Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.68023
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2010:0718
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2010:0718. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issue: * The compat_alloc_user_space() function in the Linux kernel 32/64-bit compatibility layer implementation was missing sanity checks. This function could be abused in other areas of the Linux kernel if its length argument can be controlled from user-space. On 64-bit systems, a local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges. (CVE-2010-3081, Important) Red Hat would like to thank Ben Hawkes for reporting this issue. Refer to Knowledgebase article DOC-40265 for further details: https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-40265 Users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect. Solution: Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0718.html http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important Risk factor : High CVSS Score: 7.2
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-3081 Bugtraq: 20101130 VMSA-2010-0017 VMware ESX third party update for Service Console kerne (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514938/30/30/threaded Bugtraq: 20110211 VMSA-2011-0003 Third party component updates for VMware vCenter Server, vCenter Update Manager, ESXi and ESX (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-09/0273.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-09/0278.html http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:214 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:247 http://blog.ksplice.com/2010/09/cve-2010-3081/ http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=9574 http://sota.gen.nz/compat1/ http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128461522230211&w=2 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0758.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0882.html http://secunia.com/advisories/42384 http://secunia.com/advisories/43315 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2010:050 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00003.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2011:007 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2010:017 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00006.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3083 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3117 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298
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