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Debian DSA-1060-1 : kernel-patch-vserver - programming error

low Nessus Plugin ID 22602

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Jan Rekorajski discovered that the kernel patch for virtual private servers does not limit context capabilities to the root user within the virtual server, which might lead to privilege escalation for some virtual server specific operations.

Solution

Upgrade the kernel-patch-vserver package and rebuild the kernel immediately.

The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain kernel-patch-vserver packages.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.9.5.6.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1060

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 22602

File Name: debian_DSA-1060.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kernel-patch-vserver, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 5/19/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/28/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-2110

DSA: 1060