Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.880808
Category:	CentOS Local Security Checks
Title:	CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2009:1541 centos4 i386
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'kernel'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:	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 issues: * a NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in each of the following functions in the Linux kernel: pipe_read_open(), pipe_write_open(), and pipe_rdwr_open(). When the mutex lock is not held, the i_pipe pointer could be released by other processes before it is used to update the pipe's reader and writer counters. This could lead to a local denial of service or privilege escalation. (CVE-2009-3547, Important) Users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct these issues. The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect. Affected Software/OS: kernel on CentOS 4 Solution: Please install the updated packages. 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-2009-3547 20100625 VMSA-2010-0010 ESX 3.5 third party update for Service Console kernel http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512019/100/0/threaded 36901 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36901 37351 http://secunia.com/advisories/37351 38017 http://secunia.com/advisories/38017 38794 http://secunia.com/advisories/38794 38834 http://secunia.com/advisories/38834 ADV-2010-0528 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528 FEDORA-2009-11038 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00190.html MDVSA-2009:329 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:329 RHSA-2009:1540 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1540.html RHSA-2009:1541 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1541.html RHSA-2009:1548 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1548.html RHSA-2009:1550 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1550.html RHSA-2009:1672 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1672.html SUSE-SA:2009:054 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00005.html SUSE-SA:2009:056 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00007.html SUSE-SA:2010:001 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00000.html SUSE-SA:2010:012 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html USN-864-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1 [linux-kernel] 20091014 fs/pipe.c null pointer dereference http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/10/14/184 [linux-kernel] 20091021 Re: [PATCH v4 1/1]: fs: pipe.c null pointer dereference + really sign off + unmangled diffs http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/10/21/42 [oss-security] 20091103 CVE-2009-3547 kernel: fs: pipe.c null pointer dereference http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125724568017045&w=2 [security-announce] 20100303 VMSA-2010-0004 ESX Service Console and vMA third party updates http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ad3960243e55320d74195fb85c975e0a8cc4466c http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.32-rc6 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530490 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11513 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11513 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7608 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7608 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9327 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9327
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