=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1664-1
December 13, 2012

linux-ec2 vulnerability
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

The system's firewall could be bypassed by a remote attacker.

Software Description:
- linux-ec2: Linux kernel for EC2

Details:

Zhang Zuotao discovered a bug in the Linux kernel's handling of overlapping
fragments in ipv6. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to bypass
firewalls and initial new network connections that should have been blocked
by the firewall.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  linux-image-2.6.32-350-ec2      2.6.32-350.58

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1664-1
  CVE-2012-4444

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ec2/2.6.32-350.58