| Summary: | The remote host is missing updates to the Linux kernel announced in;advisory RHSA-2009:1132.;;These updated packages fix the following security issues:;; * a flaw was found in the Intel PRO/1000 network driver in the Linux;kernel. Frames with sizes near the MTU of an interface may be split across;multiple hardware receive descriptors. Receipt of such a frame could leak;through a validation check, leading to a corruption of the length check. A;remote attacker could use this flaw to send a specially-crafted packet that;would cause a denial of service. (CVE-2009-1385, Important);; * the Linux kernel Network File System daemon (nfsd) implementation did not;drop the CAP_MKNOD capability when handling requests from local,;unprivileged users. This flaw could possibly lead to an information leak or;privilege escalation. (CVE-2009-1072, Moderate);; * Frank Filz reported the NFSv4 client was missing a file permission check;for the execute bit in some situations. This could allow local,;unprivileged users to run non-executable files on NFSv4 mounted file;systems. (CVE-2009-1630, Moderate);; * a missing check was found in the hypervisor_callback() function in the;Linux kernel provided by the kernel-xen package. This could cause a denial;of service of a 32-bit guest if an application running in that guest;accesses a certain memory location in the kernel. (CVE-2009-1758, Moderate);; * a flaw was found in the AGPGART driver. The agp_generic_alloc_page() and;agp_generic_alloc_pages() functions did not zero out the memory pages they;allocate, which may later be available to user-space processes. This flaw;could possibly lead to an information leak. (CVE-2009-1192, Low) |
| Description: | Summary:
The remote host is missing updates to the Linux kernel announced in
advisory RHSA-2009:1132.
These updated packages fix the following security issues:
* a flaw was found in the Intel PRO/1000 network driver in the Linux
kernel. Frames with sizes near the MTU of an interface may be split across
multiple hardware receive descriptors. Receipt of such a frame could leak
through a validation check, leading to a corruption of the length check. A
remote attacker could use this flaw to send a specially-crafted packet that
would cause a denial of service. (CVE-2009-1385, Important)
* the Linux kernel Network File System daemon (nfsd) implementation did not
drop the CAP_MKNOD capability when handling requests from local,
unprivileged users. This flaw could possibly lead to an information leak or
privilege escalation. (CVE-2009-1072, Moderate)
* Frank Filz reported the NFSv4 client was missing a file permission check
for the execute bit in some situations. This could allow local,
unprivileged users to run non-executable files on NFSv4 mounted file
systems. (CVE-2009-1630, Moderate)
* a missing check was found in the hypervisor_callback() function in the
Linux kernel provided by the kernel-xen package. This could cause a denial
of service of a 32-bit guest if an application running in that guest
accesses a certain memory location in the kernel. (CVE-2009-1758, Moderate)
* a flaw was found in the AGPGART driver. The agp_generic_alloc_page() and
agp_generic_alloc_pages() functions did not zero out the memory pages they
allocate, which may later be available to user-space processes. This flaw
could possibly lead to an information leak. (CVE-2009-1192, Low)
Solution:
Please note that this update is available via
Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red
Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date
CVSS Score:
7.8
CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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