ID de Prueba:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.881086
Categoría:	CentOS Local Security Checks
Título:	CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2012:0690 centos5
Resumen:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'kernel'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Descripción:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'kernel' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. Vulnerability Insight: The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issue: * It was found that the data_len parameter of the sock_alloc_send_pskb() function in the Linux kernel's networking implementation was not validated before use. A local user with access to a TUN/TAP virtual interface could use this flaw to crash the system or, potentially, escalate their privileges. Note that unprivileged users cannot access TUN/TAP devices until the root user grants them access. (CVE-2012-2136, Important) This update also fixes various bugs. Documentation for these changes will be available shortly from the Technical Notes document linked to in the References section. Users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct this issue, and fix the bugs noted in the Technical Notes. The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect. Affected Software/OS: kernel on CentOS 5 Solution: Please install the updated packages. CVSS Score: 7.2 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Referencia Cruzada:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-2136 50807 http://secunia.com/advisories/50807 53721 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53721 RHSA-2012:0743 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0743.html RHSA-2012:1087 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1087.html USN-1529-1 http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1529-1 USN-1535-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1535-1 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=cc9b17ad29ecaa20bfe426a8d4dbfb94b13ff1cc http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.5 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=816289 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cc9b17ad29ecaa20bfe426a8d4dbfb94b13ff1cc
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG

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