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Ubuntu 8.04 LTS USN-1650-1 Critical: Linux Kernel Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey November 30, 2012
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Ubuntu Security Alert USN-1650-1 addresses a critical kernel vulnerability that could lead to service interruption, necessitating an update and a system restart.
The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.

Summary

The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.

Software Description:

- linux: Linux kernel

Details:

Rodrigo Freire discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's TCP illinois

congestion control algorithm. A local attacker could use this to cause a

denial of service.

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
  linux-image-2.6.24-32-386       2.6.24-32.106
  linux-image-2.6.24-32-generic   2.6.24-32.106
  linux-image-2.6.24-32-hppa32    2.6.24-32.106
  linux-image-2.6.24-32-hppa64    2.6.24-32.106
  linux-image-2.6.24-32-itanium   2.6.24-32.106
  linux-image-2.6.24-32-lpia      2.6.24-32.106
  linux-image-2.6.24-32-lpiacompat  2.6.24-32.106
  linux-image-2.6.24-32-mckinley  2.6.24-32.106
  linux-image-2.6.24-32-openvz    2.6.24-32.106
  linux-image-2.6.24-32-powerpc   2.6.24-32.106
  linux-image-2.6.24-32-powerpc-smp  2.6.24-32.106
  linux-image-2.6.24-32-powerpc64-smp  2.6.24-32.106
  linux-image-2.6.24-32-rt        2.6.24-32.106
  linux-image-2.6.24-32-server    2.6.24-32.106
  linux-image-2.6.24-32-sparc64   2.6.24-32.106
  linux-image-2.6.24-32-sparc64-smp  2.6.24-32.106
  linux-image-2.6.24-32-virtual   2.6.24-32.106
  linux-image-2.6.24-32-xen       2.6.24-32.106

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1650-1

CVE-2012-4565

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November 30, 2012

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/2.6.24-32.106

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