The encode_share_access function in fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.29 allows 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.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

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

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

  - Buffer overflow in the auerswald_probe function in the Auerswald Linux USB driver for the Linux kernel     before 2.6.27 allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary code, cause a denial of service     via a crafted USB device, or take full control of the system. (CVE-2009-4067)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

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 OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : please see Oracle VM Security Advisory OVMSA-2013-0039 for details.

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2012:0007 :

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.

This update fixes the following security issues :

* A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's XFS file system implementation handled links with overly long path names.
A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service or escalate their privileges by mounting a specially crafted disk. (CVE-2011-4077, Important)

* The fix for CVE-2011-2482 provided by RHSA-2011:1212 introduced a regression: on systems that do not have Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) in Enforcing mode, a socket lock race could occur between sctp_rcv() and sctp_accept(). A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service. By default, SELinux runs in Enforcing mode on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. (CVE-2011-4348, Important)

* The proc file system could allow a local, unprivileged user to obtain sensitive information or possibly cause integrity issues.
(CVE-2011-1020, Moderate)

* A missing validation flaw was found in the Linux kernel's m_stop() implementation. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to trigger a denial of service. (CVE-2011-3637, Moderate)

* A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Journaling Block Device (JBD). A local attacker could use this flaw to crash the system by mounting a specially crafted ext3 or ext4 disk. (CVE-2011-4132, Moderate)

* A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's encode_share_access() implementation. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to trigger a denial of service by creating a regular file on an NFSv4 (Network File System version 4) file system via mknod().
(CVE-2011-4324, Moderate)

* A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's NFS implementation. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2011-4325, Moderate)

* A missing boundary check was found in the Linux kernel's HFS file system implementation. A local attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service or escalate their privileges by mounting a specially crafted disk. (CVE-2011-4330, Moderate)

Red Hat would like to thank Kees Cook for reporting CVE-2011-1020, and Clement Lecigne for reporting CVE-2011-4330.

This update also fixes several bugs and adds one enhancement.
Documentation for these changes will be available shortly from the Technical Notes document linked to in the References section.

Users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues, and fix the bugs and add the enhancement noted in the Technical Notes. 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.

This update fixes the following security issues :

  - A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the Linux     kernel's XFS file system implementation handled links     with overly long path names. A local, unprivileged user     could use this flaw to cause a denial of service or     escalate their privileges by mounting a specially     crafted disk. (CVE-2011-4077, Important)

  - The fix for CVE-2011-2482 provided by a previous update     introduced a regression: on systems that do not have     Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) in Enforcing mode, a     socket lock race could occur between sctp_rcv() and     sctp_accept(). A remote attacker could use this flaw to     cause a denial of service. By default, SELinux runs in     Enforcing mode on Scientific Linux 5. (CVE-2011-4348,     Important)

  - The proc file system could allow a local, unprivileged     user to obtain sensitive information or possibly cause     integrity issues. (CVE-2011-1020, Moderate)

  - A missing validation flaw was found in the Linux     kernel's m_stop() implementation. A local, unprivileged     user could use this flaw to trigger a denial of service.
    (CVE-2011-3637, Moderate)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Journaling Block     Device (JBD). A local attacker could use this flaw to     crash the system by mounting a specially crafted ext3 or     ext4 disk. (CVE-2011-4132, Moderate)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's     encode_share_access() implementation. A local,     unprivileged user could use this flaw to trigger a     denial of service by creating a regular file on an NFSv4     (Network File System version 4) file system via mknod().
    (CVE-2011-4324, Moderate)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's NFS     implementation. A local, unprivileged user could use     this flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2011-4325,     Moderate)

  - A missing boundary check was found in the Linux kernel's     HFS file system implementation. A local attacker could     use this flaw to cause a denial of service or escalate     their privileges by mounting a specially crafted disk.
    (CVE-2011-4330, Moderate)

This update also fixes several bugs and adds one enhancement.

