The div_long_long_rem implementation in include/asm-x86/div64.h in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26 on the x86 platform allows local users to cause a denial of service (Divide Error Fault and panic) via a clock_gettime system call.

The remote VMware ESX / ESXi host is missing a security-related patch.
It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities, including remote code execution vulnerabilities, in several third-party libraries :

  - Apache Struts
  - glibc
  - GnuTLS
  - JRE
  - kernel
  - libxml2
  - OpenSSL
  - Perl
  - popt and rpm

The SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 LTSS kernel received a roll up update to fix lots of moderate security issues and several bugs.

The Following security issues have been fixed :

CVE-2012-4530: The load_script function in fs/binfmt_script.c in the Linux kernel did not properly handle recursion, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application.

CVE-2011-2494: kernel/taskstats.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to obtain sensitive I/O statistics by sending taskstats commands to a netlink socket, as demonstrated by discovering the length of another users password.

CVE-2013-2234: The (1) key_notify_sa_flush and (2) key_notify_policy_flush functions in net/key/af_key.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize certain structure members, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by reading a broadcast message from the notify interface of an IPSec key_socket.

CVE-2013-2237: The key_notify_policy_flush function in net/key/af_key.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain structure member, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by reading a broadcast message from the notify_policy interface of an IPSec key_socket.

CVE-2013-2147: The HP Smart Array controller disk-array driver and Compaq SMART2 controller disk-array driver in the Linux kernel did not initialize certain data structures, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via (1) a crafted IDAGETPCIINFO command for a /dev/ida device, related to the ida_locked_ioctl function in drivers/block/cpqarray.c or (2) a crafted CCISS_PASSTHRU32 command for a /dev/cciss device, related to the cciss_ioctl32_passthru function in drivers/block/cciss.c.

CVE-2013-2141: The do_tkill function in kernel/signal.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain data structure, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted application that makes a (1) tkill or (2) tgkill system call.

CVE-2013-0160: The Linux kernel allowed local users to obtain sensitive information about keystroke timing by using the inotify API on the /dev/ptmx device.

CVE-2012-6537: net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize certain structures, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.

CVE-2013-3222: The vcc_recvmsg function in net/atm/common.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain length variable, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.

CVE-2013-3223: The ax25_recvmsg function in net/ax25/af_ax25.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain data structure, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.

CVE-2013-3224: The bt_sock_recvmsg function in net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize a certain length variable, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.

CVE-2013-3228: The irda_recvmsg_dgram function in net/irda/af_irda.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain length variable, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.

CVE-2013-3229: The iucv_sock_recvmsg function in net/iucv/af_iucv.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain length variable, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.

CVE-2013-3231: The llc_ui_recvmsg function in net/llc/af_llc.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain length variable, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.

CVE-2013-3232: The nr_recvmsg function in net/netrom/af_netrom.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain data structure, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.

CVE-2013-3234: The rose_recvmsg function in net/rose/af_rose.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain data structure, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.

CVE-2013-3235: net/tipc/socket.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain data structure and a certain length variable, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.

CVE-2013-1827: net/dccp/ccid.h in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for a certain (1) sender or (2) receiver getsockopt call.

CVE-2012-6549: The isofs_export_encode_fh function in fs/isofs/export.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain structure member, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory via a crafted application.

CVE-2012-6547: The __tun_chr_ioctl function in drivers/net/tun.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain structure, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application.

CVE-2012-6546: The ATM implementation in the Linux kernel did not initialize certain structures, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application.

CVE-2012-6544: The Bluetooth protocol stack in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize certain structures, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application that targets the (1) L2CAP or (2) HCI implementation.

CVE-2012-6545: The Bluetooth RFCOMM implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize certain structures, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted application.

CVE-2012-6542: The llc_ui_getname function in net/llc/af_llc.c in the Linux kernel had an incorrect return value in certain circumstances, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application that leverages an uninitialized pointer argument.

CVE-2012-6541: The ccid3_hc_tx_getsockopt function in net/dccp/ccids/ccid3.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain structure, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application.

CVE-2012-6540: The do_ip_vs_get_ctl function in net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain structure for IP_VS_SO_GET_TIMEOUT commands, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application.

CVE-2013-0914: The flush_signal_handlers function in kernel/signal.c in the Linux kernel preserved the value of the sa_restorer field across an exec operation, which made it easier for local users to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted application containing a sigaction system call.

CVE-2011-2492: The bluetooth subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize certain data structures, which allowed local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted getsockopt system call, related to (1) the l2cap_sock_getsockopt_old function in net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c and (2) the rfcomm_sock_getsockopt_old function in net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c.

CVE-2013-2206: The sctp_sf_do_5_2_4_dupcook function in net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c in the SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle associations during the processing of a duplicate COOKIE ECHO chunk, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted SCTP traffic.

CVE-2012-6539: The dev_ifconf function in net/socket.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain structure, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application.

CVE-2013-2232: The ip6_sk_dst_check function in net/ipv6/ip6_output.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by using an AF_INET6 socket for a connection to an IPv4 interface.

CVE-2013-2164: The mmc_ioctl_cdrom_read_data function in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a read operation on a malfunctioning CD-ROM drive.

CVE-2012-4444: The ip6_frag_queue function in net/ipv6/reassembly.c in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to bypass intended network restrictions via overlapping IPv6 fragments.

