Multiple vulnerabilities in the Linux 2.6 kernel have been discovered and corrected in this update :

An integer overflow in vc_resize (CVE-2004-1333).

A race condition in the sysfs_read_file and sysfs_write_file functions in 2.6.10 and earlier allows local users to read kernel memory and cause a DoS (crash) via large offsets in sysfs files (CVE-2004-2302).

An integer signedness error in scsi_ioctl.c (CVE-2005-0180).

Netfilter allows a local user to cause a DoS (memory consumption) via certain packet fragments that are reassembled twice, which causes a data structure to be allocated twice (CVE-2005-0210).

A DoS in pkt_ioctl in pktcdvc.c (CVE-2005-1589).

An array index overflow in the xfrm_sk_policy_insert function in xfrm_user.c allows local users to cause a DoS (oops or deadlock) and possibly execute arbitrary code (CVE-2005-2456).

The zisofs driver in versions prior to 2.6.12.5 allows local users and remove attackers to cause a DoS (crash) via a crafted compressed ISO filesystem (CVE-2005-2457).

inflate.c in the zlib routines in versions prior to 2.6.12.5 allow remove attackers to cause a DoS (crash) via a compressed file with 'improper tables' (CVE-2005-2458).

The huft_build function in inflate.c in the zlib routines in versions prior to 2.6.12.5 returns the wrong value, allowing remote attackers to cause a DoS (crash) via a certain compressed file that leads to a NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2005-2459).

A stack-based buffer overflow in the sendmsg function call in versions prior to 2.6.13.1 allow local users to execute arbitrary code by calling sendmsg and modifying the message contents in another thread (CVE-2005-2490).

vlan_dev.c in version 2.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a DoS (oops from null dereference) via certain UDP packets that lead to a function call with the wrong argument (CVE-2005-2548).

The kernel does not properly restrict socket policy access to users with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability, which could allow local users to conduct unauthorized activities via ipv4/ip_sockglue.c and ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c (CVE-2005-2555).

A memory leak in the seq_file implementation in the SCSI procfs interface (sg.c) in 2.6.13 and earlier allows a local user to cause a DoS (memory consumption) via certain repeated reads from /proc/scsi/gs/devices file which is not properly handled when the next() interator returns NULL or an error (CVE-2005-2800).

xattr.c in the ext2 and ext3 file system code does not properly compare the name_index fields when sharing xattr blocks which could prevent ACLs from being applied (CVE-2005-2801).

The ipt_recent module in versions prior to 2.6.12 when running on 64bit processors allows remote attackers to cause a DoS (kernel panic) via certain attacks such as SSH brute force (CVE-2005-2872).

The ipt_recent module in versions prior to 2.6.12 does not properly perform certain tests when the jiffies value is greater than LONG_MAX, which can cause ipt_recent netfilter rules to block too early (CVE-2005-2873).

Multiple vulnerabilities in versions prior to 2.6.13.2 allow local users to cause a DoS (oops from null dereference) via fput in a 32bit ioctl on 64-bit x86 systems or sockfd_put in the 32-bit routing_ioctl function on 64-bit systems (CVE-2005-3044).

The sys_set_mempolicy function in mempolicy.c allows local users to cause a DoS via a negative first argument (CVE-2005-3053).

Versions 2.6.8 to 2.6.14-rc2 allow local users to cause a DoS (oops) via a userspace process that issues a USB Request Block (URB) to a USB device and terminates before the URB is finished, which leads to a stale pointer reference (CVE-2005-3055).

The Orinoco driver in 2.6.13 and earlier does not properly clear memory from a previously used packet whose length is increased, allowing remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (CVE-2005-3180).

Kernels 2.6.13 and earlier, when CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL is enabled, use an incorrect function to free names_cache memory, preventing the memory from being tracked by AUDITSYSCALL code and leading to a memory leak (CVE-2005-3181).

The VT implementation in version 2.6.12 allows local users to use certain IOCTLs on terminals of other users and gain privileges (CVE-2005-3257).

Exec does not properly clear posix-timers in multi-threaded environments, which result in a resource leak and could allow a large number of multiple local users to cause a DoS by using more posix- timers than specified by the quota for a single user (CVE-2005-3271).

The rose_rt_ioctl function rose_route.c in versions prior to 2.6.12 does not properly verify the ndigis argument for a new route, allowing an attacker to trigger array out-of-bounds errors with a large number of digipeats (CVE-2005-3273).

A race condition in ip_vs_conn_flush in versions prior to 2.6.13, when running on SMP systems, allows local users to cause a DoS (null dereference) by causing a connection timer to expire while the connection table is being flushed before the appropriate lock is acquired (CVE-2005-3274).

