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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2015.2460
linux security update
22 September 2015
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: kernel
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 7
Debian GNU/Linux 8
Linux variants
Impact/Access: Root Compromise -- Existing Account
Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Access Confidential Data -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2015-6937 CVE-2015-6252 CVE-2015-5156
CVE-2015-2925 CVE-2015-0272
Original Bulletin:
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3364
Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on
platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators
running linux check for an updated version of the software for their
operating system.
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3364-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Ben Hutchings
September 21, 2015 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : linux
CVE ID : CVE-2015-0272 CVE-2015-2925 CVE-2015-5156 CVE-2015-6252
CVE-2015-6937
Debian Bug : 796036
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that
may lead to a privilege escalation or denial of service.
CVE-2015-0272
It was discovered that NetworkManager would set IPv6 MTUs based on
the values received in IPv6 RAs (Router Advertisements), without
sufficiently validating these values. A remote attacker could
exploit this attack to disable IPv6 connectivity. This has been
mitigated by adding validation in the kernel.
CVE-2015-2925
Jann Horn discovered that when a subdirectory of a filesystem is
bind-mounted into a container that has its own user and mount
namespaces, a process with CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability in the user
namespace can access files outside of the subdirectory. The
default Debian configuration mitigated this as it does not allow
unprivileged users to create new user namespaces.
CVE-2015-5156
Jason Wang discovered that when a virtio_net device is connected
to a bridge in the same VM, a series of TCP packets forwarded
through the bridge may cause a heap buffer overflow. A remote
attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (crash) or
possibly for privilege escalation.
CVE-2015-6252
Michael S. Tsirkin of Red Hat Engineering found that the vhost
driver leaked file descriptors passed to it with the
VHOST_SET_LOG_FD ioctl command. A privileged local user with access
to the /dev/vhost-net file, either directly or via libvirt, could
use this to cause a denial of service (hang or crash).
CVE-2015-6937
It was found that the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol
implementation did not verify that an underlying transport exists
when creating a connection. Depending on how a local RDS
application initialised its sockets, a remote attacker might be
able to cause a denial of service (crash) by sending a crafted
packet.
#796036
Xavier Chantry discovered that the patch provided by the aufs
project to correct behaviour of memory-mapped files from an aufs
mount introduced a race condition in the msync() system call.
Ben Hutchings found that it also introduced a similar bug in the
madvise_remove() function. A local attacker could use this to
cause a denial of service or possibly for privilege escalation.
For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed
in version 3.2.68-1+deb7u4. CVE-2015-2925 and #796036 do not affect the
wheezy distribution.
For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 3.16.7-ckt11-1+deb8u4.
We recommend that you upgrade your linux packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
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