Users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues, and fix the bugs and add the enhancement noted in the Technical Notes. The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

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

The following security issues have been fixed :

  - A memory corruption when mounting a hfsplus filesystem     was fixed that could be used by local attackers able to     mount filesystem to crash the system. (CVE-2012-2319)

  - The dl2k network card driver lacked permission handling     for some ethtool ioctls, which could allow local     attackers to start/stop the network card.
    (CVE-2012-2313)

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

  - Fixed a memory corruption possibility in xfs readlink,     which could be used by local attackers to crash the     system or potentially execute code by mounting a     prepared xfs filesystem image. (CVE-2011-4077)

  - A BUG() error report in the nfs4xdr routines on a NFSv4     mount was fixed that could happen during mknod.
    (CVE-2011-4324)

  - Mounting a corrupted hfs filesystem could lead to a     buffer overflow. (CVE-2011-4330)

The following non-security issues have been fixed :

  - kernel: pfault task state race (bnc#764128,LTC#81724).

  - ap: Toleration for ap bus devices with device type 10.
    (bnc#761389)

  - hugetlb, numa: fix interleave mpol reference count.
    (bnc#762111)

  - cciss: fixup kdump. (bnc#730200)

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

  - qeth: Improve OSA Express 4 blkt defaults     (bnc#754964,LTC#80325).

  - zcrypt: Fix parameter checking for ZSECSENDCPRB ioctl     (bnc#754964,LTC#80378).

  - virtio: add names to virtqueue struct, mapping from     devices to queues. (bnc#742148)

  - virtio: find_vqs/del_vqs virtio operations. (bnc#742148)

  - virtio_pci: optional MSI-X support. (bnc#742148)

  - virtio_pci: split up vp_interrupt. (bnc#742148)

  - knfsd: nfsd4: fix laundromat shutdown race (752556).

  - driver core: Check for valid device in     bus_find_device(). (bnc#729685)

  - VMware detection backport from mainline. (bnc#671124,     bnc#747381)

  - net: adding memory barrier to the poll and receive     callbacks. (bnc#746397 / bnc#750928)

  - qla2xxx: drop reference before wait for completion.
    (bnc#744592)

  - qla2xxx: drop reference before wait for completion.
    (bnc#744592)

  - ixgbe driver sets all WOL flags upon initialization so     that machine is powered on as soon at it is switched     off. (bnc#693639)

  - Properly release MSI(X) vector(s) when MSI(X) gets     disabled. (bnc#723294, bnc#721869)

  - scsi: Always retry internal target error. (bnc#745640)

  - cxgb4: fix parent device access in netdev_printk.
    (bnc#733155)

  - lcs: lcs offline failure (bnc#752486,LTC#79788).

  - qeth: add missing wake_up call (bnc#752486,LTC#79899).

  - NFSD: Fill in WCC data for REMOVE, RMDIR, MKNOD, and     MKDIR. (bnc#751880)

  - xenbus: Reject replies with payload >     XENSTORE_PAYLOAD_MAX.

  - xenbus_dev: add missing error checks to watch handling.

  - blkfront: properly fail packet requests. (bnc#745929)

  - blkback: failure to write 'feature-barrier' node is     non-fatal.

  - igb: Free MSI and MSIX interrupt vectors on driver     remove or shutdown. (bnc#723294)

  - igb: Fix for Alt MAC Address feature on 82580 and later     devices. (bnc#746980)

  - igb: Free MSI and MSIX interrupt vectors on driver     remove or shutdown. (bnc#723294)

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

  - dasd: fix fixpoint divide exception in define_extent     (bnc#750168,LTC#79125).

  - ctcmpc: use correct idal word list for ctcmpc     (bnc#750168,LTC#79264).

  - patches.fixes/ext3-fix-reuse-of-freed-blocks.diff:
    Delete. Patch should not really be needed and apparently     causes a performance regression. (bnc#683270)

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

  - kernel: console interrupts vs. panic     (bnc#737325,LTC#77272).

  - af_iucv: remove IUCV-pathes completely     (bnc#737325,LTC#78292).

  - qdio: wrong buffers-used counter for ERROR buffers     (bnc#737325,LTC#78758).

  - ext3: Fix credit estimate for DIO allocation.
    (bnc#745732)

  - jbd: validate sb->s_first in journal_get_superblock().
    (bnc#730118)

  - ocfs2: serialize unaligned aio. (bnc#671479)

  - cifs: eliminate usage of kthread_stop for cifsd.
    (bnc#718343)

  - virtio: fix wrong type used, resulting in truncated     addresses in bigsmp kernel. (bnc#737899)

  - cciss: Adds simple mode functionality. (bnc#730200)

  - blktap: fix locking (again). (bnc#724734)

  - block: Initial support for data-less (or empty) barrier     support (bnc#734707 FATE#313126).