The NAT code in versions prior to 2.6.13 incorrectly declares a variable to be static, allowing remote attackers to cause a DoS (memory corruption) by causing two packets for the same protocol to be NATed at the same time (CVE-2005-3275).

The sys_get_thread_area function in process.c in versions prior to 2.6.12.4 and 2.6.13 does not clear a data structure before copying it to userspace, which may allow a user process to obtain sensitive information (CVE-2005-3276).

The following non-security fixes are also applied :

Driver updates were made to the aic97xx and sata_sil modules.

Support was added for ATI ipx400 chipsets, for IDE and sound.

A build problem with icecream on the x86_64 platform was fixed.

The pin1 APIC timer on RS480-based motherboards was disabled.

The provided packages are patched to fix these vulnerabilities. All users are encouraged to upgrade to these updated kernels.

To update your kernel, please follow the directions located at :

http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/kernelupdate

Updated kernel packages that fix a number of security issues as well as other bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 (32 bit architectures)

This security advisory has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system.

These new kernel packages contain fixes for the security issues described below :

* a flaw in the USB devio handling of device removal that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (crash) (CVE-2005-3055, moderate)

* a flaw in ROSE due to missing verification of the ndigis argument of new routes (CVE-2005-3273, moderate)

* an info leak on AMD-based x86 systems that allowed a local user to retrieve the floating point exception state of a process run by a different user (CVE-2006-1056, important)

* a minor info leak in socket name handling in the network code (CVE-2006-1342, low)

* a minor info leak in socket option handling in the network code (CVE-2006-1343, low)

* a directory traversal vulnerability in smbfs that allowed a local user to escape chroot restrictions for an SMB-mounted filesystem via '..\\' sequences (CVE-2006-1864, moderate)

* a flaw in the mprotect system call that allowed to give write permission to a readonly attachment of shared memory (CVE-2006-2071, moderate)

A performance bug in the NFS implementation that caused clients to frequently pause when sending TCP segments during heavy write loads was also addressed.

All Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 users are advised to upgrade their kernels to these updated packages, which contain backported fixes to correct these issues.

Al Viro discovered a race condition in the /proc file handler of network devices. A local attacker could exploit this by opening any file in /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/<interface>/ and waiting until that interface was shut down. Under certain circumstances this could lead to a kernel crash or even arbitrary code execution with full kernel privileges. (CVE-2005-2709)

Tetsuo Handa discovered a local Denial of Service vulnerability in the udp_v6_get_port() function. On computers which use IPv6, a local attacker could exploit this to trigger an infinite loop in the kernel.
(CVE-2005-2973)

Harald Welte discovered a Denial of Service vulnerability in the USB devio driver. A local attacker could exploit this by sending an 'USB Request Block' (URB) and terminating the sending process before the arrival of the answer, which left an invalid pointer and caused a kernel crash. (CVE-2005-3055)

Pavel Roskin discovered an information leak in the Orinoco wireless card driver. When increasing the buffer length for storing data, the buffer was not padded with zeros, which exposed a random part of the system memory to the user. (CVE-2005-3180)

A resource leak has been discovered in the handling of POSIX timers in the exec() function. This could be exploited to a Denial of Service attack by a group of local users. This vulnerability only affects Ubuntu 4.10. (CVE-2005-3271)

Stephen Hemming discovered a weakness in the network bridge driver.
Packets which had already been dropped by the packet filter could poison the forwarding table, which could be exploited to make the bridge forward spoofed packages. This vulnerability only affects Ubuntu 4.10 and 5.04. (CVE-2005-3272)

David S. Miller discovered a buffer overflow in the rose_rt_ioctl() function. By calling the function with a large 'ngidis' argument, a local attacker could cause a kernel crash. This vulnerability only affects Ubuntu 4.10 and 5.04. (CVE-2005-3273)

Neil Horman discovered a race condition in the connection timer handling. This allowed a local attacker to set up an expiration handler which modified the connection list while the list still being traversed, which could result in a kernel crash. This vulnerability only affects multiprocessor (SMP) systems. (CVE-2005-3274)

Patrick McHardy noticed a logic error in the network address translation (NAT) connection tracker. A remote attacker could exploit this by causing two packets for the same protocol to be NATed at the same time, which resulted in a kernel crash. (CVE-2005-3275)

Paolo Giarrusso discovered an information leak in the sys_get_thread_area(). The returned structure was not properly cleared, which exposed a small amount of kernel memory to userspace programs. This could possibly expose confidential data.
(CVE-2005-3276).

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 are now available as part of ongoing support and maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 3. This is the sixth regular update.

