SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 5370)

high Nessus Plugin ID 59128

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Synopsis

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

Description

This kernel update fixes quite a number of security problems :

- A remote attacker could crash the IPSec/IPv6 stack by sending a bad ESP packet. This requires the host to be able to receive such packets (default filtered by the firewall). (CVE-2007-6282)

- A problem in SIT IPv6 tunnel handling could be used by remote attackers to immediately crash the machine.
(CVE-2008-2136)

- On x86_64 a denial of service attack could be used by local attackers to immediately panic / crash the machine. (CVE-2008-1615)

- An information leakage during coredumping of root processes was fixed. (CVE-2007-6206)

- Fixed a SMP ordering problem in fcntl_setlk could potentially allow local attackers to execute code by timing file locking. (CVE-2008-1669)

- Fixed a dnotify race condition, which could be used by local attackers to potentially execute code.
(CVE-2008-1375)

- A ptrace bug could be used by local attackers to hang their own processes indefinitely. (CVE-2007-5500)

- Clear the 'direction' flag before calling signal handlers. For specific not yet identified programs under specific timing conditions this could potentially have caused memory corruption or code execution.
(CVE-2008-1367)

- The isdn_ioctl function in isdn_common.c allowed local users to cause a denial of service via a crafted ioctl struct in which ioctls is not null terminated, which triggers a buffer overflow. (CVE-2007-6151)

Non security related changes :

OCFS2 was updated to version v1.2.9-1-r3100.

Also a huge number of bugs were fixed. Please refer to the RPM changelog for a detailed list.

Solution

Apply ZYPP patch number 5370.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 59128

File Name: suse_kernel-5370.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 5/17/2012

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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: 6/23/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-5500, CVE-2007-6151, CVE-2007-6206, CVE-2007-6282, CVE-2008-1367, CVE-2008-1375, CVE-2008-1615, CVE-2008-1669, CVE-2008-2136

CWE: 119, 16, 362, 399, 94

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