---------------------------------------------------------------------- Secure your corporate defenses and reduce complexity in handling vulnerability threats with the new Secunia Vulnerability Intelligence Manager (VIM). Request a free trial: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/vim/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Debian update for linux-2.6 SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA43127 VERIFY ADVISORY: Secunia.com http://secunia.com/advisories/43127/ Customer Area (Credentials Required) https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=43127 RELEASE DATE: 2011-02-01 DISCUSS ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/43127/#comments AVAILABLE ON SITE AND IN CUSTOMER AREA: * Last Update * Popularity * Comments * Criticality Level * Impact * Where * Solution Status * Operating System / Software * CVE Reference(s) http://secunia.com/advisories/43127/ ONLY AVAILABLE IN CUSTOMER AREA: * Authentication Level * Report Reliability * Secunia PoC * Secunia Analysis * Systems Affected * Approve Distribution * Remediation Status * Secunia CVSS Score * CVSS https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=43127 ONLY AVAILABLE WITH SECUNIA CSI AND SECUNIA PSI: * AUTOMATED SCANNING http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/ http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/corporate/wsus_sccm_3rd_third_party_patching/ DESCRIPTION: Debian has issued an update for linux-2.6. This fixes some weaknesses, security issues, and vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to disclose certain system information, bypass certain security restrictions, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), and gain escalated privileges, and by malicious people to cause a DoS. For more information: SA42035 SA42148 SA42176 SA42187 SA42354 SA42372 SA42570 SA42684 SA42765 SA42964 SA43009 1) An error within the Econet protocol implementation can be exploited to cause a crash by sending Acorn Universal Networking packets over UDP. SOLUTION: Install updated packages via the apt-get package manager. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: 1) Nelson Elhage ORIGINAL ADVISORY: DSA-2153-1: http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2011/msg00017.html OTHER REFERENCES: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/ DEEP LINKS: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/ EXTENDED DESCRIPTION: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/ EXTENDED SOLUTION: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/ EXPLOIT: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help private users keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/advisories/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/advisories/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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------