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Debian: DSA-3313-1 Moderate: Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation and DoS

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Calendar Grey July 23, 2015
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The Debian security bulletin DSA-3313-1 highlights several vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. It is advisable to apply the updates promptly.
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation or denial of service

Summary

CVE-2015-3290

Andy Lutomirski discovered that the Linux kernel does not properly
handle nested NMIs. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw
for privilege escalation.

CVE-2015-3291

Andy Lutomirski discovered that under certain conditions a malicious
userspace program can cause the kernel to skip NMIs leading to a
denial of service.

CVE-2015-4167

Carl Henrik Lunde discovered that the UDF implementation is missing
a necessary length check. A local user that can mount devices could
use this flaw to crash the system.

CVE-2015-5157

Petr Matousek and Andy Lutomirski discovered that an NMI that
interrupts userspace and encounters an IRET fault is incorrectly
handled. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw for denial
of service or possibly for privilege escalation.

CVE-2015-5364

It was discovered that the Linux kernel does not properly handle
invalid UDP checksums. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to
cause a denial of servi...

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Package: linux
CVE ID: CVE-2015-3290 CVE-2015-3291 CVE-2015-4167 CVE-2015-5157

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