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Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64
high Nessus Plugin ID 60488
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Synopsis
The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
- the Xen implementation did not prevent applications running in a para-virtualized guest from modifying CR4 TSC. This could cause a local denial of service.(CVE-2007-5907, Important)
- Tavis Ormandy reported missing boundary checks in the Virtual Dynamic Shared Objects (vDSO) implementation.
This could allow a local unprivileged user to cause a denial of service or escalate privileges.
(CVE-2008-3527, Important)
- the do_truncate() and generic_file_splice_write() functions did not clear the setuid and setgid bits. This could allow a local unprivileged user to obtain access to privileged information. (CVE-2008-4210, CVE-2008-3833, Important)
- a flaw was found in the Linux kernel splice implementation. This could cause a local denial of service when there is a certain failure in the add_to_page_cache_lru() function. (CVE-2008-4302, Important)
- a flaw was found in the Linux kernel when running on AMD64 systems. During a context switch, EFLAGS were being neither saved nor restored. This could allow a local unprivileged user to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2006-5755, Low)
- a flaw was found in the Linux kernel virtual memory implementation. This could allow a local unprivileged user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2008-2372, Low)
- an integer overflow was discovered in the Linux kernel Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP) implementation. This could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. By default, remote DCCP is blocked by SELinux. (CVE-2008-3276, Low)
In addition, these updated packages fix the following bugs :
- random32() seeding has been improved.
- in a multi-core environment, a race between the QP async event-handler and the destro_qp() function could occur.
This led to unpredictable results during invalid memory access, which could lead to a kernel crash.
- a format string was omitted in the call to the request_module() function.
- a stack overflow caused by an infinite recursion bug in the binfmt_misc kernel module was corrected.
- the ata_scsi_rbuf_get() and ata_scsi_rbuf_put() functions now check for scatterlist usage before calling kmap_atomic().
- a sentinel NUL byte was added to the device_write() function to ensure that lspace.name is NUL-terminated.
- in the character device driver, a range_is_allowed() check was added to the read_mem() and write_mem() functions. It was possible for an illegitimate application to bypass these checks, and access /dev/mem beyond the 1M limit by calling mmap_mem() instead. Also, the parameters of range_is_allowed() were changed to cleanly handle greater than 32-bits of physical address on 32-bit architectures.
- some of the newer Nehalem-based systems declare their CPU DSDT entries as type 'Alias'. During boot, this caused an 'Error attaching device data' message to be logged.
- the evtchn event channel device lacked locks and memory barriers. This has led to xenstore becoming unresponsive on the Itanium® architecture.
- sending of gratuitous ARP packets in the Xen frontend network driver is now delayed until the backend signals that its carrier status has been processed by the stack.
- on forcedeth devices, whenever setting ethtool parameters for link speed, the device could stop receiving interrupts.
- the CIFS 'forcedirectio' option did not allow text to be appended to files.
- the gettimeofday() function returned a backwards time on Intel® 64.
- residual-count corrections during UNDERRUN handling were added to the qla2xxx driver.
- the fix for a small quirk was removed for certain Adaptec controllers for which it caused problems.
- the 'xm trigger init' command caused a domain panic if a userland application was running on a guest on the Intel® 64 architecture.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 60488
File Name: sl_20081104_kernel_on_SL5_x.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 8/1/2012
Updated: 1/14/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 8.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/4/2008
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/31/2006
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2006-5755, CVE-2007-5907, CVE-2008-2372, CVE-2008-3276, CVE-2008-3527, CVE-2008-3833, CVE-2008-4210, CVE-2008-4302