Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.64668
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1222
Summary:	The remote host is missing updates announced in;advisory RHSA-2009:1222.;;The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux;operating system.;;These updated packages fix the following security issues:;; * a flaw was found in the SOCKOPS_WRAP macro in the Linux kernel. This;macro did not initialize the sendpage operation in the proto_ops structure;correctly. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a local;denial of service or escalate their privileges. (CVE-2009-2692, Important);; * a flaw was found in the udp_sendmsg() implementation in the Linux kernel;when using the MSG_MORE flag on UDP sockets. A local, unprivileged user;could use this flaw to cause a local denial of service or escalate their;privileges. (CVE-2009-2698, Important);;Red Hat would like to thank Tavis Ormandy and Julien Tinnes of the Google;Security Team for responsibly reporting these flaws.;;These updated packages also fix the following bug:;; * in the dlm code, a socket was allocated in tcp_connect_to_sock(), but was;not freed in the error exit path. This bug led to a memory leak and an;unresponsive system. A reported case of this bug occurred after running;cman_tool kill -n [nodename]. (BZ#515432);;Users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported;patches to correct these issues. The system must be rebooted for this;update to take effect.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2009:1222. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. These updated packages fix the following security issues: * a flaw was found in the SOCKOPS_WRAP macro in the Linux kernel. This macro did not initialize the sendpage operation in the proto_ops structure correctly. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a local denial of service or escalate their privileges. (CVE-2009-2692, Important) * a flaw was found in the udp_sendmsg() implementation in the Linux kernel when using the MSG_MORE flag on UDP sockets. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a local denial of service or escalate their privileges. (CVE-2009-2698, Important) Red Hat would like to thank Tavis Ormandy and Julien Tinnes of the Google Security Team for responsibly reporting these flaws. These updated packages also fix the following bug: * in the dlm code, a socket was allocated in tcp_connect_to_sock(), but was not freed in the error exit path. This bug led to a memory leak and an unresponsive system. A reported case of this bug occurred after running cman_tool kill -n [nodename]. (BZ#515432) Users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect. 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: 7.2 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-2692 BugTraq ID: 36038 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36038 Bugtraq: 20090813 Linux NULL pointer dereference due to incorrect proto_ops initializations (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505751/100/0/threaded Bugtraq: 20090818 rPSA-2009-0121-1 kernel open-vm-tools (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505912/100/0/threaded Bugtraq: 20091120 VMSA-2009-0016 VMware vCenter and ESX update release and vMA patch release address multiple security issue in third party components (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded Bugtraq: 20100625 VMSA-2010-0010 ESX 3.5 third party update for Service Console kernel (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512019/100/0/threaded Debian Security Information: DSA-1865 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1865 http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19933 http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9477 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-08/0174.html http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:233 http://blog.cr0.org/2009/08/linux-null-pointer-dereference-due-to.html http://grsecurity.net/~spender/wunderbar_emporium.tgz http://zenthought.org/content/file/android-root-2009-08-16-source http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/1 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11526 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11591 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8657 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2009:1222 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1222.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2009:1223 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1223.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1233.html http://secunia.com/advisories/36278 http://secunia.com/advisories/36289 http://secunia.com/advisories/36327 http://secunia.com/advisories/36430 http://secunia.com/advisories/37298 http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2009:015 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-09/msg00001.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2272 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-2698 BugTraq ID: 36108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36108 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:051 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/25/1 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11514 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8557 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9142 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022761 http://secunia.com/advisories/23073 http://secunia.com/advisories/36510 http://secunia.com/advisories/37105 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2009:046 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-08/msg00008.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1
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