Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2014.0039
Category:	Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2014-0039)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'kernel, kernel-userspace-headers, kmod-broadcom-wl, kmod-fglrx, kmod-nvidia173, kmod-nvidia304, kmod-nvidia-current, kmod-vboxadditions, kmod-virtualbox, kmod-xtables-addons' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2014-0039 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'kernel, kernel-userspace-headers, kmod-broadcom-wl, kmod-fglrx, kmod-nvidia173, kmod-nvidia304, kmod-nvidia-current, kmod-vboxadditions, kmod-virtualbox, kmod-xtables-addons' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2014-0039 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: This kernel update provides an update to 3.12.9 and fixes the following critical security issue: Pageexec reported a bug in the Linux kernel's recvmmsg syscall when called from code using the x32 ABI. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) or gain administrator privileges (CVE-2014-0038) It also fixes an issue where some laptops are forced to use vesa driver & No ACPI (mga#6077) For other changes, see the referenced changelog. Affected Software/OS: 'kernel, kernel-userspace-headers, kmod-broadcom-wl, kmod-fglrx, kmod-nvidia173, kmod-nvidia304, kmod-nvidia-current, kmod-vboxadditions, kmod-virtualbox, kmod-xtables-addons' package(s) on Mageia 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-2014-0038 31346 http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31346 31347 http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31347 40503 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40503/ 56669 http://secunia.com/advisories/56669 65255 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65255 MDVSA-2014:038 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:038 USN-2094-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2094-1 USN-2095-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2095-1 USN-2096-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2096-1 [oss-security] 20140131 Linux 3.4+: arbitrary write with CONFIG_X86_X32 (CVE-2014-0038) http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/31/2 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2def2ef2ae5f3990aabdbe8a755911902707d268 http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=DH3Lbg54 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.2 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1060023 https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=338594 https://github.com/saelo/cve-2014-0038 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2def2ef2ae5f3990aabdbe8a755911902707d268 openSUSE-SU-2014:0204 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00002.html openSUSE-SU-2014:0205 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00003.html
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