CVE-2013-1928: The do_video_set_spu_palette function in fs/compat_ioctl.c in the Linux kernel on unspecified architectures lacked a certain error check, which might have allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted VIDEO_SET_SPU_PALETTE ioctl call on a /dev/dvb device.

CVE-2013-0871: Race condition in the ptrace functionality in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges via a PTRACE_SETREGS ptrace system call in a crafted application, as demonstrated by ptrace_death.

CVE-2013-0268: The msr_open function in arch/x86/kernel/msr.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to bypass intended capability restrictions by executing a crafted application as root, as demonstrated by msr32.c.

CVE-2012-3510: Use-after-free vulnerability in the xacct_add_tsk function in kernel/tsacct.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (system crash) via a taskstats TASKSTATS_CMD_ATTR_PID command.

CVE-2011-4110: The user_update function in security/keys/user_defined.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and kernel oops) via vectors related to a user-defined key and 'updating a negative key into a fully instantiated key.'

CVE-2012-2136: The sock_alloc_send_pskb function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel did not properly validate a certain length value, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and system crash) or possibly gain privileges by leveraging access to a TUN/TAP device.

CVE-2009-4020: Stack-based buffer overflow in the hfs subsystem in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via a crafted Hierarchical File System (HFS) filesystem, related to the hfs_readdir function in fs/hfs/dir.c.

CVE-2011-2928: The befs_follow_link function in fs/befs/linuxvfs.c in the Linux kernel did not validate the length attribute of long symlinks, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (incorrect pointer dereference and OOPS) by accessing a long symlink on a malformed Be filesystem.

CVE-2011-4077: Buffer overflow in the xfs_readlink function in fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c in XFS in the Linux kernel, when CONFIG_XFS_DEBUG is disabled, allowed local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an XFS image containing a symbolic link with a long pathname.

CVE-2011-4324: The encode_share_access function in fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (BUG and system crash) by using the mknod system call with a pathname on an NFSv4 filesystem.

CVE-2011-4330: Stack-based buffer overflow in the hfs_mac2asc function in fs/hfs/trans.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an HFS image with a crafted len field.

CVE-2011-1172: net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c in the IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel did not place the expected 0 character at the end of string data in the values of certain structure members, which allowed local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability to issue a crafted request, and then reading the argument to the resulting modprobe process.

CVE-2011-2525: The qdisc_notify function in net/sched/sch_api.c in the Linux kernel did not prevent tc_fill_qdisc function calls referencing builtin (aka CQ_F_BUILTIN) Qdisc structures, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted call.

CVE-2011-2699: The IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel did not generate Fragment Identification values separately for each destination, which made it easier for remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disrupted networking) by predicting these values and sending crafted packets.

CVE-2011-1171: net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c in the IPv4 implementation in the Linux kernel did not place the expected 0 character at the end of string data in the values of certain structure members, which allowed local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability to issue a crafted request, and then reading the argument to the resulting modprobe process.

CVE-2011-1170: net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c in the IPv4 implementation in the Linux kernel did not place the expected 0 character at the end of string data in the values of certain structure members, which allowed local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability to issue a crafted request, and then reading the argument to the resulting modprobe process.

CVE-2011-3209: The div_long_long_rem implementation in include/asm-x86/div64.h in the Linux kernel on the x86 platform allowed local users to cause a denial of service (Divide Error Fault and panic) via a clock_gettime system call.

CVE-2011-2213: The inet_diag_bc_audit function in net/ipv4/inet_diag.c in the Linux kernel did not properly audit INET_DIAG bytecode, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (kernel infinite loop) via crafted INET_DIAG_REQ_BYTECODE instructions in a netlink message, as demonstrated by an INET_DIAG_BC_JMP instruction with a zero yes value, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-3880.

CVE-2011-2534: Buffer overflow in the clusterip_proc_write function in net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_CLUSTERIP.c in the Linux kernel might have allowed local users to cause a denial of service or have unspecified other impact via a crafted write operation, related to string data that lacks a terminating 0 character.

CVE-2011-2699: The IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel did not generate Fragment Identification values separately for each destination, which made it easier for remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disrupted networking) by predicting these values and sending crafted packets.

CVE-2011-2203: The hfs_find_init function in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and Oops) by mounting an HFS file system with a malformed MDB extent record.

CVE-2009-4067: A USB string descriptor overflow in the auerwald USB driver was fixed, which could be used by physically proximate attackers to cause a kernel crash.

CVE-2011-3363: The setup_cifs_sb function in fs/cifs/connect.c in the Linux kernel did not properly handle DFS referrals, which allowed remote CIFS servers to cause a denial of service (system crash) by placing a referral at the root of a share.

CVE-2011-2484: 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-2011-4132: The cleanup_journal_tail function in the Journaling Block Device (JBD) functionality in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (assertion error and kernel oops) via an ext3 or ext4 image with an 'invalid log first block value.'

CVE-2010-4249: The wait_for_unix_gc function in net/unix/garbage.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc3-next-20101125 does not properly select times for garbage collection of inflight sockets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via crafted use of the socketpair and sendmsg system calls for SOCK_SEQPACKET sockets.

The following bugs have been fixed :

patches.fixes/allow-executables-larger-than-2GB.patch: Allow executables larger than 2GB (bnc#836856).

cio: prevent kernel panic after unexpected I/O interrupt (bnc#649868,LTC#67975).

