SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 4741)

high Nessus Plugin ID 29489

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

This kernel update fixes the following security problems :

- The sysfs_readdir function in the Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel OOPS) by dereferencing a NULL pointer to an inode in a dentry. (CVE-2007-3104)

- A 2 byte buffer underflow in the ieee80211 stack was fixed, which might be used by attackers in the local WLAN reach to crash the machine. (CVE-2007-4997)

- The CIFS filesystem, when Unix extension support is enabled, did not honor the umask of a process, which allowed local users to gain privileges. (CVE-2007-3740)

- It was possible for local user to become root by exploiting a bug in the IA32 system call emulation. This problem affects the x86_64 platform only, on all distributions. (CVE-2007-4573)

This problem was fixed for regular kernels, but had not been fixed for the XEN kernels. This update fixes the problem also for the XEN kernels.

- The (1) aac_cfg_open and (2) aac_compat_ioctl functions in the SCSI layer ioctl path in aacraid did not check permissions for ioctls, which might have allowed local users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges.
(CVE-2007-4308)

- The Linux kernel checked the wrong global variable for the CIFS sec mount option, which might allow remote attackers to spoof CIFS network traffic that the client configured for security signatures, as demonstrated by lack of signing despite sec=ntlmv2i in a SetupAndX request. (CVE-2007-3843)

- Multiple buffer overflows in CIFS VFS in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via long SMB responses that trigger the overflows in the SendReceive function. (CVE-2007-5904)

This requires the attacker to mis-present / replace a CIFS server the client machine is connected to.

- Buffer overflow in the isdn_net_setcfg function in isdn_net.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to have an unknown impact via a crafted argument to the isdn_ioctl function. (CVE-2007-6063)

and the following non security bugs :

-

patches.drivers/pci-delete-ACPI-hook-from-pci_set_power_stat e.patch:
Delete ACPI hook from pci_set_power_state() [#162320] Still execute the code on Lenovo ThinkPads (or USB ports do not work anymore after suspend [#329232]

- patches.drivers/alsa-post-sp1-hda-probe-blacklist:
[ALSA] hda-intel - Add probe_mask blacklist [#172330]

- patches.drivers/alsa-post-sp1-hda-robust-probe: [ALSA] hda-intel - Improve HD-audio codec probing robustness [#172330]

- patches.arch/i386-hpet-lost-interrupts-fix.patch:
Backport i386 hpet lost interrupts code [#257035]

- patches.fixes/megaraid_mbox-dell-cerc-support: Dell CERC support for megaraid_mbox [#267134]

- patches.fixes/nfsv4-MAXNAME-fix.diff: knfsd: query filesystem for NFSv4 getattr of FATTR4_MAXNAME [#271803]
-

patches.drivers/ide-amd74xx-add-ignore_enablebits-parameter: amd74xx:
add ignore_enable_bits module parameter [#272786]

- patches.fixes/legacy-pty-count-kernel-parm.patch: Add a kernel boot parameter to overwrite the legacy PTY count.
The default value of 64 is insufficient occasionally [#277846]

- patches.fixes/lockd-grant-shutdown: Stop GRANT callback from crashing if NFS server has been stopped. [#292478]

- Kernel update to 2.6.16.54 [#298719] including (among others) :

- lots of md fixes

- fix of sparc bugs

- fix of TCP handling of SACK in bidirectional flows

- fix of MCA bus matching

- fix of PPC issues :

- Fix osize too small errors when decoding mppe.

- Fix output buffer size in ppp_decompress_frame(). -

patches.fixes/assign-task_struct.exit_code-before-taskstats_ exit.patch: Assign task_struct.exit_code before taskstats_exit() [#307504]

- patches.fixes/bonding_no_addrconf_for_bond_slaves:
bonding / ipv6: no addrconf for slaves separately from master. [#310254]

- patches.fixes/bonding_support_carrier_state_for_master:
bonding: support carrier state for master [#310254] -

patches.fixes/fix-sys-devices-system-node-node0-meminfo-from

-having-anonpages-wrapped.patch: fix /sys/devices/system/node/node0/meminfo from having anonpages wrapped [#310744] -

patches.fixes/nfs-remove-bogus-cache-change-attribute-check. diff fix bogus cache change to make data available immediately, on direct write [#325877] -

patches.fixes/tcp-send-ACKs-each-2nd-received-segment.patch: Send ACKs each 2nd received segment. This fixes a problem where the tcp cubic congestion algorithm was too slow in converging [#327848]

- patches.drivers/libata-fix-spindown: libata: fix disk spindown on shutdown [#330722]

- patches.fixes/scsi-reset-resid: busy status on tape write results in incorrect residual [#330926]

- patches.fixes/condense-output-of-show_free_areas.patch:
Condense output of show_free_areas() [#331251]

- patches.arch/powernowk8_family_freq_from_fiddid.patch:
To find the frequency given the fid and did is family dependent. [#332722]

- patches.fixes/tcp-saner-thash_entries-default.patch:
Limit the size of the TCP established hash to 512k entries by default [#333273]

- patches.drivers/alsa-emu10k1-spdif-mem-fix: [ALSA] emu10k1 - Fix memory corruption [#333314]

- patches.drivers/alsa-post-sp1-hda-stac-error-fix: [ALSA] Fix error probing with STAC codecs [#333320] -

patches.fixes/qla2xxx-avoid-duplicate-pci_disable_device : Fixup patch to not refer to stale pointer [#333542]

- large backport of dm-crypt fixes: [#333905]

