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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: USN-3072-1 Critical: Kernel Denial Of Service

Ubuntu Large Esm H500
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3072-1
August 29, 2016

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

- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

Software Description:
- linux: Linux kernel

Details:

Kangjie Lu discovered an information leak in the Reliable Datagram Sockets
(RDS) implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this
to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory.
(CVE-2016-5244)

Yue Cao et al discovered a flaw in the TCP implementation's handling of
challenge acks in the Linux kernel. A remote attacker could use this to
cause a denial of service (reset connection) or inject content into an TCP
stream. (CVE-2016-5696)

It was discovered that a heap based buffer overflow existed in the USB HID
driver in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this cause a denial
of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2016-5829)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  linux-image-3.2.0-109-generic   3.2.0-109.150
  linux-image-3.2.0-109-generic-pae  3.2.0-109.150
  linux-image-3.2.0-109-highbank  3.2.0-109.150
  linux-image-3.2.0-109-omap      3.2.0-109.150
  linux-image-3.2.0-109-powerpc-smp  3.2.0-109.150
  linux-image-3.2.0-109-powerpc64-smp  3.2.0-109.150
  linux-image-3.2.0-109-virtual   3.2.0-109.150

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.
Unless you manually uninstalled the standard kernel metapackages
(e.g. linux-generic, linux-generic-lts-RELEASE, linux-virtual,
linux-powerpc), a standard system upgrade will automatically perform
this as well.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3072-1
  CVE-2016-5244, CVE-2016-5696, CVE-2016-5829

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.2.0-109.150

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: USN-3072-1 Critical: Kernel Denial Of Service

ubuntu
Calendar Grey August 29, 2016
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A variety of vulnerabilities in the Ubuntu kernel have been resolved through recent patches to avert data leaks and Denial of Service (DoS) threats.
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 12.04 LTS: linux-image-3.2.0-109-generic 3.2.0-109.150 linux-image-3.2.0-109-generic-pae 3.2.0-109.150 linux-image-3.2.0-109-highbank 3.2.0-109.150 linux-image-3.2.0-109-omap 3.2.0-109.150 linux-image-3.2.0-109-powerpc-smp 3.2.0-109.150 linux-image-3.2.0-109-powerpc64-smp 3.2.0-109.150 linux-image-3.2.0-109-virtual 3.2.0-109.150 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. Unless you manually uninstalled the standard kernel metapackages (e.g. linux-generic, linux-generic-lts-RELEASE, linux-virtual, linux-powerpc), a standard system upgrade will automatically perform this as well.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3072-1

CVE-2016-5244, CVE-2016-5696, CVE-2016-5829

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August 29, 2016

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.2.0-109.150

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