Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.12.2009.819.1
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-819-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'linux, linux-source-2.6.15' package(s) announced via the USN-819-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'linux, linux-source-2.6.15' package(s) announced via the USN-819-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Tavis Ormandy and Julien Tinnes discovered that Linux did not correctly initialize certain socket operation function pointers. A local attacker could exploit this to gain root privileges. By default, Ubuntu 8.04 and later with a non-zero /proc/sys/vm/mmap_min_addr setting were not vulnerable. Affected Software/OS: 'linux, linux-source-2.6.15' package(s) on Ubuntu 6.06, Ubuntu 8.04, Ubuntu 8.10, Ubuntu 9.04. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). 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-2009-2692 BugTraq ID: 36038 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36038 Bugtraq: 20090813 Linux NULL pointer dereference due to incorrect proto_ops initializations (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505751/100/0/threaded Bugtraq: 20090818 rPSA-2009-0121-1 kernel open-vm-tools (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505912/100/0/threaded Bugtraq: 20091120 VMSA-2009-0016 VMware vCenter and ESX update release and vMA patch release address multiple security issue in third party components (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded Bugtraq: 20100625 VMSA-2010-0010 ESX 3.5 third party update for Service Console kernel (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512019/100/0/threaded Debian Security Information: DSA-1865 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1865 http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19933 http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9477 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-08/0174.html http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:233 http://blog.cr0.org/2009/08/linux-null-pointer-dereference-due-to.html http://grsecurity.net/~spender/wunderbar_emporium.tgz http://zenthought.org/content/file/android-root-2009-08-16-source http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/1 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11526 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11591 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8657 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2009:1222 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1222.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2009:1223 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1223.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1233.html http://secunia.com/advisories/36278 http://secunia.com/advisories/36289 http://secunia.com/advisories/36327 http://secunia.com/advisories/36430 http://secunia.com/advisories/37298 http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2009:015 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-09/msg00001.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2272 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
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