Monthly Archives: January 2016

CentOS

CESA-2016:0045 Important CentOS 5 kernel SecurityUpdate

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2016:0045 Important

Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0045.html

The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently 
syncing to the mirrors: ( sha256sum Filename ) 

i386:
45d48fb8351d1e77ca7826f2025b8c28e42d244a37cccd7e40c945f193a4f929  kernel-2.6.18-408.el5.i686.rpm
2ab4facb340d3a1fb1fc81ed12f58a8b5c9103cd9f2133b4082be8d6c553df81  kernel-debug-2.6.18-408.el5.i686.rpm
a42578c0604c1d86e976a104dee01a03c2f5b92e9cb713ead3c1616cb79e67b3  kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-408.el5.i686.rpm
6c1406f7375ec4617d3d53e7e6ad0add39fe9e646675b4e1247c91cb5f7066e5  kernel-devel-2.6.18-408.el5.i686.rpm
df8c6370f9b74dba17f99d608daa1259f4271f15f1bae6091197d11952a83b3c  kernel-doc-2.6.18-408.el5.noarch.rpm
b2ff283f0d821a062ec1414a86756154f6a9df3a3c4c0563d29b0b27655b492d  kernel-headers-2.6.18-408.el5.i386.rpm
82d38fccf6d3b7e21fcfa6b3807014b280696e53aae6b95a870ab33342f86f8c  kernel-PAE-2.6.18-408.el5.i686.rpm
758913ae27c4da4b4f5a98f851e5ae55ac9c427476f1e893662fe9a7b571412d  kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-408.el5.i686.rpm
5e758fe8925b0b79ee4d5386a1cfd760ea06abe80d6ee6ec43963b01e87af878  kernel-xen-2.6.18-408.el5.i686.rpm
6648864e010dcaeddb600d11635f1385806cad22fc2916e8706be1a136f0b728  kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-408.el5.i686.rpm

x86_64:
38c47b61044a33476ab42ba2cfdbafc57f86ab29846352edb7017725e1b190bc  kernel-2.6.18-408.el5.x86_64.rpm
02fad3d60b68a09db26aa6299b51e69bb3f3e60f6b2695b7b267c93862ad59a7  kernel-debug-2.6.18-408.el5.x86_64.rpm
62502d190c1650834f58df4b73532afc18743381c376987d862b954dfaefa2eb  kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-408.el5.x86_64.rpm
2013207c15f229da615a620443ff96a1f4e200dced92f3e7ee070bcf0fe2ef8b  kernel-devel-2.6.18-408.el5.x86_64.rpm
df8c6370f9b74dba17f99d608daa1259f4271f15f1bae6091197d11952a83b3c  kernel-doc-2.6.18-408.el5.noarch.rpm
cbe09cac6bc78fedc1f79a12ebffe1663ec5c8d76640c7a4d7cfb5b4a93754c0  kernel-headers-2.6.18-408.el5.x86_64.rpm
c8965c4e5f822bcca0bb4afeee41512731b1823b403112d71445ed869fa3efb4  kernel-xen-2.6.18-408.el5.x86_64.rpm
a2da81341a223d25427ce21be8caf689771c0f7900b61fd736796f3402261764  kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-408.el5.x86_64.rpm

Source:
90958bbb66a6776d51e6b9e5d920d18c989fd169b5308e47ff1d6384272846b9  kernel-2.6.18-408.el5.src.rpm
US-CERT

IRS Releases Ninth Security Tip

Original release date: January 19, 2016

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released the ninth in a series of tips intended to help the public protect personal and financial data online and at home. This tip describes new procedures taken by the IRS, state governments, and the tax industry to provide a safer, more secure filing environment for taxpayers. Recommendations include new password standards, security questions, out-of-band email verification, and a lockout feature.

US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the IRS Security Awareness Tax Tip Number 9 for additional information.

This product is provided subject to this Notification and this Privacy & Use policy.

Hackers News

Zero-Day Flaw Found in 'Linux Kernel' leaves Millions Vulnerable

A new critical zero-day vulnerability has been discovered in the Linux kernel that could allow attackers to gain root level privileges by running a malicious Android or Linux application on an affected device.

The critical Linux kernel flaw (CVE-2016-0728) has been identified by a group of researchers at a startup named Perception Point.

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The vulnerability was present in