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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS USN-1471-1 Critical: Kernel Denial Of Service Risks

Ubuntu Large Esm H500
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1471-1
June 12, 2012

linux-lts-backport-oneiric vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

Software Description:
- linux-lts-backport-oneiric: Linux kernel backport from Oneiric

Details:

Andy Adamson discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's NFSv4 implementation.
A remote NFS server (attacker) could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of
service. (CVE-2011-4131)

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's KVM (kernel virtual machine).
An administrative user in the guest OS could leverage this flaw to cause a
denial of service in the host OS. (CVE-2012-2121)

Schacher Raindel discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's memory handling
when hugetlb is enabled. An unprivileged local attacker could exploit this
flaw to cause a denial of service and potentially gain higher privileges.
(CVE-2012-2133)

Stephan Mueller reported a flaw in the Linux kernel's dl2k network driver's
handling of ioctls. An unprivileged local user could leverage this flaw to
cause a denial of service. (CVE-2012-2313)

Timo Warns reported multiple flaws in the Linux kernel's hfsplus
filesystem. An unprivileged local user could exploit these flaws to gain
root system priviliges. (CVE-2012-2319)

Xi Wang discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's i915 graphics driver
handling of cliprect on 32 bit systems. An unprivileged local attacker
could leverage this flaw to cause a denial of service or potentially gain
root privileges. (CVE-2012-2383)

Xi Wang discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's i915 graphics driver
handling of buffer_count on 32 bit systems. An unprivileged local attacker
could leverage this flaw to cause a denial of service or potentially gain
root privileges. (CVE-2012-2384)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  linux-image-3.0.0-21-generic    3.0.0-21.35~lucid1
  linux-image-3.0.0-21-generic-pae  3.0.0-21.35~lucid1
  linux-image-3.0.0-21-server     3.0.0-21.35~lucid1
  linux-image-3.0.0-21-virtual    3.0.0-21.35~lucid1

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

ATTENTION: Due to an unavoidable ABI change the kernel updates have
been given a new version number, which requires you to recompile and
reinstall all third party kernel modules you might have installed. If
you use linux-restricted-modules, you have to update that package as
well to get modules which work with the new kernel version. Unless you
manually uninstalled the standard kernel metapackages (e.g. linux-generic,
linux-server, linux-powerpc), a standard system upgrade will automatically
perform this as well.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1471-1
  CVE-2011-4131, CVE-2012-2121, CVE-2012-2133, CVE-2012-2313,
  CVE-2012-2319, CVE-2012-2383, CVE-2012-2384

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lts-backport-oneiric/3.0.0-21.35~lucid1

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS USN-1471-1 Critical: Kernel Denial Of Service Risks

ubuntu
Calendar Grey June 12, 2012
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Serious flaws in the kernel of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS could result in risk for denial of service and unauthorized elevation of privileges.
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 10.04 LTS: linux-image-3.0.0-21-generic 3.0.0-21.35~lucid1 linux-image-3.0.0-21-generic-pae 3.0.0-21.35~lucid1 linux-image-3.0.0-21-server 3.0.0-21.35~lucid1 linux-image-3.0.0-21-virtual 3.0.0-21.35~lucid1 After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes. ATTENTION: Due to an unavoidable ABI change the kernel updates have been given a new version number, which requires you to recompile and reinstall all third party kernel modules you might have installed. If you use linux-restricted-modules, you have to update that package as well to get modules which work with the new kernel version. Unless you manually uninstalled the standard kernel metapackages (e.g. linux-generic, linux-server, linux-powerpc), a standard system upgrade will automatically perform this as well.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1471-1

CVE-2011-4131, CVE-2012-2121, CVE-2012-2133, CVE-2012-2313,

CVE-2012-2319, CVE-2012-2383, CVE-2012-2384

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June 12, 2012

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lts-backport-oneiric/3.0.0-21.35~lucid1

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