=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2684-1
July 23, 2015

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

- Ubuntu 15.04

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

Software Description:
- linux: Linux kernel

Details:

A flaw was discovered in the kvm (kernel virtual machine) subsystem's
kvm_apic_has_events function. A unprivileged local user could exploit this
flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2015-4692)

Daniel Borkmann reported a kernel crash in the Linux kernel's BPF filter
JIT optimization. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a
denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2015-4700)

A flaw was discovered in how the Linux kernel handles invalid UDP
checksums. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of
service using a flood of UDP packets with invalid checksums.
(CVE-2015-5364)

A flaw was discovered in how the Linux kernel handles invalid UDP
checksums. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service against
applications that use epoll by injecting a single packet with an invalid
checksum. (CVE-2015-5366)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 15.04:
  linux-image-3.19.0-23-generic   3.19.0-23.24
  linux-image-3.19.0-23-generic-lpae  3.19.0-23.24
  linux-image-3.19.0-23-lowlatency  3.19.0-23.24
  linux-image-3.19.0-23-powerpc-e500mc  3.19.0-23.24
  linux-image-3.19.0-23-powerpc-smp  3.19.0-23.24
  linux-image-3.19.0-23-powerpc64-emb  3.19.0-23.24
  linux-image-3.19.0-23-powerpc64-smp  3.19.0-23.24

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-2684-1
  CVE-2015-4692, CVE-2015-4700, CVE-2015-5364, CVE-2015-5366

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.19.0-23.24


Ubuntu 2684-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

July 24, 2015
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 15.04: linux-image-3.19.0-23-generic 3.19.0-23.24 linux-image-3.19.0-23-generic-lpae 3.19.0-23.24 linux-image-3.19.0-23-lowlatency 3.19.0-23.24 linux-image-3.19.0-23-powerpc-e500mc 3.19.0-23.24 linux-image-3.19.0-23-powerpc-smp 3.19.0-23.24 linux-image-3.19.0-23-powerpc64-emb 3.19.0-23.24 linux-image-3.19.0-23-powerpc64-smp 3.19.0-23.24 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-2684-1

CVE-2015-4692, CVE-2015-4700, CVE-2015-5364, CVE-2015-5366

Severity
July 23, 2015

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.19.0-23.24

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