| Beschreibung: | Description:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory SUSE-SA:2008:030.
The Linux kernel update was updated on openSUSE 10.2 and 10.3 to fix
the following security problems:
CVE-2008-2136: A problem in SIT IPv6 tunnel handling could be used
by remote attackers to immediately crash the machine.
CVE-2007-6282: A remote attacker could crash the IPSec/IPv6 stack
by sending a bad ESP packet. This requires the host to be able to
receive such packets (default filtered by the firewall).
CVE-2007-5904: A remote buffer overflow in CIFS was fixed which
could potentially be used by remote attackers to crash the machine
or potentially execute code.
CVE-2008-1615: On x86_64 a denial of service attack could be used by
local attackers to immediately panic / crash the machine.
CVE-2008-2358: A security problem in DCCP was fixed, which could be
used by remote attackers to crash the machine. Only a fix for openSUSE
10.2 was necessary.
CVE-2008-2148: The permission checking in sys_utimensat was incorrect
and local attackers could change the file times of files they do not
own to the current time.
CVE-2007-6206: An information leakage during core dumping of root
processes was fixed. This problem was already fixed for openSUSE 10.3
previously and was now fixed for openSUSE 10.2.
CVE-2007-6712: A integer overflow in the hrtimer_forward function
(hrtimer.c) in Linux kernel, when running on 64-bit systems, allows
local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a timer
with a large expiry value, which causes the timer to always be expired.
CVE-2008-1669: Fixed a SMP ordering problem in fcntl_setlk could
potentially allow local attackers to execute code by timing file
locking.
CVE-2008-1367: Clear the direction flag before calling signal
handlers. For specific not yet identified programs under specific
timing conditions this could potentially have caused memory corruption
or code execution.
CVE-2008-1375: Fixed a dnotify race condition, which could be used
by local attackers to potentially execute code.
CVE-2007-5500: A ptrace bug could be used by local attackers to hang
their own processes indefinitely.
Also various non security bugs were fixed, please see the RPM changelogs.
Solution:
Update your system with the packages as indicated in
the referenced security advisory.
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=SUSE-SA:2008:030
Risk factor : High
CVSS Score:
7.8
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