SuSE 11.1 Security Update : Linux Kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 2760 / 2763 / 2764)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 51609

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Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 1 kernel contains various security fixes and other bugfixes.

Notable larger bug fixes and changes :

- A deadlock in virtual interface handling in XEN introduced by the last update has been fixed.

- The btrfs file system received backports of lots of fixes from 2.6.35.

- An OCFS2 data corruption during high load has been fixed.

- Custom truncation length has been added for authentication mechanisms in XFRM to enable IPv6 certification. The following security issues have been fixed :

- Several buffer overflows in the Novell Client novfs kernel module could be abused by local users to execute code in kernel space.

- On ext4 file systems, the MOVE_EXT ioctl() can overwrite append-only files. (CVE-2010-2066)

- A NULL pointer de-reference in the l2tp protocol can cause an oops, which leads to a denial of service.
(CVE-2010-2495)

- Insufficient permission checking for the setflags ioctl() in the gfs2 filesystem. (CVE-2010-1641)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 2760 / 2763 / 2764 as appropriate.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 51609

File Name: suse_11_kernel-100721.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 1/21/2011

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:btrfs-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:btrfs-kmp-pae, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:btrfs-kmp-xen, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:ext4dev-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:ext4dev-kmp-pae, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:ext4dev-kmp-xen, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:hyper-v-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:hyper-v-kmp-pae, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:kernel-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:kernel-default-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:kernel-default-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:kernel-default-extra, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:kernel-default-man, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:kernel-desktop-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:kernel-pae, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:kernel-pae-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:kernel-pae-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:kernel-pae-extra, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:kernel-source, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:kernel-syms, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:kernel-trace, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:kernel-trace-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:kernel-trace-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:kernel-xen, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:kernel-xen-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:kernel-xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:kernel-xen-extra, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/21/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-1641, CVE-2010-2066, CVE-2010-2495

Detections

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