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Ubuntu 12.10 USN-1796-1 Critical: Denial Of Service Kernel Issues

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Calendar Grey April 8, 2013
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Vulnerabilities in Ubuntu 12.10 kernel patched with updates to strengthen defenses against potential attacks.
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

Software Description:

- linux: Linux kernel

Details:

Andrew Jones discovered a flaw with the xen_iret function in Linux kernel's

Xen virtualizeation. In the 32-bit Xen paravirt platform an unprivileged

guest OS user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (crash

the system) or gain guest OS privilege. (CVE-2013-0228)

Emese Revfy discovered that in the Linux kernel signal handlers could leak

address information across an exec, making it possible to by pass ASLR

(Address Space Layout Randomization). A local user could use this flaw to

by pass ASLR to reliably deliver an exploit payload that would otherwise be

stopped (by ASLR). (CVE-2013-0914)

A memory use after free error was discover in the Linux kernel's tmpfs

filesystem. A local user could exploit this flaw to gain privileges or

cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2013-1767)

Mateusz Guzik discovered a race in the Linux kernel's ...

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.10:
  linux-image-3.5.0-27-generic    3.5.0-27.46
  linux-image-3.5.0-27-highbank   3.5.0-27.46
  linux-image-3.5.0-27-omap       3.5.0-27.46
  linux-image-3.5.0-27-powerpc-smp  3.5.0-27.46
  linux-image-3.5.0-27-powerpc64-smp  3.5.0-27.46

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

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1796-1

CVE-2013-0228, CVE-2013-0914, CVE-2013-1767, CVE-2013-1792,

CVE-2013-2546, CVE-2013-2547, CVE-2013-2548

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.5.0-27.46

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