  - cio: Add timeouts for internal IO     (bnc#701550,LTC#72691). kernel: first time swap use     results in heavy swapping (bnc#701550,LTC#73132).

    qla2xxx: Do not be so verbose on underrun detected

    patches.arch/i386-run-tsc-calibration-5-times.patch: Fix     the patch, the logic was wrong (bnc#537165, bnc#826551).

    xfs: Do not reclaim new inodes in xfs_sync_inodes()     (bnc#770980 bnc#811752).

    kbuild: Fix gcc -x syntax (bnc#773831).

    e1000e: stop cleaning when we reach tx_ring->next_to_use     (bnc#762825).

    Fix race condition about network device name allocation     (bnc#747576).

    kdump: bootmem map over crash reserved region     (bnc#749168, bnc#722400, bnc#742881).

    tcp: fix race condition leading to premature termination     of sockets in FIN_WAIT2 state and connection being reset     (bnc#745760)

    tcp: drop SYN+FIN messages (bnc#765102).

    net/linkwatch: Handle jiffies wrap-around (bnc#740131).

    patches.fixes/vm-dirty-bytes: Provide     /proc/sys/vm/dirty_{background_,}bytes for tuning     (bnc#727597).

    ipmi: Fix deadlock in start_next_msg() (bnc#730749).

    cpu-hotplug: release workqueue_mutex properly on CPU     hot-remove (bnc#733407).

    libiscsi: handle init task failures (bnc#721351).

    NFS/sunrpc: do not use a credential with extra groups     (bnc#725878).

    x86_64: fix reboot hang when 'reboot=b' is passed to the     kernel (bnc#721267).

    nf_nat: do not add NAT extension for confirmed     conntracks (bnc#709213).

    xfs: fix memory reclaim recursion deadlock on locked     inode buffer (bnc#699355 bnc#699354 bnc#721830).

    ipmi: do not grab locks in run-to-completion mode     (bnc#717421).

    cciss: do not attempt to read from a write-only register     (bnc#683101).

    qla2xxx: Disable MSI-X initialization (bnc#693513).

    Allow balance_dirty_pages to help other filesystems     (bnc#709369).

  - nfs: fix congestion control (bnc#709369).

  - NFS: Separate metadata and page cache revalidation     mechanisms (bnc#709369). knfsd: nfsd4: fix laundromat     shutdown race (bnc#752556).

    x87: Do not synchronize TSCs across cores if they     already should be synchronized by HW (bnc#615418     bnc#609220).

    reiserfs: Fix int overflow while calculating free space     (bnc#795075).

    af_unix: limit recursion level (bnc#656153).

    bcm43xx: netlink deadlock fix (bnc#850241).

    jbd: Issue cache flush after checkpointing (bnc#731770).

    cfq: Fix infinite loop in cfq_preempt_queue()     (bnc#724692).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2011-1386 advisory.

    - Revert: [xen] passthrough: block VT-d MSI trap injection (Paolo Bonzini) [716301 716302] {CVE-2011-1898}
    - [net] bridge: fix use after free in __br_deliver (Amerigo Wang) [730949 703045] {CVE-2011-2942}
    - [misc] remove div_long_long_rem (Prarit Bhargava) [732879 732614] {CVE-2011-3209}
    - [net] be2net: fix crash receiving non-member VLAN packets (Ivan Vecera) [736430 730239] {CVE-2011-3347}
    - [net] be2net: Use NTWK_RX_FILTER command for promiscous mode (Ivan Vecera) [736430 730239]     {CVE-2011-3347}
    - [net] be2net: non-member vlan pkts not received in promisc mode (Ivan Vecera) [736430 730239]     {CVE-2011-3347}
    - [net] be2net: remove bogus unlikely on vlan check (Ivan Vecera) [736430 730239] {CVE-2011-3347}
    - [net] Compute protocol seq numbers and fragment IDs using MD5 (Jiri Pirko) [732662 732663]     {CVE-2011-3188}
    - [crypto] Move md5_transform to lib/md5.c (Jiri Pirko) [732662 732663] {CVE-2011-3188}
    - [mm] avoid wrapping vm_pgoff in mremap and stack expansion (Jerome Marchand) [716543 716544]     {CVE-2011-2496}
    - [fs] ecryptfs: Add mount option to check uid of mounting device (Eric Sandeen) [731173 731174]     {CVE-2011-1833}
    - [net] ipv6: make fragment identifications less predictable (Jiri Pirko) [723430 723431] {CVE-2011-2699}
    - [net] ipv6: Remove unused skb argument of ipv6_select_ident (Jiri Pirko) [723430 723431] {CVE-2011-2699}
    - [misc] taskstats: don't allow duplicate entries in listener mode (Jerome Marchand) [715449 715450]     {CVE-2011-2484}
    - [net] gro: Only reset frag0 when skb can be pulled (Herbert Xu) [726553 679682] {CVE-2011-2723}
    - [xen] passthrough: block VT-d MSI trap injection (Paolo Bonzini) [716301 716302] {CVE-2011-1898}
    - [xen] iommu: disable bus-mastering on hw that causes IOMMU fault (Laszlo Ersek) [730342 730343]     {CVE-2011-3131}
    - [usb] auerswald: fix buffer overflow (Don Zickus) [722395 722396] {CVE-2009-4067}
    - [fs] cifs: fix possible memory corruption in CIFSFindNext (Jeff Layton) [732870 736654 732869 732471]     {CVE-2011-3191}
    - [fs] cifs: revert special handling for matching krb5 sessions (Jeff Layton) [697395 697396]     {CVE-2011-1585}
    - [fs] cifs: check for NULL session password (Jeff Layton) [697395 697396] {CVE-2011-1585}
    - [fs] cifs: fix NULL pointer dereference in cifs_find_smb_ses (Jeff Layton) [697395 697396]     {CVE-2011-1585}
    - [fs] cifs: clean up cifs_find_smb_ses (Jeff Layton) [697395 697396] {CVE-2011-1585}
    - [char] tpm: Fix uninitialized usage of data buffer (Stanislaw Gruszka) [684672 684673] {CVE-2011-1160}
    - [fs] ext4: Fix max size and logical block counting of extent file (Lukas Czerner) [722562 722563]     {CVE-2011-2695}

