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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS USN-1939-1 Critical Kernel Privilege Escalation & DoS

Ubuntu Large Esm H500
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1939-1
September 06, 2013

linux vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

Software Description:
- linux: Linux kernel

Details:

Vasily Kulikov discovered a flaw in the Linux Kernel's perf tool that
allows for privilege escalation. A local user could exploit this flaw to
run commands as root when using the perf tool.
(CVE-2013-1060)

Michael S. Tsirkin discovered a flaw in how the Linux kernel's KVM
subsystem allocates memory slots for the guest's address space. A local
user could exploit this flaw to gain system privileges or obtain sensitive
information from kernel memory. (CVE-2013-1943)

A flaw was discovered in the SCTP (stream control transfer protocol)
network protocol's handling of duplicate cookies in the Linux kernel. A
remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service
(system crash) on another remote user querying the SCTP connection.
(CVE-2013-2206)

Hannes Frederic Sowa discovered a flaw in setsockopt UDP_CORK option in the
Linux kernel's IPv6 stack. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a
denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2013-4162)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  linux-image-2.6.32-51-386       2.6.32-51.113
  linux-image-2.6.32-51-generic   2.6.32-51.113
  linux-image-2.6.32-51-generic-pae  2.6.32-51.113
  linux-image-2.6.32-51-ia64      2.6.32-51.113
  linux-image-2.6.32-51-lpia      2.6.32-51.113
  linux-image-2.6.32-51-powerpc   2.6.32-51.113
  linux-image-2.6.32-51-powerpc-smp  2.6.32-51.113
  linux-image-2.6.32-51-powerpc64-smp  2.6.32-51.113
  linux-image-2.6.32-51-preempt   2.6.32-51.113
  linux-image-2.6.32-51-server    2.6.32-51.113
  linux-image-2.6.32-51-sparc64   2.6.32-51.113
  linux-image-2.6.32-51-sparc64-smp  2.6.32-51.113
  linux-image-2.6.32-51-versatile  2.6.32-51.113
  linux-image-2.6.32-51-virtual   2.6.32-51.113

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-1939-1
  CVE-2013-1060, CVE-2013-1943, CVE-2013-2206, CVE-2013-4162

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/2.6.32-51.113


Ubuntu 10.04 LTS USN-1939-1 Critical Kernel Privilege Escalation & DoS

ubuntu
Calendar Grey September 6, 2013
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Alert v2040-3 highlights critical vulnerabilities in Fedora, addressing remote code execution and data leakage risks. Patch deployment guidelines provided.
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: linux-image-2.6.32-51-386 2.6.32-51.113 linux-image-2.6.32-51-generic 2.6.32-51.113 linux-image-2.6.32-51-generic-pae 2.6.32-51.113 linux-image-2.6.32-51-ia64 2.6.32-51.113 linux-image-2.6.32-51-lpia 2.6.32-51.113 linux-image-2.6.32-51-powerpc 2.6.32-51.113 linux-image-2.6.32-51-powerpc-smp 2.6.32-51.113 linux-image-2.6.32-51-powerpc64-smp 2.6.32-51.113 linux-image-2.6.32-51-preempt 2.6.32-51.113 linux-image-2.6.32-51-server 2.6.32-51.113 linux-image-2.6.32-51-sparc64 2.6.32-51.113 linux-image-2.6.32-51-sparc64-smp 2.6.32-51.113 linux-image-2.6.32-51-versatile 2.6.32-51.113 linux-image-2.6.32-51-virtual 2.6.32-51.113 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-1939-1

CVE-2013-1060, CVE-2013-1943, CVE-2013-2206, CVE-2013-4162

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September 06, 2013

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/2.6.32-51.113

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