oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7921

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7921
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7921
Title: DSA-1653 linux-2.6 -- denial of service/privilege escalation
Description: Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or privilege escalation. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: Joe Jin reported a local denial of service vulnerability that allows system users to trigger an oops due to an improperly initialised data structure. Jan Kratochvil reported a local denial of service vulnerability in the ptrace interface for the s390 architecture. Local users can trigger an invalid pointer dereference, leading to a system panic. Eugene Teo reported an integer overflow in the DCCP subsystem that may allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service in the form of a kernel panic. Eugene Teo reported a lack of capability checks in the kernel driver for Granch SBNI12 leased line adapters (sbni), allowing local users to perform privileged operations. The S_ISUID/S_ISGID bits were not being cleared during an inode splice, which, under certain conditions, can be exploited by local users to obtain the privileges of a group for which they are not a member. Mark Fasheh reported this issue. David Watson reported an issue in the open()/creat() system calls which, under certain conditions, can be exploited by local users to obtain the privileges of a group for which they are not a member. A coding error in the splice subsystem allows local users to attempt to unlock a page structure that has not been locked, resulting in a system crash.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1653
CVE-2007-6716
CVE-2008-1514
CVE-2008-3276
CVE-2008-3525
CVE-2008-3833
CVE-2008-4210
CVE-2008-4302
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
 Product(s): linux-2.6
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Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6461
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6461
Title: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 is installed.
Description: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch) is installed
Family: unix Class: inventory
Reference(s): cpe:/o:debian:debian_gnu/linux:4.0
 Version: 9
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
 Product(s):
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oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7921