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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: USN-2332-1 Moderate: Kernel Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey September 2, 2014
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Stay informed about the latest Ubuntu security advisory that tackles severe kernel vulnerabilities and the steps necessary to swiftly upgrade your system.
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

Software Description:

- linux: Linux kernel

Details:

A bug was discovered in the handling of pathname components when used with

an autofs direct mount. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a

denial of service (system crash) via an open system call. (CVE-2014-0203)

Toralf Förster reported an error in the Linux kernels syscall auditing on

32 bit x86 platforms. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a

denial of service (OOPS and system crash). (CVE-2014-4508)

An information leak was discovered in the control implemenation of the

Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) subsystem in the Linux kernel. A

local user could exploit this flaw to obtain sensitive information from

kernel memory. (CVE-2014-4652)

A use-after-free flaw was discovered in the Advanced Linux Sound

Architecture (ALSA) control implementation of the Linux kernel. A local

user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of serv...

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu kernel system update crash issue

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  linux-image-2.6.32-65-386       2.6.32-65.131
  linux-image-2.6.32-65-generic   2.6.32-65.131
  linux-image-2.6.32-65-generic-pae  2.6.32-65.131
  linux-image-2.6.32-65-ia64      2.6.32-65.131
  linux-image-2.6.32-65-lpia      2.6.32-65.131
  linux-image-2.6.32-65-powerpc   2.6.32-65.131
  linux-image-2.6.32-65-powerpc-smp  2.6.32-65.131
  linux-image-2.6.32-65-powerpc64-smp  2.6.32-65.131
  linux-image-2.6.32-65-preempt   2.6.32-65.131
  linux-image-2.6.32-65-server    2.6.32-65.131
  linux-image-2.6.32-65-sparc64   2.6.32-65.131
  linux-image-2.6.32-65-sparc64-smp  2.6.32-65.131
  linux-image-2.6.32-65-versatile  2.6.32-65.131
  linux-image-2.6.32-65-virtual   2.6.32-65.131

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-2332-1

CVE-2014-0203, CVE-2014-4508, CVE-2014-4652, CVE-2014-4653,

CVE-2014-4654, CVE-2014-4655, CVE-2014-4656, CVE-2014-4667,

CVE-2014-5077

September 02, 2014

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu kernel system update crash issue

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/2.6.32-65.131

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