SUSE-SA:2010:053 -- SUSE kernel local privilege escalationID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:400054 | Date: (C)2012-01-31 (M)2024-01-02 |
Class: PATCH | Family: unix |
The openSUSE 11.2 and 11.3 kernels were updated to fix 2 critical security issues and some small bugs. Following security issues were fixed: CVE-2010-3904: A local privilege escalation in RDS sockets allowed local attackers to gain root privileges. We thank Dan Rosenberg for reporting this problem. CVE-2010-2963: A problem in the compat ioctl handling in video4linux allowed local attackers with a video device plugged in to gain root privileges on x86_64 systems. We thank Kees Cook for reporting this problem.
Platform: |
openSUSE 11.3 |
openSUSE 11.2 |