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kernel: several vulnerabilities

Package(s):kernel CVE #(s):CVE-2008-2931 CVE-2008-3272 CVE-2008-3275
Created:August 26, 2008 Updated:January 5, 2009
Description: From the Ubuntu advisory:

The do_change_type routine did not correctly validation administrative users. A local attacker could exploit this to block mount points or cause private mounts to be shared, leading to denial of service or a possible loss of privacy. (CVE-2008-2931)

Tobias Klein discovered that the OSS interface through ALSA did not correctly validate the device number. A local attacker could exploit this to access sensitive kernel memory, leading to a denial of service or a loss of privacy. (CVE-2008-3272)

Zoltan Sogor discovered that new directory entries could be added to already deleted directories. A local attacker could exploit this, filling up available memory and disk space, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2008-3275)

Alerts:
Ubuntu USN-637-1 2008-08-25
SuSE SUSE-SA:2008:044 2008-09-11
Debian DSA-1636-1 2008-09-11
Red Hat RHSA-2008:0885-01 2008-09-24
CentOS CESA-2008:0885 2008-09-25
SuSE SUSE-SA:2008:047 2008-10-01
SuSE SUSE-SA:2008:048 2008-10-01
SuSE SUSE-SA:2008:049 2008-10-02
Red Hat RHSA-2008:0857-02 2008-10-07
SuSE SUSE-SA:2008:052 2008-10-21
Mandriva MDVSA-2008:220 2008-10-29
SuSE SUSE-SR:2008:025 2008-11-14
Red Hat RHSA-2008:0972-01 2008-11-19
CentOS CESA-2008:0972 2008-11-20
Mandriva MDVSA-2008:220-1 2008-11-19
Red Hat RHSA-2008:0973-03 2008-12-16
CentOS CESA-2008:0973 2008-12-17
Red Hat RHSA-2008:0787-01 2009-01-05

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