Friday, December 3, 2010

Linux Kernel: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Users of Linux kernel please be advised of Multiple Vulnerabilities that has been identified.

To view this vulnerability, possible remedies, and others please check out the Security Advisories at Critical Watch (http://criticalwatch.com/support/security-advisories.aspx)

Amplify’d from www.criticalwatch.com
USN-1023-1: [USN-1023-1] Linux kernel - Multiple Issues
Details follow:



Nelson Elhage discovered several problems with the Acorn Econet protocol

driver. A local user could cause a denial of service via a NULL pointer

dereference, escalate privileges by overflowing the kernel stack, and

assign Econet addresses to arbitrary interfaces.


Read more at www.criticalwatch.com
 

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