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Ubuntu 12.10: USN-1846-1 Critical: Kernel DoS Risk from Network Exploit

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Calendar Grey May 30, 2013
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1847-1 emphasizes a flaw in the kernel that could lead to system failures or unauthorized administrative control.
The system could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

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

it received specially crafted network traffic.

Software Description:

- linux: Linux kernel

Details:

Kees Cook discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's iSCSI subsystem. A remote

unauthenticated attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of

service (system crash) or potentially gain administrative privileges.

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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 12.10:
  linux-image-3.5.0-32-generic    3.5.0-32.53
  linux-image-3.5.0-32-highbank   3.5.0-32.53
  linux-image-3.5.0-32-omap       3.5.0-32.53
  linux-image-3.5.0-32-powerpc-smp  3.5.0-32.53
  linux-image-3.5.0-32-powerpc64-smp  3.5.0-32.53

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-1846-1

CVE-2013-2850

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May 30, 2013

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security advisory denial of service critical Ubuntu system crash network exploit linux kernel

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.5.0-32.53

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