This security advisory has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system.

This is the sixth regular kernel update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.

New features introduced by this update include :

  - diskdump support on HP Smart Array devices -     netconsole/netdump support over bonded interfaces - new     chipset and device support via PCI table updates -     support for new 'oom-kill' and 'kscand_work_percent'     sysctls - support for dual core processors and ACPI     Power Management timers on AMD64 and Intel EM64T systems

There were many bug fixes in various parts of the kernel. The ongoing effort to resolve these problems has resulted in a marked improvement in the reliability and scalability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.

There were numerous driver updates and security fixes (elaborated below). Other key areas affected by fixes in this update include kswapd, inode handling, the SATA subsystem, diskdump handling, ptrace() syscall support, and signal handling.

The following device drivers have been upgraded to new versions :

3w-9xxx ---- 2.24.03.008RH cciss ------ 2.4.58.RH1 e100 ------- 3.4.8-k2 e1000 ------ 6.0.54-k2 emulex ----- 7.3.2 fusion ----- 2.06.16i.01 iscsi ------ 3.6.2.1 ipmi ------- 35.4 lpfcdfc ---- 1.2.1 qlogic ----- 7.05.00-RH1 tg3 -------- 3.27RH

The following security bugs were fixed in this update :

  - a flaw in syscall argument checking on Itanium systems     that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service     (crash) (CVE-2005-0136)

  - a flaw in stack expansion that allowed a local user of     mlockall() to cause a denial of service (memory     exhaustion) (CVE-2005-0179)

  - a small memory leak in network packet defragmenting that     allowed a remote user to cause a denial of service     (memory exhaustion) on systems using netfilter     (CVE-2005-0210)

  - flaws in ptrace() syscall handling on AMD64 and Intel     EM64T systems that allowed a local user to cause a     denial of service (crash) (CVE-2005-0756, CVE-2005-1762,     CVE-2005-2553)

  - flaws in ISO-9660 file system handling that allowed the     mounting of an invalid image on a CD-ROM to cause a     denial of service (crash) or potentially execute     arbitrary code (CVE-2005-0815)

  - a flaw in ptrace() syscall handling on Itanium systems     that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service     (crash) (CVE-2005-1761)

  - a flaw in the alternate stack switching on AMD64 and     Intel EM64T systems that allowed a local user to cause a     denial of service (crash) (CVE-2005-1767)

  - race conditions in the ia32-compat support for exec()     syscalls on AMD64, Intel EM64T, and Itanium systems that     could allow a local user to cause a denial of service     (crash) (CVE-2005-1768)

  - flaws in IPSEC network handling that allowed a local     user to cause a denial of service or potentially gain     privileges (CVE-2005-2456, CVE-2005-2555)

  - a flaw in sendmsg() syscall handling on 64-bit systems     that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service     or potentially gain privileges (CVE-2005-2490)

  - flaws in unsupported modules that allowed     denial-of-service attacks (crashes) or local privilege     escalations on systems using the drm, coda, or moxa     modules (CVE-2004-1056, CVE-2005-0124, CVE-2005-0504)

  - potential leaks of kernel data from jfs and ext2 file     system handling (CVE-2004-0181, CVE-2005-0400)

Note: The kernel-unsupported package contains various drivers and modules that are unsupported and therefore might contain security problems that have not been addressed.

All Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 users are advised to upgrade their kernels to the packages associated with their machine architectures and configurations as listed in this erratum.

Several local and remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

  - CVE-2004-2302     A race condition in the sysfs filesystem allows local     users to read kernel memory and cause a denial of     service (crash).

  - CVE-2005-0756     Alexander Nyberg discovered that the ptrace() system     call does not properly verify addresses on the amd64     architecture which can be exploited by a local attacker     to crash the kernel.

  - CVE-2005-0757     A problem in the offset handling in the xattr file     system code for ext3 has been discovered that may allow     users on 64-bit systems that have access to an ext3     filesystem with extended attributes to cause the kernel     to crash.

  - CVE-2005-1265     Chris Wright discovered that the mmap() function could     create illegal memory maps that could be exploited by a     local user to crash the kernel or potentially execute     arbitrary code.

  - CVE-2005-1761     A vulnerability on the IA-64 architecture can lead local     attackers to overwrite kernel memory and crash the     kernel.

  - CVE-2005-1762     A vulnerability has been discovered in the ptrace()     system call on the amd64 architecture that allows a     local attacker to cause the kernel to crash.

  - CVE-2005-1763     A buffer overflow in the ptrace system call for 64-bit     architectures allows local users to write bytes into     arbitrary kernel memory.

