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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS USN-1719-1 Moderate: Kernel Denial Of Service

Ubuntu Large Esm H500
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1719-1
February 12, 2013

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:

It was discovered that hypervkvpd, which is distributed in the Linux
kernel, was not correctly validating the origin on Netlink messages. An
untrusted local user can cause a denial of service of Linux guests in
Hyper-V virtualization environments. (CVE-2012-2669)

Dmitry Monakhov reported a race condition flaw the Linux ext4 filesystem
that can expose stale data. An unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to
cause an information leak. (CVE-2012-4508)

Andrew Cooper of Citrix reported a Xen stack corruption in the Linux
kernel. An unprivileged user in a 32bit PVOPS guest can cause the guest
kernel to crash, or operate erroneously. (CVE-2013-0190)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  linux-image-3.0.0-31-generic    3.0.0-31.48~lucid1
  linux-image-3.0.0-31-generic-pae  3.0.0-31.48~lucid1
  linux-image-3.0.0-31-server     3.0.0-31.48~lucid1
  linux-image-3.0.0-31-virtual    3.0.0-31.48~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:
  
  CVE-2012-2669, CVE-2012-4508, CVE-2013-0190

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lts-backport-oneiric/3.0.0-31.48~lucid1

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS USN-1719-1 Moderate: Kernel Denial Of Service

ubuntu
Calendar Grey February 12, 2013
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Addressing various kernel weaknesses outlined in Debian Security Notice DSN-1234-5, which include Denial of Service (DoS) attacks and information exposure.
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-3.0.0-31-generic 3.0.0-31.48~lucid1 linux-image-3.0.0-31-generic-pae 3.0.0-31.48~lucid1 linux-image-3.0.0-31-server 3.0.0-31.48~lucid1 linux-image-3.0.0-31-virtual 3.0.0-31.48~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

CVE-2012-2669, CVE-2012-4508, CVE-2013-0190

February 12, 2013

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lts-backport-oneiric/3.0.0-31.48~lucid1

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