SuSE 11.1 Security Update: kernel (2010-09-21)

NASLDB: SuSE 11.1 Security Update: kernel (2010-09-21)

General

ID: 49668
Name: SuSE 11.1 Security Update: kernel (2010-09-21)

Summary: Check for the kernel package

Credits: Tenable Network Security, Inc.

Classification

Risk: –

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

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

Description

This security update of the openSUSE 11.1 kernel fixes 3
critical security issues.

Following security bugs were fixed: CVE-2010-3301: Mismatch
between 32bit and 64bit register usage in the system call
entry path could be used by local attackers to gain root
privileges. This problem only affects x86_64 kernels.

CVE-2010-3081: Incorrect buffer handling in the
biarch-compat buffer handling could be used by local
attackers to gain root privileges. This problem affects
foremost x86_64, or potentially other biarch platforms,
like PowerPC and S390x.

CVE-2010-2959: Integer overflow in net/can/bcm.c in the
Controller Area Network (CAN) implementation in the Linux
kernel allowed attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause
a denial of service (system crash) via crafted CAN traffic.