Debian DSA-1681-1 : linux-2.6.24 - denial of service/privilege escalation
critical Nessus Plugin ID 35036
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VPR Score: 5.9
Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.Description
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or privilege escalation. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :- CVE-2008-3528 Eugene Teo reported a local DoS issue in the ext2 and ext3 filesystems. Local users who have been granted the privileges necessary to mount a filesystem would be able to craft a corrupted filesystem that causes the kernel to output error messages in an infinite loop.
- CVE-2008-4554 Milos Szeredi reported that the usage of splice() on files opened with O_APPEND allows users to write to the file at arbitrary offsets, enabling a bypass of possible assumed semantics of the O_APPEND flag.
- CVE-2008-4576 Vlad Yasevich reported an issue in the SCTP subsystem that may allow remote users to cause a local DoS by triggering a kernel oops.
- CVE-2008-4618 Wei Yongjun reported an issue in the SCTP subsystem that may allow remote users to cause a local DoS by triggering a kernel panic.
- CVE-2008-4933 Eric Sesterhenn reported a local DoS issue in the hfsplus filesystem. Local users who have been granted the privileges necessary to mount a filesystem would be able to craft a corrupted filesystem that causes the kernel to overrun a buffer, resulting in a system oops or memory corruption.
- CVE-2008-4934 Eric Sesterhenn reported a local DoS issue in the hfsplus filesystem. Local users who have been granted the privileges necessary to mount a filesystem would be able to craft a corrupted filesystem that results in a kernel oops due to an unchecked return value.
- CVE-2008-5025 Eric Sesterhenn reported a local DoS issue in the hfs filesystem. Local users who have been granted the privileges necessary to mount a filesystem would be able to craft a filesystem with a corrupted catalog name length, resulting in a system oops or memory corruption.
- CVE-2008-5029 Andrea Bittau reported a DoS issue in the unix socket subsystem that allows a local user to cause memory corruption, resulting in a kernel panic.
- CVE-2008-5134 Johannes Berg reported a remote DoS issue in the libertas wireless driver, which can be triggered by a specially crafted beacon/probe response.
- CVE-2008-5182 Al Viro reported race conditions in the inotify subsystem that may allow local users to acquire elevated privileges.
- CVE-2008-5300 Dann Frazier reported a DoS condition that allows local users to cause the out of memory handler to kill off privileged processes or trigger soft lockups due to a starvation issue in the unix socket subsystem.
Solution
Upgrade the linux-2.6.24 packages.For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.7.
See Also
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-3528
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4554
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4576
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4618
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4933
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4934
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5025
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5029
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5134
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5182
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 35036
File Name: debian_DSA-1681.nasl
Version: 1.16
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 12/5/2008
Updated: 1/4/2021
Dependencies: 12634
Risk Information
Risk Factor: Critical
VPR Score: 5.9
CVSS v2.0
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 8.7
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Temporal Vector: E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-2.6.24, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/4/2008
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/27/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-3528, CVE-2008-4554, CVE-2008-4576, CVE-2008-4618, CVE-2008-4933, CVE-2008-4934, CVE-2008-5025, CVE-2008-5029, CVE-2008-5134, CVE-2008-5182, CVE-2008-5300