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2011:1419 advisory.

  - kernel: net: improve sequence number generation (CVE-2011-3188)

  - kernel: panic occurs when clock_gettime() is called (CVE-2011-3209)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 Long Life.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

This update fixes the following security issue :

* A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's clock implementation on 32-bit, SMP (symmetric multiprocessing) systems. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a divide error fault, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2011-3209, Moderate)

Red Hat would like to thank Yasuaki Ishimatsu for reporting this issue.

Users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

a. vCenter and ESX update to JRE 1.6.0 Update 31

   The Oracle (Sun) JRE is updated to version 1.6.0_31, which    addresses multiple security issues. Oracle has documented the    CVE identifiers that are addressed by this update in the Oracle    Java SE Critical Patch Update Advisory of February 2012.

b. vCenter Update Manager update to JRE 1.5.0 Update 36

   The Oracle (Sun) JRE is updated to 1.5.0_36 to address multiple    security issues.  Oracle has documented the CVE identifiers that    are addressed in JRE 1.5.0_36 in the Oracle Java SE Critical    Patch Update Advisory for June 2012.

c. Update to ESX/ESXi userworld OpenSSL library

   The ESX/ESXi userworld OpenSSL library is updated from version    0.9.8p to version 0.9.8t to resolve multiple security issues.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)    has assigned the names CVE-2010-4180, CVE-2010-4252,    CVE-2011-0014, CVE-2011-4108, CVE-2011-4109, CVE-2011-4576,    CVE-2011-4577, CVE-2011-4619, and CVE-2012-0050 to these issues.

d. Update to ESX service console OpenSSL RPM

   The service console OpenSSL RPM is updated to version    0.9.8e-22.el5_8.3 to resolve a security issue.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)    has assigned the name CVE-2012-2110 to this issue.

e. Update to ESX service console kernel

   The ESX service console kernel is updated to resolve multiple    security issues.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)    has assigned the names CVE-2011-1833, CVE-2011-2484,    CVE-2011-2496, CVE-2011-3188, CVE-2011-3209, CVE-2011-3363,    CVE-2011-4110, CVE-2011-1020, CVE-2011-4132, CVE-2011-4324,    CVE-2011-4325, CVE-2012-0207, CVE-2011-2699, and CVE-2012-1583    to these issues.

f. Update to ESX service console Perl RPM

   The ESX service console Perl RPM is updated to    perl-5.8.8.32.1.8999.vmw to resolve multiple security issues.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)    has assigned the names CVE-2010-2761, CVE-2010-4410, and    CVE-2011-3597 to these issues.

g. Update to ESX service console libxml2 RPMs

   The ESX service console libmxl2 RPMs are updated to    libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.15.el5_8.2 and    libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.15.el5_8.2 to resolve a security    issue.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)    has assigned the name CVE-2012-0841 to this issue.

h. Update to ESX service console glibc RPM

   The ESX service console glibc RPM is updated to version    glibc-2.5-81.el5_8.1 to resolve multiple security issues.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)   has assigned the names CVE-2009-5029, CVE-2009-5064,    CVE-2010-0830, CVE-2011-1089, CVE-2011-4609, and CVE-2012-0864    to these issue.

i. Update to ESX service console GnuTLS RPM

   The ESX service console GnuTLS RPM is updated to version    1.4.1-7.el5_8.2 to resolve multiple security issues.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)    has assigned the names CVE-2011-4128, CVE-2012-1569, and    CVE-2012-1573 to these issues.

j. Update to ESX service console popt, rpm, rpm-libs,    and rpm-python RPMS

   The ESX service console popt, rpm, rpm-libs, and rpm-python RPMS    are updated to the following versions to resolve multiple    security issues :
      - popt-1.10.2.3-28.el5_8
      - rpm-4.4.2.3-28.el5_8
      - rpm-libs-4.4.2.3-28.el5_8
      - rpm-python-4.4.2.3-28.el5_8

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)    has assigned the name CVE-2012-0060, CVE-2012-0061, and    CVE-2012-0815 to these issues.

k. Vulnerability in third-party Apache Struts component

   The version of Apache Struts in vCenter Operations has been    updated to 2.3.4 which addresses an arbitrary file overwrite    vulnerability. This vulnerability allows an attacker to create    a denial of service by overwriting arbitrary files without    authentication. The attacker would need to be on the same network    as the system where vCOps is installed.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has    assigned the name CVE-2012-0393 to this issue.