  - xen: Do not allow empty barriers to be passed down to     queues that do not grok them (bnc#734707 FATE#313126).

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

Dan Rosenberg reported errors in the OSS (Open Sound System) MIDI interface. A local attacker on non-x86 systems might be able to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2011-1476)

Dan Rosenberg reported errors in the kernel's OSS (Open Sound System) driver for Yamaha FM synthesizer chips. A local user can exploit this to cause memory corruption, causing a denial of service or privilege escalation. (CVE-2011-1477)

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)

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's NFSv4 (Network File System version 4) file system. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service by creating a file in a NFSv4 filesystem.
(CVE-2011-4324)

A flaw was found in how the linux kernel handles user-space held futexs. An unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service or possibly elevate privileges. (CVE-2012-0028).

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.

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.

This update fixes the following security issues :

* A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's XFS file system implementation handled links with overly long path names.
A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service or escalate their privileges by mounting a specially crafted disk. (CVE-2011-4077, Important)

* The fix for CVE-2011-2482 provided by RHSA-2011:1212 introduced a regression: on systems that do not have Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) in Enforcing mode, a socket lock race could occur between sctp_rcv() and sctp_accept(). A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service. By default, SELinux runs in Enforcing mode on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. (CVE-2011-4348, Important)

* The proc file system could allow a local, unprivileged user to obtain sensitive information or possibly cause integrity issues.
(CVE-2011-1020, Moderate)

* A missing validation flaw was found in the Linux kernel's m_stop() implementation. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to trigger a denial of service. (CVE-2011-3637, Moderate)

* A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Journaling Block Device (JBD). A local attacker could use this flaw to crash the system by mounting a specially crafted ext3 or ext4 disk. (CVE-2011-4132, Moderate)

* A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's encode_share_access() implementation. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to trigger a denial of service by creating a regular file on an NFSv4 (Network File System version 4) file system via mknod().
(CVE-2011-4324, Moderate)

* A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's NFS implementation. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2011-4325, Moderate)

* A missing boundary check was found in the Linux kernel's HFS file system implementation. A local attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service or escalate their privileges by mounting a specially crafted disk. (CVE-2011-4330, Moderate)

Red Hat would like to thank Kees Cook for reporting CVE-2011-1020, and Clement Lecigne for reporting CVE-2011-4330.

This update also fixes several bugs and adds one enhancement.
Documentation for these changes will be available shortly from the Technical Notes document linked to in the References section.

Users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues, and fix the bugs and add the enhancement noted in the Technical Notes. The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2012:0007 advisory.

  - kernel: no access restrictions of /proc/pid/* after setuid program exec (CVE-2011-1020)

  - kernel: proc: fix oops on invalid /proc/<pid>/maps access (CVE-2011-3637)

  - kernel: xfs: potential buffer overflow in xfs_readlink() (CVE-2011-4077)

  - kernel: jbd/jbd2: invalid value of first log block leads to oops (CVE-2011-4132)

  - kernel: nfsv4: mknod(2) DoS (CVE-2011-4324)

  - kernel: nfs: diotest4 from LTP crash client null pointer deref (CVE-2011-4325)

  - kernel: hfs: add sanity check for file name length (CVE-2011-4330)

  - kernel: incomplete fix for CVE-2011-2482 (CVE-2011-4348)

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

The remote CentOS system is missing a security update which has been documented in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2012-0007.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
199256	RHEL 4 : kernel (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
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
79507	OracleVM 2.2 : kernel (OVMSA-2013-0039)	Nessus	OracleVM Local Security Checks	high
68427	Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2012-0007)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
61747	VMSA-2012-0013 : VMware vSphere and vCOps updates to third-party libraries	Nessus	VMware ESX Local Security Checks	critical
61215	Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20120110)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	high
59522	SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 8162)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
59521	SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 8161)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
58271	Ubuntu 8.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1390-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
57485	CentOS 5 : kernel (CESA-2012:0007)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	medium
57481	RHEL 5 : kernel (RHSA-2012:0007)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
801400	CentOS RHSA-2012-0007 Security Check	Log Correlation Engine	Generic	high

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