| Description: | Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'linux' package(s) announced via the DSA-3616-1 advisory.
Vulnerability Insight:
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks.
CVE-2014-9904
It was discovered that the snd_compress_check_input function used in the ALSA subsystem does not properly check for an integer overflow, allowing a local user to cause a denial of service.
CVE-2016-5728
Pengfei Wang discovered a race condition in the MIC VOP driver that could allow a local user to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service.
CVE-2016-5828
Cyril Bur and Michael Ellerman discovered a flaw in the handling of Transactional Memory on powerpc systems allowing a local user to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact, by starting a transaction, suspending it, and then calling any of the exec() class system calls.
CVE-2016-5829
A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the hiddev driver, allowing a local user to cause a denial of service or, potentially escalate their privileges.
CVE-2016-6130
Pengfei Wang discovered a flaw in the S/390 character device drivers potentially leading to information leak with /dev/sclp.
Additionally this update fixes a regression in the ebtables facility (#828914) that was introduced in DSA-3607-1.
For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 3.16.7-ckt25-2+deb8u3.
We recommend that you upgrade your linux packages.
Affected Software/OS:
'linux' package(s) on Debian 8.
Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).
CVSS Score:
7.2
CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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