Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.12.2006.347.1
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-347-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'linux-meta, linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15, linux-source-2.6.10, linux-source-2.6.12, linux-source-2.6.15, vmware-player-kernel-2.6.15' package(s) announced via the USN-347-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'linux-meta, linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15, linux-source-2.6.10, linux-source-2.6.12, linux-source-2.6.15, vmware-player-kernel-2.6.15' package(s) announced via the USN-347-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Sridhar Samudrala discovered a local Denial of Service vulnerability in the handling of SCTP sockets. By opening such a socket with a special SO_LINGER value, a local attacker could exploit this to crash the kernel. (CVE-2006-4535) Kirill Korotaev discovered that the ELF loader on the ia64 and sparc platforms did not sufficiently verify the memory layout. By attempting to execute a specially crafted executable, a local user could exploit this to crash the kernel. (CVE-2006-4538) Affected Software/OS: 'linux-meta, linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15, linux-source-2.6.10, linux-source-2.6.12, linux-source-2.6.15, vmware-player-kernel-2.6.15' package(s) on Ubuntu 5.04, Ubuntu 5.10, Ubuntu 6.06. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 4.9 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-4535 BugTraq ID: 20087 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20087 Debian Security Information: DSA-1183 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1183 Debian Security Information: DSA-1184 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1184 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:182 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:025 http://www.mail-archive.com/kernel-svn-changes@lists.alioth.debian.org/msg02314.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=204460 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10530 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0689.html http://securitytracker.com/id?1016992 http://secunia.com/advisories/21945 http://secunia.com/advisories/21967 http://secunia.com/advisories/22082 http://secunia.com/advisories/22093 http://secunia.com/advisories/22292 http://secunia.com/advisories/22382 http://secunia.com/advisories/22945 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-347-1 XForce ISS Database: kernel-sctp-dos(29011) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29011 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-4538 BugTraq ID: 19702 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19702 Debian Security Information: DSA-1233 (Google Search) http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1233 Debian Security Information: DSA-1237 (Google Search) http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1237 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:060 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10301 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2007:0014 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1049.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0787.html http://secunia.com/advisories/21999 http://secunia.com/advisories/23370 http://secunia.com/advisories/23395 http://secunia.com/advisories/23474 http://secunia.com/advisories/23997 http://secunia.com/advisories/24206 http://secunia.com/advisories/24482 http://secunia.com/advisories/27913 http://secunia.com/advisories/33280 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2006:079 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3670
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone AG

This is only one of 146377 vulnerability tests in our test suite. Find out more about running a complete security audit. To run a free test of this vulnerability against your system, register below.