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Debian Wheezy DSA-3070-1: Critical FreeBSD Kernel Issues and Risks

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the FreeBSD kernel that may lead to a denial of service or information disclosure. CVE-2014-3711 . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3070-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff November 07, 2014 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : kfreebsd-9 CVE ID : CVE-2014-3711 CVE-2014-3952 CVE-2014-3953 CVE-2014-8476 Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the FreeBSD kernel that may lead to a denial of service or information disclosure. CVE-2014-3711 Denial of service through memory leak in sandboxed namei lookups. CVE-2014-3952 Kernel memory disclosure in sockbuf control messages. CVE-2014-3953 Kernel memory disclosure in SCTP. This update disables SCTP, since the userspace tools shipped in Wheezy didn't support SCTP anyway. CVE-2014-8476 Kernel stack disclosure in setlogin() and getlogin(). For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 9.0-10+deb70.8. We recommend that you upgrade your kfreebsd-9 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. . A number of security flaws identified within the FreeBSD kernel may lead to service disruption or data leakage. It's advisable to perform updates.. FreeBSD Kernel, Security Update, Denial Of Service, Information Disclosure, Debian Release. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

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