- patches.fixes/dm-disable_barriers.diff: dm: disable barriers. -

patches.fixes/dm-crypt-restructure_for_workqueue_change.diff -

patches.fixes/dm-crypt-restructure_write_processing.diff

- patches.fixes/dm-crypt-move_io_to_workqueue.diff

- patches.fixes/dm-crypt-use_private_biosets.diff

- patches.fixes/dm-crypt-fix_call_to_clone_init.diff -

patches.fixes/dm-crypt-fix_avoid_cloned_bio_ref_after_free.d iff

- patches.fixes/dm-crypt-fix_remove_first_clone.diff -

patches.fixes/dm-crypt-use_smaller_bvecs_in_clones.diff -

patches.fixes/dm-crypt-fix_panic_on_large_request.diff

- patches.fixes/initramfs-fix-cpio-hardlink-check.patch:
initramfs: fix CPIO hardlink check [#334612]

- patches.drivers/lpfc-8.1.10.12-update: driver update to fix severe issues in lpfc 8.1.10.9 driver [#334630] [#342044]

- patches.fixes/nfs-direct-io-fix-1: NFS: Fix error handling in nfs_direct_write_result() [#336200]

- patches.fixes/nfs-direct-io-fix-2: NFS: Fix a refcount leakage in O_DIRECT [#336200]

- add patches.drivers/ibmvscsi-migration-login.patch prohibit IO during adapter login process [#337980]

- patches.arch/acpi_thinkpad_brightness_fix.patch: Take care of latest Lenovo ThinkPad brightness control [#338274] [#343660]

- patches.fixes/ramdisk-2.6.23-corruption_fix.diff: rd:
fix data corruption on memory pressure [#338643] -

patches.fixes/fc_transport-remove-targets-on-host-remove : memory use after free error in mptfc [#338730] -

patches.fixes/ipmi-ipmi_msghandler.c-fix-a-memory-leak.patch : IPMI:
ipmi_msghandler.c: fix a memory leak [#339413]

- add patches.arch/ppc-pseries-rtas_ibm_suspend_me.patch fix multiple bugs in rtas_ibm_suspend_me code [#339927]

- patches.fixes/nfsacl-retval.diff: knfsd: fix spurious EINVAL errors on first access of new filesystem [#340873]

- patches.fixes/avm-fix-capilib-locking: [ISDN] Fix random hard freeze with AVM cards. [#341894]

- patches.fixes/ipv6_rh_processing_fix: [IPV6]: Restore semantics of Routing Header processing [#343100]

- The following set of XEN fixes has been applied:
[#343612]

- patches.xen/14280-net-fake-carrier-flag.patch: netfront:
Better fix for netfront_tx_slot_available().

- patches.xen/14893-copy-more-skbs.patch: netback: Copy skbuffs that are presented to the start_xmit() function.

- patches.xen/157-netfront-skb-deref.patch: net front:
Avoid deref'ing skb after it is potentially freed.

- patches.xen/263-xfs-unmap.patch: xfs: eagerly remove vmap mappings to avoid upsetting Xen.

- patches.xen/xen-i386-set-fixmap: i386/PAE: avoid temporarily inconsistent pte-s.

- patches.xen/xen-isa-dma: Suppress all use of ISA DMA on Xen.

- patches.xen/xen-x86-panic-smp,

- patches.xen/xen-netback-alloc,

- patches.xen/xen-split-pt-lock,

- patches.xen/137-netfront-copy-release.patch,

- patches.xen/141-driver-autoload.patch,

- patches.xen/xen-balloon-max-target,

- patches.xen/xen-balloon-min,

- patches.xen/xen-i386-highpte,

- patches.xen/xen-intel-agp,

- patches.xen/xen-multicall-check,

- patches.xen/xen-x86-dcr-fallback,

- patches.xen/xen-x86-pXX_val,

- patches.xen/xen-x86-performance: Adjust.

- patches.arch/acpi_backport_video.c.patch: Backport video driver from 2.6.23-rc9 [#343660]

- patches.arch/acpi_find_bcl_support.patch: Store brightness/video functionality of ACPI provided by BIOS [#343660]

Fixes for ia64 :

-

patches.fixes/fix-the-graphic-corruption-issue-on-ia64-machi nes.patch: Fix the graphic corruption issue on IA64 machines [#241041]

Fixes for S/390 :

- IBM Patchcluster 18 [#333421,#340129,#341000]

- Problem-ID: 39323 - qeth: discard inbound packets with unknown header id

- Problem-ID: 39542 - cio: Incorrect check for activity in cmf

- Problem-ID: 38321 - kernel: Reboot of large z/VM guests takes a lot of time

- Problem-ID: 40293 - kernel: pfault disabled

- Problem-ID: 40296 - cio: change device sense procedure to work with PAV aliases

- Problem-ID: 39981 - zfcp: Remove SCSI devices when removing complete adapter

- Problem-ID: 40331 - zfcp: Deadlock when adding invalid LUN

- Problem-ID: 40333 - zfcp: Reduce flood on hba trace

- Fix kprobe on 'bc' instruction [#301563] For further description of the named Problem-IDs, please look to http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/linux390/oct ober 2005_recommended.html

Solution

Apply ZYPP patch number 4741.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 29489

File Name: suse_kernel-4741.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 12/13/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 11/24/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-3104, CVE-2007-3740, CVE-2007-3843, CVE-2007-4308, CVE-2007-4573, CVE-2007-4997, CVE-2007-5904, CVE-2007-6063

CWE: 119, 189, 264, 399

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