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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS USN-2272-1 Critical Kernel Crash Threat

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Calendar Grey July 5, 2014
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Debian Security Bulletin DSA-4981-1 highlights a vulnerability in the core libraries that could cause critical malfunctions and grant unauthorized user permissions.
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-lts-trusty: Block storage devices (udeb)

Details:

Andy Lutomirski discovered a flaw with the Linux kernel's ptrace syscall on

x86_64 processors. An attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of

service (System Crash) or potential gain administrative privileges.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical system crash administrative access linux-lts-trusty

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  linux-image-3.13.0-30-generic   3.13.0-30.55~precise1
  linux-image-3.13.0-30-generic-lpae  3.13.0-30.55~precise1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2272-1

CVE-2014-4699

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July 05, 2014

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical system crash administrative access linux-lts-trusty

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lts-trusty/3.13.0-30.55~precise1

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