Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.881313
Category:	CentOS Local Security Checks
Title:	CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2011:1065 centos5 x86_64
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 flaw was found in the way the Xen hypervisor implementation handled instruction emulation during virtual machine exits. A malicious user-space process running in an SMP guest could trick the emulator into reading a different instruction than the one that caused the virtual machine to exit. An unprivileged guest user could trigger this flaw to crash the host. This only affects systems with both an AMD x86 processor and the AMD Virtualization (AMD-V) extensions enabled. (CVE-2011-1780, Important) * A flaw allowed the tc_fill_qdisc() function in the Linux kernel's packet scheduler API implementation to be called on built-in qdisc structures. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to trigger a NULL pointer dereference, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2011-2525, Moderate) * A flaw was found in the way space was allocated in the Linux kernel's Global File System 2 (GFS2) implementation. If the file system was almost full, and a local, unprivileged user made an fallocate() request, it could result in a denial of service. Note: Setting quotas to prevent users from using all available disk space would prevent exploitation of this flaw. (CVE-2011-2689, Moderate) These updated kernel packages include a number of bug fixes and enhancements. Space precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Refer to the linked Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7 Technical Notes for information about the most significant bug fixes and enhancements included in this update. All Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 users are advised to install these updated packages, which correct these issues. 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
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-1780 RHSA-2011:1065 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1065.html RHSA-2011:1163 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1163.html [oss-security] 20110707 CVE-2011-1780, CVE-2011-1936, kernel/xen issues http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/07/3 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702657 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-2525 [netdev] 20100521 tc: RTM_GETQDISC causes kernel OOPS http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-netdev/2010/5/21/6277805 [oss-security] 20110712 CVE-2011-2525 kernel: kernel: net_sched: fix qdisc_notify() http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/12/1 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=53b0f08042f04813cd1a7473dacd3edfacb28eb3 http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=720552 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-2689 1025776 http://securitytracker.com/id?1025776 45193 http://secunia.com/advisories/45193 48677 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48677 HPSBGN02970 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2 [oss-security] 20110713 CVE-2011-2689 kernel: gfs2: make sure fallocate bytes is a multiple of blksize http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/13/1 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6905d9e4dda6112f007e9090bca80507da158e63 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/testing/ChangeLog-3.0-rc1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=720861 linux-kernel-gfs2-dos(68557) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68557
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