Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61026
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1575-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'linux-2.6' package(s) announced via the DSA-1575-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'linux-2.6' package(s) announced via the DSA-1575-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: A vulnerability has been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problem: CVE-2008-1669 Alexander Viro discovered a race condition in the fcntl code that may permit local users on multi-processor systems to execute parallel code paths that are otherwise prohibited and gain re-ordered access to the descriptor table. For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.18.dfsg.1-18etch4. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.25-2. We recommend that you upgrade your linux-2.6, fai-kernels, and user-mode-linux packages. Affected Software/OS: 'linux-2.6' package(s) on Debian 4. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 6.9 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-1669 1019974 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019974 20080507 rPSA-2008-0162-1 kernel http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491740/100/0/threaded 29076 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29076 30077 http://secunia.com/advisories/30077 30101 http://secunia.com/advisories/30101 30108 http://secunia.com/advisories/30108 30110 http://secunia.com/advisories/30110 30112 http://secunia.com/advisories/30112 30116 http://secunia.com/advisories/30116 30164 http://secunia.com/advisories/30164 30252 http://secunia.com/advisories/30252 30260 http://secunia.com/advisories/30260 30276 http://secunia.com/advisories/30276 30515 http://secunia.com/advisories/30515 30769 http://secunia.com/advisories/30769 30818 http://secunia.com/advisories/30818 30962 http://secunia.com/advisories/30962 30982 http://secunia.com/advisories/30982 31246 http://secunia.com/advisories/31246 ADV-2008-1451 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1451/references ADV-2008-1452 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1452/references ADV-2008-2222 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2222/references DSA-1575 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1575 FEDORA-2008-3873 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00232.html FEDORA-2008-3949 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00294.html FEDORA-2008-4043 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00357.html MDVSA-2008:104 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:104 MDVSA-2008:105 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:105 MDVSA-2008:167 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:167 RHSA-2008:0211 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0211.html RHSA-2008:0233 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0233.html RHSA-2008:0237 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0237.html SUSE-SA:2008:030 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html SUSE-SA:2008:032 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00002.html SUSE-SA:2008:035 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00007.html SUSE-SA:2008:038 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00012.html USN-614-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/614-1/ USN-618-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-618-1 [Security-announce] 20080728 VMSA-2008-00011 Updated ESX service console packages for Samba and vmnix http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000023.html http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0162 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.36.4 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.2 https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2518 linux-kernel-fcntlsetlk-dos(42242) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42242 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10065 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10065
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