   Note: Apache struts 2.3.4 addresses the following issues as well :
   CVE-2011-5057, CVE-2012-0391, CVE-2012-0392, CVE-2012-0394. It    was found that these do not affect vCOps.

   VMware would like to thank Alexander Minozhenko from ERPScan for    reporting this issue to us.

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

Security fixes :

  - The maximum file offset handling for ext4 file systems     could allow a local, unprivileged user to cause a denial     of service. (CVE-2011-2695, Important)

  - IPv6 fragment identification value generation could     allow a remote attacker to disrupt a target system's     networking, preventing legitimate users from accessing     its services. (CVE-2011-2699, Important)

  - A malicious CIFS (Common Internet File System) server     could send a specially crafted response to a directory     read request that would result in a denial of service or     privilege escalation on a system that has a CIFS share     mounted. (CVE-2011-3191, Important)

  - A local attacker could use mount.ecryptfs_private to     mount (and then access) a directory they would otherwise     not have access to. Note: To correct this issue, a     ecryptfs-utils update must also be installed.
    (CVE-2011-1833, Moderate)

  - A flaw in the taskstats subsystem could allow a local,     unprivileged user to cause excessive CPU time and memory     use. (CVE-2011-2484, Moderate)

  - Mapping expansion handling could allow a local,     unprivileged user to cause a denial of service.
    (CVE-2011-2496, Moderate)

  - GRO (Generic Receive Offload) fields could be left in an     inconsistent state. An attacker on the local network     could use this flaw to cause a denial of service. GRO is     enabled by default in all network drivers that support     it. (CVE-2011-2723, Moderate)

  - A previous update introduced a regression in the     Ethernet bridge implementation. If a system had an     interface in a bridge, and an attacker on the local     network could send packets to that interface, they could     cause a denial of service on that system. Xen hypervisor     and KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) hosts often     deploy bridge interfaces. (CVE-2011-2942, Moderate)

  - A flaw in the Xen hypervisor IOMMU error handling     implementation could allow a privileged guest user,     within a guest operating system that has direct control     of a PCI device, to cause performance degradation on the     host and possibly cause it to hang. (CVE-2011-3131,     Moderate)

  - IPv4 and IPv6 protocol sequence number and fragment ID     generation could allow a man-in-the-middle attacker to     inject packets and possibly hijack connections. Protocol     sequence number and fragment IDs are now more random.
    (CVE-2011-3188, Moderate)

  - A flaw in the kernel's clock implementation could allow     a local, unprivileged user to cause a denial of service.
    (CVE-2011-3209, Moderate)

  - Non-member VLAN (virtual LAN) packet handling for     interfaces in promiscuous mode and also using the be2net     driver could allow an attacker on the local network to     cause a denial of service. (CVE-2011-3347, Moderate)

  - A flaw in the auerswald USB driver could allow a local,     unprivileged user to cause a denial of service or     escalate their privileges by inserting a specially     crafted USB device. (CVE-2009-4067, Low)

  - A flaw in the Trusted Platform Module (TPM)     implementation could allow a local, unprivileged user to     leak information to user space. (CVE-2011-1160, Low)

  - A local, unprivileged user could possibly mount a CIFS     share that requires authentication without knowing the     correct password if the mount was already mounted by     another local user. (CVE-2011-1585, Low)

This Linux kernel update fixes various security issues and bugs in the SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP4 kernel.

This update fixes the following security issues :

  - X.25 remote DoS. (CVE-2010-3873). (bnc#651219)

  - X.25 remote Dos. (CVE-2010-4164). (bnc#653260)

  - 1 socket local DoS. (CVE-2010-4249). (bnc#655696)

  - ebtables infoleak. (CVE-2011-1080). (bnc#676602)

  - netfilter: arp_tables infoleak to userspace.
    (CVE-2011-1170). (bnc#681180)

  - netfilter: ip_tables infoleak to userspace.
    (CVE-2011-1171). (bnc#681181)

  - netfilter: ip6_tables infoleak to userspace.
    (CVE-2011-1172). (bnc#681185)

  - econet 4 byte infoleak. (CVE-2011-1173). (bnc#681186)

  - hfs NULL pointer dereference. (CVE-2011-2203).
    (bnc#699709)

  - inet_diag infinite loop. (CVE-2011-2213). (bnc#700879)

  - netfilter: ipt_CLUSTERIP buffer overflow.
    (CVE-2011-2534). (bnc#702037)

  - ipv6: make fragment identifications less predictable.
    (CVE-2011-2699). (bnc#707288)

  - clock_gettime() panic. (CVE-2011-3209). (bnc#726064)

  - qdisc NULL dereference (CVE-2011-2525) This update also     fixes the following non-security issues:. (bnc#735612)

  - New timesource for VMware platform. (bnc#671124)

  - usblp crashes after the printer is unplugged for the     second time. (bnc#673343)

  - Data corruption with mpt2sas driver. (bnc#704253)

  - NIC Bond no longer works when booting the XEN kernel.
    (bnc#716437)

  - 'reboot=b' kernel command line hangs system on reboot.
    (bnc#721267)

  - kernel panic at iscsi_xmitwork function. (bnc#721351)

  - NFS supplementary group permissions. (bnc#725878)

  - IBM LTC System z Maintenance Kernel Patches (#59).
    (bnc#726843)

