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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS USN-1563-1 Critical: Kernel Denial of Service

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The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1563-1
September 10, 2012

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

- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.

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

Details:

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS)
protocol implementation. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to
cause a denial of service.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  linux-image-3.0.0-25-generic    3.0.0-25.41~lucid1
  linux-image-3.0.0-25-generic-pae  3.0.0-25.41~lucid1
  linux-image-3.0.0-25-server     3.0.0-25.41~lucid1
  linux-image-3.0.0-25-virtual    3.0.0-25.41~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-1563-1
  CVE-2012-2372

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lts-backport-oneiric/3.0.0-25.41~lucid1

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS USN-1563-1 Critical: Kernel Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey September 10, 2012
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Important Ubuntu Security Alert USN-1564-2 tackles a kernel flaw that may lead to a system failure.
The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: linux-image-3.0.0-25-generic 3.0.0-25.41~lucid1 linux-image-3.0.0-25-generic-pae 3.0.0-25.41~lucid1 linux-image-3.0.0-25-server 3.0.0-25.41~lucid1 linux-image-3.0.0-25-virtual 3.0.0-25.41~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-1563-1

CVE-2012-2372

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September 10, 2012

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lts-backport-oneiric/3.0.0-25.41~lucid1

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