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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS USN-1736-1 Critical: Kernel Race Condition Threat

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Ubuntu Security Alert USN-1736-1 addresses a vulnerability in the Linux kernel enabling unauthorized program execution. Immediate update advised.
The system could be made to run programs as an administrator.

Summary

The system could be made to run programs as an administrator.

Software Description:

- linux: Linux kernel

Details:

Suleiman Souhlal, Salman Qazi, Aaron Durbin and Michael Davidson discovered

a race condition in the Linux kernel's ptrace syscall. An unprivileged

local attacker could exploit this flaw to run programs as an administrator.

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Topics Covered

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  linux-image-2.6.32-45-386       2.6.32-45.104
  linux-image-2.6.32-45-generic   2.6.32-45.104
  linux-image-2.6.32-45-generic-pae  2.6.32-45.104
  linux-image-2.6.32-45-ia64      2.6.32-45.104
  linux-image-2.6.32-45-lpia      2.6.32-45.104
  linux-image-2.6.32-45-powerpc   2.6.32-45.104
  linux-image-2.6.32-45-powerpc-smp  2.6.32-45.104
  linux-image-2.6.32-45-powerpc64-smp  2.6.32-45.104
  linux-image-2.6.32-45-preempt   2.6.32-45.104
  linux-image-2.6.32-45-server    2.6.32-45.104
  linux-image-2.6.32-45-sparc64   2.6.32-45.104
  linux-image-2.6.32-45-sparc64-smp  2.6.32-45.104
  linux-image-2.6.32-45-versatile  2.6.32-45.104
  linux-image-2.6.32-45-virtual   2.6.32-45.104

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1736-1

CVE-2013-0871

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February 22, 2013

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/2.6.32-45.104

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