  - NFS slowness. (bnc#727597)

  - IBM LTC System z maintenance kernel patches (#60).
    (bnc#728341)

  - propagate MAC-address to VLAN-interface. (bnc#729117)

  - ipmi deadlock in start_next_msg. (bnc#730749)

  - ext3 filesystem corruption after crash. (bnc#731770)

  - IBM LTC System z maintenance kernel patches (#61).
    (bnc#732375)

  - hangs when offlining a CPU core. (bnc#733407)

Peter Huewe discovered an information leak in the handling of reading security-related TPM data. A local, unprivileged user could read the results of a previous TPM command. (CVE-2011-1162)

Vasiliy Kulikov discovered that taskstats did not enforce access restrictions. A local attacker could exploit this to read certain information, leading to a loss of privacy. (CVE-2011-2494)

Qianfeng Zhang discovered that the bridge networking interface incorrectly handled certain network packets. A remote attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service.
(CVE-2011-2942)

Yasuaki Ishimatsu discovered a flaw in the kernel's clock implementation. A local unprivileged attacker could exploit this causing a denial of service. (CVE-2011-3209)

Zheng Liu discovered a flaw in how the ext4 filesystem splits extents.
A local unprivileged attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2011-3638)

Scot Doyle discovered that the bridge networking interface incorrectly handled certain network packets. A remote attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2011-4087)

A bug was found in the way headroom check was performed in udp6_ufo_fragment() function. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash the system. (CVE-2011-4326).

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.

It was discovered that CIFS incorrectly handled authentication. When a user had a CIFS share mounted that required authentication, a local user could mount the same share without knowing the correct password.
(CVE-2011-1585)

It was discovered that the GRE protocol incorrectly handled netns initialization. A remote attacker could send a packet while the ip_gre module was loading, and crash the system, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2011-1767)

It was discovered that the IP/IP protocol incorrectly handled netns initialization. A remote attacker could send a packet while the ipip module was loading, and crash the system, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2011-1768)

Vasily Averin discovered that the NFS Lock Manager (NLM) incorrectly handled unlock requests. A local attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2011-2491)

Robert Swiecki discovered that mapping extensions were incorrectly handled. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2011-2496)

Ben Pfaff discovered that Classless Queuing Disciplines (qdiscs) were being incorrectly handled. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2011-2525)

Yasuaki Ishimatsu discovered a flaw in the kernel's clock implementation. A local unprivileged attacker could exploit this causing a denial of service. (CVE-2011-3209).

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.

It was discovered that the /proc filesystem did not correctly handle permission changes when programs executed. A local attacker could hold open files to examine details about programs running with higher privileges, potentially increasing the chances of exploiting additional vulnerabilities. (CVE-2011-1020)

Vasiliy Kulikov discovered that the Bluetooth stack did not correctly clear memory. A local attacker could exploit this to read kernel stack memory, leading to a loss of privacy. (CVE-2011-1078)

Vasiliy Kulikov discovered that the Bluetooth stack did not correctly check that device name strings were NULL terminated. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service, or leak contents of kernel stack memory, leading to a loss of privacy. (CVE-2011-1079)

Vasiliy Kulikov discovered that bridge network filtering did not check that name fields were NULL terminated. A local attacker could exploit this to leak contents of kernel stack memory, leading to a loss of privacy. (CVE-2011-1080)

Johan Hovold discovered that the DCCP network stack did not correctly handle certain packet combinations. A remote attacker could send specially crafted network traffic that would crash the system, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2011-1093)

Peter Huewe discovered that the TPM device did not correctly initialize memory. A local attacker could exploit this to read kernel heap memory contents, leading to a loss of privacy. (CVE-2011-1160)

Dan Rosenberg discovered that the IRDA subsystem did not correctly check certain field sizes. If a system was using IRDA, a remote attacker could send specially crafted traffic to crash the system or gain root privileges. (CVE-2011-1180)

Ryan Sweat discovered that the GRO code did not correctly validate memory. In some configurations on systems using VLANs, a remote attacker could send specially crafted traffic to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2011-1478)

It was discovered that the security fix for CVE-2010-4250 introduced a regression. A remote attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2011-1479)

Dan Rosenberg discovered that the X.25 Rose network stack did not correctly handle certain fields. If a system was running with Rose enabled, a remote attacker could send specially crafted traffic to gain root privileges. (CVE-2011-1493)

It was discovered that the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) implementation incorrectly calculated lengths. If the net.sctp.addip_enable variable was turned on, a remote attacker could send specially crafted traffic to crash the system. (CVE-2011-1573)

Ryan Sweat discovered that the kernel incorrectly handled certain VLAN packets. On some systems, a remote attacker could send specially crafted traffic to crash the system, leading to a denial of service.
(CVE-2011-1576)

Timo Warns discovered that the GUID partition parsing routines did not correctly validate certain structures. A local attacker with physical access could plug in a specially crafted block device to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2011-1577)

Phil Oester discovered that the network bonding system did not correctly handle large queues. On some systems, a remote attacker could send specially crafted traffic to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2011-1581)

It was discovered that CIFS incorrectly handled authentication. When a user had a CIFS share mounted that required authentication, a local user could mount the same share without knowing the correct password.
(CVE-2011-1585)

