Debian: DSA-3696-1: linux security update
Debian: DSA-3696-1: linux security update
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks.
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3696-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso October 19, 2016 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : linux CVE ID : CVE-2015-8956 CVE-2016-5195 CVE-2016-7042 CVE-2016-7425 Debian Bug : 831014 Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks. CVE-2015-8956 It was discovered that missing input sanitising in RFCOMM Bluetooth socket handling may result in denial of service or information leak. CVE-2016-5195 It was discovered that a race condition in the memory management code can be used for local privilege escalation. CVE-2016-7042 Ondrej Kozina discovered that incorrect buffer allocation in the proc_keys_show() function may result in local denial of service. CVE-2016-7425 Marco Grassi discovered a buffer overflow in the arcmsr SCSI driver which may result in local denial of service, or potentially, arbitrary code execution. Additionally this update fixes a regression introduced in DSA-3616-1 causing iptables performance issues (cf. Debian Bug #831014). For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 3.16.36-1+deb8u2. We recommend that you upgrade your linux packages. Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
