Bug#318222: kernel-image-2.4.27-2-386: DRM in 2.4 kernel images are too old for X.Org, version mismatch against MesaGL.

2005-07-14 Thread Samuli Suominen
Package: kernel-image-2.4.27-2-386 Version: 2.4.27-10 Severity: serious Justification: required X.Org 6.8.2 has too new MesaGL to work with DRM in 2.4 kernel-images. Version mismatch, no Direct Rendering. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT polic

Bug#308634: kernel-source-2.6.8: A locally exploitable flaw to gain root.

2005-05-11 Thread Samuli Suominen
Package: kernel-source-2.6.8 Severity: grave Justification: user security hole A locally exploitable flaw has been found in the Linux ELF binary format loader's core dump function that allows local users to gain root privileges and also execute arbitrary code at kernel privilege level. V

Bug#307900: acknowledged by developer (Fixed in kernel-source-2.6.8 2.6.8-15)

2005-05-10 Thread Samuli Suominen
Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report #307900: kernel-image-2.6.8-2-386: This image, and maybe some others are easiably locally rootable. Exploit included., which was filed against the kernel-source-2.6.8 package. It has been closed by one of

Bug#307900: kernel-image-2.6.8-2-386: This image, and maybe some others are easiably locally rootable. Exploit included.

2005-05-06 Thread Samuli Suominen
Package: kernel-image-2.6.8-2-386 Severity: critical Justification: breaks the whole system Proof of consept: http://www.frsirt.com/exploits/20050322.k-rad.c.php This would work on other NON-SMP kernels too. Makes kernel images unusable for multiuser system. -- System Information: Debian Release