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Ubuntu 12.10: USN-1750-2 Moderate: Linux Kernel Vulnerability Mitigation

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Calendar Grey February 26, 2013
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The latest Ubuntu Security Announcement USN-1750-1 highlights vulnerabilities in the kernel that could permit unauthorized administrative control and lead to system instability.
The system could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator.

Summary

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

Software Description:

- linux: Linux kernel

Details:

Brad Spengler discovered a bounds checking error for netlink messages

requesting SOCK_DIAG_BY_FAMILY. An unprivileged local user could exploit

this flaw to crash the system or run programs as an administrator.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate ubuntu administrative access linux kernel

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.10:
  linux-image-3.5.0-25-generic    3.5.0-25.39
  linux-image-3.5.0-25-highbank   3.5.0-25.39
  linux-image-3.5.0-25-omap       3.5.0-25.39
  linux-image-3.5.0-25-powerpc-smp  3.5.0-25.39
  linux-image-3.5.0-25-powerpc64-smp  3.5.0-25.39

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

References

CVE-2013-1763

Severity
important
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Low
Medium
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Critical

February 26, 2013

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate ubuntu administrative access linux kernel

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.5.0-25.39

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