Monthly Archives: December 2014

Security

Red Hat Security Advisory 2014-2008-01

Red Hat Security Advisory 2014-2008-01 – The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel handled GS segment register base switching when recovering from a #SS fault on an erroneous return to user space. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system.

Security

Red Hat Security Advisory 2014-2009-01

Red Hat Security Advisory 2014-2009-01 – The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel handled GS segment register base switching when recovering from a #SS fault on an erroneous return to user space. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system.

NVD

CVE-2014-7170

Race condition in Puppet Server 0.2.0 allows local users to obtain sensitive information by accessing it in between package installation or upgrade and the start of the service.

NVD

CVE-2014-8116

The ELF parser (readelf.c) in file before 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via a large number of (1) program or (2) section headers or (3) invalid capabilities.

NVD

CVE-2014-8117

softmagic.c in file before 5.21 does not properly limit recursion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via unspecified vectors.

NVD

CVE-2014-8553

The mci_account_get_array_by_id function in api/soap/mc_account_api.php in MantisBT before 1.2.18 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a (1) mc_project_get_users, (2) mc_issue_get, (3) mc_filter_get_issues, or (4) mc_project_get_issues SOAP request.