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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS USN-1728-1 Critical: Linux-EC2 Crash Issue

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The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1728-1
February 19, 2013

linux-ec2 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-ec2: Linux kernel for EC2

Details:

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.

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      2.6.32-350.60

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1728-1
  CVE-2013-0190

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ec2/2.6.32-350.60

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS USN-1728-1 Critical: Linux-EC2 Crash Issue

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1728-1 announces a critical linux-ec2 flaw that can cause unexpected system failures in specific scenarios.
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-2.6.32-350-ec2 2.6.32-350.60 After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1728-1

CVE-2013-0190

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February 19, 2013

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ec2/2.6.32-350.60

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