernel fixes
several security issues and bugs.

The following security issues were fixed :

– The dccp_rcv_state_process function in net/dccp/input.c
in the Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP)
implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly
handle packets for a CLOSED endpoint, which allowed
remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL
pointer dereference and OOPS) by sending a DCCP-Close
packet followed by a DCCP-Reset packet. (CVE-2011-1093)

– The add_del_listener function in kernel/taskstats.c in
the Linux kernel did not prevent multiple registrations
of exit handlers, which allowed local users to cause a
denial of service (memory and CPU consumption), and
bypass the OOM Killer, via a crafted application.
(CVE-2011-2484)

– Integer overflow in the agp_generic_insert_memory
function in drivers/char/agp/generic.c in the Linux
kernel allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a
denial of service (system crash) via a crafted
AGPIOC_BIND agp_ioctl ioctl call. (CVE-2011-1745)

– Multiple integer overflows in the (1)
agp_allocate_memory and (2) agp_create_user_memory
functions in drivers/char/agp/generic.c in the Linux
kernel allowed local users to trigger buffer overflows,
and consequently cause a denial of service (system
crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact, via
vectors related to calls that specify a large number of
memory pages. (CVE-2011-1746)

– The agp_generic_remove_memory function in
drivers/char/agp/generic.c in the Linux kernel before
2.6.38.5 did not validate a certain start parameter,
which allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a
denial of service (system crash) via a crafted
AGPIOC_UNBIND agp_ioctl ioctl call, a different
vulnerability than CVE-2011-1745. (CVE-2011-2022)

– When using a setuid root mount.cifs, local users could
hijack password protected mounted CIFS shares of other
local users. (CVE-2011-1585)

– The do_task_stat function in fs/proc/array.c in the
Linux kernel did not perform an expected uid check,
which made it easier for local users to defeat the ASLR
protection mechanism by reading the start_code and
end_code fields in the /proc/#####/stat file for a
process executing a PIE binary. (CVE-2011-0726)

– The normal mmap paths all avoid creating a mapping where
the pgoff inside the mapping could wrap around due to
overflow. However, an expanding mremap() can take such a
non-wrapping mapping and make it bigger and cause a
wrapping condition. (CVE-2011-2496)

– A local unprivileged user able to access a NFS
filesystem could use file locking to deadlock parts of
an nfs server under some circumstance. (CVE-2011-2491)

– The code for evaluating LDM partitions (in
fs/partitions/ldm.c) contained bugs that could crash the
kernel for certain corrupted LDM partitions.
(CVE-2011-1017 / CVE-2011-2182)

– Multiple integer overflows in the next_pidmap function
in kernel/pid.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users
to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a
crafted (1) getdents or (2) readdir system call.
(CVE-2011-1593)

– Integer overflow in the _ctl_do_mpt_command function in
drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_ctl.c in the Linux kernel
might have allowed local users to gain privileges or
cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via an
ioctl call specifying a crafted value that triggers a
heap-based buffer overflow. (CVE-2011-1494)

– drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_ctl.c in the Linux kernel
did not validate (1) length and (2) offset values before
performing memory copy operations, which might have
allowed local users to gain privileges, cause a denial
of service (memory corruption), or obtain sensitive
information from kernel memory via a crafted ioctl call,
related to the _ctl_do_mpt_command and
_ctl_diag_read_buffer functions. (CVE-2011-1495)

Exploiting

Exploit Available: –
Exploitability Ease: –

Sources

CVE: CVE-2011-0726
OSVDB: –
Bugtraq: –
scipID: –

Timeline

Vulnerability Disclosure: –
Patch Release: 2011/08/01
Plugin Release: 2012/05/17

Plugin

Version: 1.1
Filename: suse_kernel-7665.nasl
Filesize: 9587 bytes
MD5 Hash: b91a4e65272ffb7d30f79171ac95d611

Identification: Host/local_checks_enabled
Require Keys: Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Dependencies: "ssh_get_info.nasl"

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