Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.13.2016.347.01
Category:	Slackware Local Security Checks
Title:	Slackware: Security Advisory (SSA:2016-347-01)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'kernel' package(s) announced via the SSA:2016-347-01 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'kernel' package(s) announced via the SSA:2016-347-01 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: New kernel packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/linux-4.4.38/*: Upgraded. This kernel fixes a security issue with a race condition in net/packet/af_packet.c that can be exploited to gain kernel code execution from unprivileged processes. Thanks to Philip Pettersson for discovering the bug and providing a patch. Be sure to upgrade your initrd after upgrading the kernel packages. If you use lilo to boot your machine, be sure lilo.conf points to the correct kernel and initrd and run lilo as root to update the bootloader. If you use elilo to boot your machine, you should run eliloconfig to copy the kernel and initrd to the EFI System Partition. For more information, see: [links moved to references] (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Affected Software/OS: 'kernel' package(s) on Slackware 14.2, Slackware current. 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-2016-8655 1037403 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037403 1037968 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968 40871 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40871/ 44696 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44696/ 94692 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94692 RHSA-2017:0386 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0386.html RHSA-2017:0387 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0387.html RHSA-2017:0402 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0402.html SUSE-SU-2016:3096 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00044.html SUSE-SU-2016:3113 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00054.html SUSE-SU-2016:3116 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00055.html SUSE-SU-2016:3117 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00056.html SUSE-SU-2016:3169 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00067.html SUSE-SU-2016:3183 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00070.html SUSE-SU-2016:3197 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00073.html SUSE-SU-2016:3205 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00076.html SUSE-SU-2016:3206 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00077.html SUSE-SU-2016:3247 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00087.html USN-3149-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3149-1 USN-3149-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3149-2 USN-3150-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3150-1 USN-3150-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3150-2 USN-3151-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3151-1 USN-3151-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3151-2 USN-3151-3 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3151-3 USN-3151-4 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3151-4 USN-3152-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3152-1 USN-3152-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3152-2 [oss-security] 20161206 CVE-2016-8655 Linux af_packet.c race condition (local root) http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/06/1 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=84ac7260236a49c79eede91617700174c2c19b0c http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140063/Linux-Kernel-4.4.0-AF_PACKET-Race-Condition-Privilege-Escalation.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1400019 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/84ac7260236a49c79eede91617700174c2c19b0c https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html
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