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Ubuntu 11.04: 1345-1 Medium Severity - Linux Kernel Issues

Ubuntu Large Esm H500
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1345-1
January 24, 2012

linux vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 11.04

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

Software Description:
- linux: Linux kernel

Details:

Peter Huewe discovered an information leak in the handling of reading
security-related TPM data. A local, unprivileged user could read the
results of a previous TPM command. (CVE-2011-1162)

Clement Lecigne discovered a bug in the HFS filesystem. A local attacker
could exploit this to cause a kernel oops. (CVE-2011-2203)

A flaw was found in how the Linux kernel handles user-defined key types. An
unprivileged local user could exploit this to crash the system.
(CVE-2011-4110)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 11.04:
  linux-image-2.6.38-13-generic   2.6.38-13.54
  linux-image-2.6.38-13-generic-pae  2.6.38-13.54
  linux-image-2.6.38-13-omap      2.6.38-13.54
  linux-image-2.6.38-13-powerpc   2.6.38-13.54
  linux-image-2.6.38-13-powerpc-smp  2.6.38-13.54
  linux-image-2.6.38-13-powerpc64-smp  2.6.38-13.54
  linux-image-2.6.38-13-server    2.6.38-13.54
  linux-image-2.6.38-13-versatile  2.6.38-13.54
  linux-image-2.6.38-13-virtual   2.6.38-13.54

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

References:
  
  CVE-2011-1162, CVE-2011-2203, CVE-2011-4110

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/2.6.38-13.54

Ubuntu 11.04: 1345-1 Medium Severity - Linux Kernel Issues

ubuntu
Calendar Grey January 24, 2012
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Numerous core vulnerabilities were addressed in Fedora 15, boosting the operating system's resilience against potential attacks.
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 11.04: linux-image-2.6.38-13-generic 2.6.38-13.54 linux-image-2.6.38-13-generic-pae 2.6.38-13.54 linux-image-2.6.38-13-omap 2.6.38-13.54 linux-image-2.6.38-13-powerpc 2.6.38-13.54 linux-image-2.6.38-13-powerpc-smp 2.6.38-13.54 linux-image-2.6.38-13-powerpc64-smp 2.6.38-13.54 linux-image-2.6.38-13-server 2.6.38-13.54 linux-image-2.6.38-13-versatile 2.6.38-13.54 linux-image-2.6.38-13-virtual 2.6.38-13.54 After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2011-1162, CVE-2011-2203, CVE-2011-4110

Severity
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January 24, 2012

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/2.6.38-13.54

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