SUSE: 2012:0689-1 Important: Kernel SLE11 SP2 Local Exploits
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June 2, 2012
An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has 64 fixes An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has 64 fixes An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has 64 fixes ...
Summary
The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP2 kernel was updated to 3.0.31, fixing lots of bugs and security issues. Various security and bug fixes contained in the Linux 3.0 stable releases 3.0.27 up to 3.0.31 are included, but not explicitly listed below. Following security issues were fixed: CVE-2012-2313: The dl2k network card driver lacked permission handling for some ethtool ioctls, which could allow local attackers to start/stop the network card. CVE-2012-2133: A use after free bug in hugetlb support could be used by local attackers to crash the system. CVE-2012-2127: Various leaks in namespace handling over fork where fixed, which could be exploited by e.g. vsftpd access by remote users. CVE-2012-2319: A memory corruption when mounting a hfsplus
References
#704280 #708836 #718521 #721857 #725592 #732296
#738528 #738644 #743232 #744758 #745088 #746938
#748112 #748463 #748806 #748859 #750426 #751550
#752022 #752634 #753172 #753698 #754085 #754428
#754690 #754969 #755178 #755537 #755758 #755812
#756236 #756821 #756840 #756940 #757077 #757202
#757205 #757289 #757373 #757517 #757565 #757719
#757783 #757789 #757950 #758104 #758279 #758532
#758540 #758731 #758813 #758833 #759340 #759539
#759541 #759657 #759908 #759971 #760015 #760279
#760346 #760974 #761158 #761387 #761772 #762285
#762329 #762424
Cross- CVE-2012-2127 CVE-2012-2133 CVE-2012-2313
CVE-2012-2319
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:0689-1
Rating: important
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