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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS USN-3218-1 Critical Kernel Denial of Service

Ubuntu Large Esm H500
The system could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3218-1
March 07, 2017

linux, linux-ti-omap4 vulnerability
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

The system could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator.

Software Description:
- linux: Linux kernel
- linux-ti-omap4: Linux kernel for OMAP4

Details:

Alexander Popov discovered that the N_HDLC line discipline implementation
in the Linux kernel contained a double-free vulnerability. A local attacker
could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain
administrative privileges.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  linux-image-3.2.0-124-generic   3.2.0-124.167
  linux-image-3.2.0-124-generic-pae  3.2.0-124.167
  linux-image-3.2.0-124-highbank  3.2.0-124.167
  linux-image-3.2.0-124-omap      3.2.0-124.167
  linux-image-3.2.0-124-powerpc-smp  3.2.0-124.167
  linux-image-3.2.0-124-powerpc64-smp  3.2.0-124.167
  linux-image-3.2.0-124-virtual   3.2.0-124.167
  linux-image-3.2.0-1502-omap4    3.2.0-1502.129
  linux-image-generic             3.2.0.124.139
  linux-image-generic-pae         3.2.0.124.139
  linux-image-highbank            3.2.0.124.139
  linux-image-omap                3.2.0.124.139
  linux-image-omap4               3.2.0.1502.97
  linux-image-powerpc-smp         3.2.0.124.139
  linux-image-powerpc64-smp       3.2.0.124.139
  linux-image-virtual             3.2.0.124.139

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-3218-1
  CVE-2017-2636

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.2.0-124.167
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ti-omap4/3.2.0-1502.129

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS USN-3218-1 Critical Kernel Denial of Service

ubuntu
Calendar Grey March 8, 2017
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A significant vulnerability within Ubuntu's core can result in unexpected failures or breaches in security. Ensure your system is updated for protection.
The system could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: linux-image-3.2.0-124-generic 3.2.0-124.167 linux-image-3.2.0-124-generic-pae 3.2.0-124.167 linux-image-3.2.0-124-highbank 3.2.0-124.167 linux-image-3.2.0-124-omap 3.2.0-124.167 linux-image-3.2.0-124-powerpc-smp 3.2.0-124.167 linux-image-3.2.0-124-powerpc64-smp 3.2.0-124.167 linux-image-3.2.0-124-virtual 3.2.0-124.167 linux-image-3.2.0-1502-omap4 3.2.0-1502.129 linux-image-generic 3.2.0.124.139 linux-image-generic-pae 3.2.0.124.139 linux-image-highbank 3.2.0.124.139 linux-image-omap 3.2.0.124.139 linux-image-omap4 3.2.0.1502.97 linux-image-powerpc-smp 3.2.0.124.139 linux-image-powerpc64-smp 3.2.0.124.139 linux-image-virtual 3.2.0.124.139 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-3218-1

CVE-2017-2636

Severity
critical
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March 07, 2017

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.2.0-124.167 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ti-omap4/3.2.0-1502.129

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