  - CVE-2005-1765     Zou Nan Hai has discovered that a local user could cause     the kernel to hang on the amd64 architecture after     invoking syscall() with specially crafted arguments.

  - CVE-2005-1767     A vulnerability has been discovered in the stack segment     fault handler that could allow a local attacker to cause     a stack exception that will lead the kernel to crash     under certain circumstances.

  - CVE-2005-2456     Balazs Scheidler discovered that a local attacker could     call setsockopt() with an invalid xfrm_user policy     message which would cause the kernel to write beyond the     boundaries of an array and crash.

  - CVE-2005-2458     Vladimir Volovich discovered a bug in the zlib routines     which are also present in the Linux kernel and allows     remote attackers to crash the kernel.

  - CVE-2005-2459     Another vulnerability has been discovered in the zlib     routines which are also present in the Linux kernel and     allows remote attackers to crash the kernel.

  - CVE-2005-2548     Peter Sandstrom noticed that snmpwalk from a remote host     could cause a denial of service (kernel oops from null     dereference) via certain UDP packets that lead to a     function call with the wrong argument.

  - CVE-2005-2801     Andreas Gruenbacher discovered a bug in the ext2 and     ext3 file systems. When data areas are to be shared     among two inodes not all information were compared for     equality, which could expose wrong ACLs for files.

  - CVE-2005-2872     Chad Walstrom discovered that the ipt_recent kernel     module on 64-bit processors such as AMD64 allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic)     via certain attacks such as SSH brute force.

  - CVE-2005-3105     The mprotect code on Itanium IA-64 Montecito processors     does not properly maintain cache coherency as required     by the architecture, which allows local users to cause a     denial of service and possibly corrupt data by modifying     PTE protections.

  - CVE-2005-3106     A race condition in the thread management may allow     local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) when     threads are sharing memory and waiting for a thread that     has just performed an exec.

  - CVE-2005-3107     When one thread is tracing another thread that shares     the same memory map a local user could cause a denial of     service (deadlock) by forcing a core dump when the     traced thread is in the TASK_TRACED state.

  - CVE-2005-3108     A bug in the ioremap() system call has been discovered     on the amd64 architecture that could allow local users     to cause a denial of service or an information leak when     performing a lookup of a non-existent memory page.

  - CVE-2005-3109     The HFS and HFS+ (hfsplus) modules allow local attackers     to cause a denial of service (oops) by using hfsplus to     mount a filesystem that is not hfsplus.

  - CVE-2005-3110     A race condition in the ebtables netfilter module on an     SMP system running under high load may allow remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (crash).

  - CVE-2005-3271     Roland McGrath discovered that exec() does not properly     clear posix-timers in multi-threaded environments, which     results in a resource leak and could allow a large     number of multiple local users to cause a denial of     service by using more posix-timers than specified by the     quota for a single user.

  - CVE-2005-3272     The kernel allows remote attackers to poison the bridge     forwarding table using frames that have already been     dropped by filtering, which can cause the bridge to     forward spoofed packets.

  - CVE-2005-3273     The ioctl for the packet radio ROSE protocol does not     properly verify the arguments when setting a new router,     which allows attackers to trigger out-of-bounds errors.

  - CVE-2005-3274     A race condition on SMP systems allows local users to     cause a denial of service (null dereference) by causing     a connection timer to expire while the connection table     is being flushed before the appropriate lock is     acquired.

  - CVE-2005-3275     An error in the NAT code allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (memory corruption) by causing     two packets for the same protocol to be NATed at the     same time, which leads to memory corruption.

  - CVE-2005-3276     A missing memory cleanup in the thread handling routines     before copying data into userspace allows a user process     to obtain sensitive information.

This update also contains a number of corrections for issues that turned out to have no security implication afterwards.

The remote CentOS system is missing a security update which has been documented in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2005-663.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
20450	Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDKSA-2005:219)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	1/15/2006	1/6/2021	high
22054	RHEL 2.1 : kernel (RHSA-2006:0579)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	7/17/2006	1/14/2021	medium
65105	Ubuntu 4.10 / 5.10 : linux-source-2.6.8.1/-2.6.10/-2.6.12 vulnerabilities (USN-219-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	3/9/2013	1/19/2021	medium
19832	RHEL 3 : kernel (RHSA-2005:663)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	10/5/2005	1/14/2021	medium
21849	CentOS 3 : kernel (CESA-2005:663)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	7/3/2006	1/4/2021	medium
22788	Debian DSA-922-1 : kernel-source-2.6.8 - several vulnerabilities	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	10/14/2006	1/4/2021	high
801410	CentOS RHSA-2005-663 Security Check	Log Correlation Engine	Generic			high

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