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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS USN-2252-1 Critical: linux-ec2 Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey June 20, 2014
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Multiple vulnerabilities in the Ubuntu kernel have been identified, affecting the EC2 ecosystem, necessitating urgent upgrades.
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

Software Description:

- linux-ec2: Linux kernel for EC2

Details:

A bounds check error was discovered in the socket filter subsystem of the

Linux kernel. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of

service (system crash) via crafted BPF instructions. (CVE-2014-3144)

A remainder calculation error was discovered in the socket filter subsystem

of the Linux kernel. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial

of service (system crash) via crafted BPF instructions. (CVE-2014-3145)

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service kernel update critical ubuntu system crash linux-ec2

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  linux-image-2.6.32-366-ec2      2.6.32-366.80

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-2252-1

CVE-2014-3144, CVE-2014-3145

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June 20, 2014

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security advisory denial of service kernel update critical ubuntu system crash linux-ec2

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ec2/2.6.32-366.80

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