---------------------------------------------------------------------- Secunia is proud to announce the availability of the Secunia Software Inspector. The Secunia Software Inspector is a free service that detects insecure versions of software that you may have installed in your system. When insecure versions are detected, the Secunia Software Inspector also provides thorough guidelines for updating the software to the latest secure version from the vendor. Try it out online: http://secunia.com/software_inspector/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Linux Kernel Unspecified "init_timer()" Security Issue SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA23529 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/23529/ CRITICAL: Moderately critical IMPACT: Unknown WHERE: >From remote OPERATING SYSTEM: Linux Kernel 2.4.x http://secunia.com/product/763/ DESCRIPTION: A security issue with an unknown impact has been reported in Linux Kernel. The vulnerability is caused due to an error in drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_ppp.c as the "isdn_ppp_ccp_reset_alloc_state()" function never initialises an event timer before scheduling it with the "add_timer()" function. SOLUTION: Update to version 2.4.34. http://kernel.org/ PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Reported by the vendor. ORIGINAL ADVISORY: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.34 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------