It was discovered that the GRE protocol incorrectly handled netns initialization. A remote attacker could send a packet while the ip_gre module was loading, and crash the system, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2011-1767)

It was discovered that the IP/IP protocol incorrectly handled netns initialization. A remote attacker could send a packet while the ipip module was loading, and crash the system, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2011-1768)

Ben Greear discovered that CIFS did not correctly handle direct I/O. A local attacker with access to a CIFS partition could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2011-1771)

Timo Warns discovered that the EFI GUID partition table was not correctly parsed. A physically local attacker that could insert mountable devices could exploit this to crash the system or possibly gain root privileges. (CVE-2011-1776)

Vasiliy Kulikov and Dan Rosenberg discovered that ecryptfs did not correctly check the origin of mount points. A local attacker could exploit this to trick the system into unmounting arbitrary mount points, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2011-1833)

Ben Hutchings reported a flaw in the kernel's handling of corrupt LDM partitions. A local user could exploit this to cause a denial of service or escalate privileges. (CVE-2011-2182)

Dan Rosenberg discovered that the IPv4 diagnostic routines did not correctly validate certain requests. A local attacker could exploit this to consume CPU resources, leading to a denial of service.
(CVE-2011-2213)

It was discovered that an mmap() call with the MAP_PRIVATE flag on '/dev/zero' was incorrectly handled. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service.
(CVE-2011-2479)

Vasiliy Kulikov discovered that taskstats listeners were not correctly handled. A local attacker could exploit this to exhaust memory and CPU resources, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2011-2484)

It was discovered that Bluetooth l2cap and rfcomm did not correctly initialize structures. A local attacker could exploit this to read portions of the kernel stack, leading to a loss of privacy.
(CVE-2011-2492)

Sami Liedes discovered that ext4 did not correctly handle missing root inodes. A local attacker could trigger the mount of a specially crafted filesystem to cause the system to crash, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2011-2493)

Robert Swiecki discovered that mapping extensions were incorrectly handled. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2011-2496)

Dan Rosenberg discovered that the Bluetooth stack incorrectly handled certain L2CAP requests. If a system was using Bluetooth, a remote attacker could send specially crafted traffic to crash the system or gain root privileges. (CVE-2011-2497)

Ben Pfaff discovered that Classless Queuing Disciplines (qdiscs) were being incorrectly handled. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2011-2525)

It was discovered that GFS2 did not correctly check block sizes. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2011-2689)

It was discovered that the EXT4 filesystem contained multiple off-by-one flaws. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2011-2695)

Fernando Gont discovered that the IPv6 stack used predictable fragment identification numbers. A remote attacker could exploit this to exhaust network resources, leading to a denial of service.
(CVE-2011-2699)

Mauro Carvalho Chehab discovered that the si4713 radio driver did not correctly check the length of memory copies. If this hardware was available, a local attacker could exploit this to crash the system or gain root privileges. (CVE-2011-2700)

Herbert Xu discovered that certain fields were incorrectly handled when Generic Receive Offload (CVE-2011-2723)

The performance counter subsystem did not correctly handle certain counters. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2011-2918)

Time Warns discovered that long symlinks were incorrectly handled on Be filesystems. A local attacker could exploit this with a malformed Be filesystem and crash the system, leading to a denial of service.
(CVE-2011-2928)

Qianfeng Zhang discovered that the bridge networking interface incorrectly handled certain network packets. A remote attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service.
(CVE-2011-2942)

Dan Kaminsky discovered that the kernel incorrectly handled random sequence number generation. An attacker could use this flaw to possibly predict sequence numbers and inject packets. (CVE-2011-3188)

Darren Lavender discovered that the CIFS client incorrectly handled certain large values. A remote attacker with a malicious server could exploit this to crash the system or possibly execute arbitrary code as the root user. (CVE-2011-3191)

Yasuaki Ishimatsu discovered a flaw in the kernel's clock implementation. A local unprivileged attacker could exploit this causing a denial of service. (CVE-2011-3209)

Yogesh Sharma discovered that CIFS did not correctly handle UNCs that had no prefixpaths. A local attacker with access to a CIFS partition could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2011-3363)

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's AppArmor security interface when invalid information was written to it. An unprivileged local user could use this to cause a denial of service on the system.
(CVE-2011-3619)

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's /proc/*/*map* interface. A local, unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2011-3637)

Scot Doyle discovered that the bridge networking interface incorrectly handled certain network packets. A remote attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2011-4087)

A bug was found in the way headroom check was performed in udp6_ufo_fragment() function. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash the system. (CVE-2011-4326)

Ben Hutchings discovered several flaws in the Linux Rose (X.25 PLP) layer. A local user or a remote user on an X.25 network could exploit these flaws to execute arbitrary code as root. (CVE-2011-4914).

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.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2011:1386 advisory.

