Symantec Messaging Gateway version 9.5.3-3 suffers from backdoor account and privilege escalation vulnerabilities.
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VMware Security Advisory 2011-0012 - VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Console address several security issues.
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Ubuntu Security Notice 1202-1 - Dan Rosenberg discovered that several network ioctls did not clear kernel memory correctly. A local user could exploit this to read kernel stack memory, leading to a loss of privacy. Brad Spengler discovered that stack memory for new a process was not correctly calculated. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. Dan Rosenberg discovered that the Linux kernel TIPC implementation contained multiple integer signedness errors. A local attacker could exploit this to gain root privileges. Various other issues were also addressed.
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This exploit leverages three vulnerabilities to escalate privileges. The primary vulnerability is a kernel stack overflow, not a stack buffer overflow as the CVE description incorrectly states. This may be the first public exploit for a kernel stack overflow, and it turns out to be a bit tricky due to some particulars of the econet vulnerability. It involves the econet_sendmsg function, ec_dev_ioctl function, and the ipc subsystem. Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.36.2 are affected.
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Ubuntu Security Notice 1186-1 - Dan Rosenberg discovered that IPC structures were not correctly initialized on 64bit systems. A local attacker could exploit this to read kernel stack memory, leading to a loss of privacy. Steve Chen discovered that setsockopt did not correctly check MSS values. A local attacker could make a specially crafted socket call to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. Vladymyr Denysov discovered that Xen virtual CD-ROM devices were not handled correctly. A local attacker in a guest could make crafted blkback requests that would crash the host, leading to a denial of service. Various other issues were also addressed.
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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2011-051 - The Linux 2.6 kernel has been updated to mitigate multiple vulnerabilities related to denial of service, arbitrary code execution, stack memory disclosure, restriction bypass, and more.
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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2011-029 - Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered and fixed in the Linux 2.6 kernel. The X.25 implementation does not properly parse facilities, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via malformed data, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-4164. The bcm_connect function Broadcast Manager in the Controller Area Network implementation in the Linux creates a publicly accessible file with a filename containing a kernel memory address, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information about kernel memory use by listing this filename. The install_special_mapping function in mm/mmap.c does not make an expected security_file_mmap function call, which allows local users to bypass intended mmap_min_addr restrictions and possibly conduct NULL pointer dereference attacks via a crafted assembly-language application. Various other issues have also been addressed.
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Debian Linux Security Advisory 2126-1 - Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leak.
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