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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS USN-2374-1 Moderate: Linux Kernel Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey October 9, 2014
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To mitigate kernel vulnerabilities in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, implement a multi-layered strategy to enhance security against DoS threats while ensuring system stability
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

Software Description:

- linux: Linux kernel

Details:

Ben Hawkes reported some off by one errors for report descriptors in the

Linux kernel's HID stack. A physically proximate attacker could exploit

these flaws to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a

specially crafted device. (CVE-2014-3184)

Several bounds check flaws allowing for buffer overflows were discovered in

the Linux kernel's Whiteheat USB serial driver. A physically proximate

attacker could exploit these flaws to cause a denial of service (system

crash) via a specially crafted device. (CVE-2014-3185)

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's UDF filesystem (used on some

CD-ROMs and DVDs) when processing indirect ICBs. An attacker who can cause

CD, DVD or image file with a specially crafted inode to be mounted can

cause a denial of service (infinite loop or stack consumption).

(CVE-2014-6410)

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service system update ubuntu linux kernel

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  linux-image-2.6.32-67-386       2.6.32-67.134
  linux-image-2.6.32-67-generic   2.6.32-67.134
  linux-image-2.6.32-67-generic-pae  2.6.32-67.134
  linux-image-2.6.32-67-ia64      2.6.32-67.134
  linux-image-2.6.32-67-lpia      2.6.32-67.134
  linux-image-2.6.32-67-powerpc   2.6.32-67.134
  linux-image-2.6.32-67-powerpc-smp  2.6.32-67.134
  linux-image-2.6.32-67-powerpc64-smp  2.6.32-67.134
  linux-image-2.6.32-67-preempt   2.6.32-67.134
  linux-image-2.6.32-67-server    2.6.32-67.134
  linux-image-2.6.32-67-sparc64   2.6.32-67.134
  linux-image-2.6.32-67-sparc64-smp  2.6.32-67.134
  linux-image-2.6.32-67-versatile  2.6.32-67.134
  linux-image-2.6.32-67-virtual   2.6.32-67.134

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-2374-1

CVE-2014-3184, CVE-2014-3185, CVE-2014-6410

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October 09, 2014

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service system update ubuntu linux kernel

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/2.6.32-67.134

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