  - kernel: usb: buffer overflow in auerswald_probe() (CVE-2009-4067)

  - kernel: tpm infoleaks (CVE-2011-1160)

  - kernel: cifs session reuse (CVE-2011-1585)

  - kernel: ecryptfs: mount source TOCTOU race (CVE-2011-1833)

  - kernel: taskstats: duplicate entries in listener mode can lead to DoS (CVE-2011-2484)

  - kernel: mm: avoid wrapping vm_pgoff in mremap() and stack expansions (CVE-2011-2496)

  - kernel: ext4: kernel panic when writing data to the last block of sparse file (CVE-2011-2695)

  - kernel: ipv6: make fragment identifications less predictable (CVE-2011-2699)

  - kernel: gro: only reset frag0 when skb can be pulled (CVE-2011-2723)

  - kernel: bridge: null pointer dereference in __br_deliver (CVE-2011-2942)

  - kernel: xen: IOMMU fault livelock (CVE-2011-3131)

  - kernel: net: improve sequence number generation (CVE-2011-3188)

  - kernel: cifs: signedness issue in CIFSFindNext() (CVE-2011-3191)

  - kernel: panic occurs when clock_gettime() is called (CVE-2011-3209)

  - kernel: be2net: promiscuous mode and non-member VLAN packets DoS (CVE-2011-3347)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues, several bugs, and add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team 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.

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

Security fixes :

* The maximum file offset handling for ext4 file systems could allow a local, unprivileged user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2011-2695, Important)

* IPv6 fragment identification value generation could allow a remote attacker to disrupt a target system's networking, preventing legitimate users from accessing its services. (CVE-2011-2699, Important)

* A malicious CIFS (Common Internet File System) server could send a specially crafted response to a directory read request that would result in a denial of service or privilege escalation on a system that has a CIFS share mounted. (CVE-2011-3191, Important)

* A local attacker could use mount.ecryptfs_private to mount (and then access) a directory they would otherwise not have access to. Note: To correct this issue, the RHSA-2011:1241 ecryptfs-utils update must also be installed. (CVE-2011-1833, Moderate)

* A flaw in the taskstats subsystem could allow a local, unprivileged user to cause excessive CPU time and memory use. (CVE-2011-2484, Moderate)

* Mapping expansion handling could allow a local, unprivileged user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2011-2496, Moderate)

* GRO (Generic Receive Offload) fields could be left in an inconsistent state. An attacker on the local network could use this flaw to cause a denial of service. GRO is enabled by default in all network drivers that support it. (CVE-2011-2723, Moderate)

* RHSA-2011:1065 introduced a regression in the Ethernet bridge implementation. If a system had an interface in a bridge, and an attacker on the local network could send packets to that interface, they could cause a denial of service on that system. Xen hypervisor and KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) hosts often deploy bridge interfaces. (CVE-2011-2942, Moderate)

* A flaw in the Xen hypervisor IOMMU error handling implementation could allow a privileged guest user, within a guest operating system that has direct control of a PCI device, to cause performance degradation on the host and possibly cause it to hang. (CVE-2011-3131, Moderate)

* IPv4 and IPv6 protocol sequence number and fragment ID generation could allow a man-in-the-middle attacker to inject packets and possibly hijack connections. Protocol sequence number and fragment IDs are now more random. (CVE-2011-3188, Moderate)

* A flaw in the kernel's clock implementation could allow a local, unprivileged user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2011-3209, Moderate)

* Non-member VLAN (virtual LAN) packet handling for interfaces in promiscuous mode and also using the be2net driver could allow an attacker on the local network to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2011-3347, Moderate)

* A flaw in the auerswald USB driver could allow a local, unprivileged user to cause a denial of service or escalate their privileges by inserting a specially crafted USB device. (CVE-2009-4067, Low)

* A flaw in the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) implementation could allow a local, unprivileged user to leak information to user space.
(CVE-2011-1160, Low)

* A local, unprivileged user could possibly mount a CIFS share that requires authentication without knowing the correct password if the mount was already mounted by another local user. (CVE-2011-1585, Low)

Red Hat would like to thank Fernando Gont for reporting CVE-2011-2699;
Darren Lavender for reporting CVE-2011-3191; the Ubuntu Security Team for reporting CVE-2011-1833; Vasiliy Kulikov of Openwall for reporting CVE-2011-2484; Robert Swiecki for reporting CVE-2011-2496; Brent Meshier for reporting CVE-2011-2723; Dan Kaminsky for reporting CVE-2011-3188; Yasuaki Ishimatsu for reporting CVE-2011-3209; Somnath Kotur for reporting CVE-2011-3347; Rafael Dominguez Vega for reporting CVE-2009-4067; and Peter Huewe for reporting CVE-2011-1160. The Ubuntu Security Team acknowledges Vasiliy Kulikov of Openwall and Dan Rosenberg as the original reporters of CVE-2011-1833.

The remote CentOS system is missing a security update which has been documented in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2011-1386.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
89038	VMware ESX / ESXi Third-Party Libraries Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2012-0013) (remote check)	Nessus	Misc.	high
83603	SUSE SLES10 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2013:1832-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
68375	Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2011-1386)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	critical
64005	RHEL 5 : kernel (RHSA-2011:1419)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
64004	RHEL 5 : kernel (RHSA-2011:1418)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
61747	VMSA-2012-0013 : VMware vSphere and vCOps updates to third-party libraries	Nessus	VMware ESX Local Security Checks	critical
61162	Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	critical
59161	SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 7915)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
57659	SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 7918)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
57058	Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux-lts-backport-oneiric vulnerabilities (USN-1294-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
56911	Ubuntu 8.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1268-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
56768	Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux-lts-backport-natty vulnerabilities (USN-1256-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
56577	RHEL 5 : kernel (RHSA-2011:1386)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
56569	CentOS 5 : kernel (CESA-2011:1386)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	critical
801510	CentOS RHSA-2011-1386 Security Check	Log Correlation Engine	Generic	high

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