=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3290-1
May 17, 2017

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

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.

Software Description:
- linux: Linux kernel

Details:

Marco Grassi discovered that the TCP implementation in the Linux kernel
mishandles socket buffer (skb) truncation. A local attacker could use this
to cause a denial of service (system crash).

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  linux-image-3.13.0-119-generic  3.13.0-119.166
  linux-image-3.13.0-119-generic-lpae  3.13.0-119.166
  linux-image-3.13.0-119-lowlatency  3.13.0-119.166
  linux-image-3.13.0-119-powerpc-e500  3.13.0-119.166
  linux-image-3.13.0-119-powerpc-e500mc  3.13.0-119.166
  linux-image-3.13.0-119-powerpc-smp  3.13.0-119.166
  linux-image-3.13.0-119-powerpc64-smp  3.13.0-119.166
  linux-image-generic             3.13.0.119.129
  linux-image-generic-lpae        3.13.0.119.129
  linux-image-lowlatency          3.13.0.119.129
  linux-image-powerpc-e500        3.13.0.119.129
  linux-image-powerpc-e500mc      3.13.0.119.129
  linux-image-powerpc-smp         3.13.0.119.129
  linux-image-powerpc64-smp       3.13.0.119.129

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-3290-1
  CVE-2016-8645

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.13.0-119.166

Ubuntu 3290-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

May 17, 2017
The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: linux-image-3.13.0-119-generic 3.13.0-119.166 linux-image-3.13.0-119-generic-lpae 3.13.0-119.166 linux-image-3.13.0-119-lowlatency 3.13.0-119.166 linux-image-3.13.0-119-powerpc-e500 3.13.0-119.166 linux-image-3.13.0-119-powerpc-e500mc 3.13.0-119.166 linux-image-3.13.0-119-powerpc-smp 3.13.0-119.166 linux-image-3.13.0-119-powerpc64-smp 3.13.0-119.166 linux-image-generic 3.13.0.119.129 linux-image-generic-lpae 3.13.0.119.129 linux-image-lowlatency 3.13.0.119.129 linux-image-powerpc-e500 3.13.0.119.129 linux-image-powerpc-e500mc 3.13.0.119.129 linux-image-powerpc-smp 3.13.0.119.129 linux-image-powerpc64-smp 3.13.0.119.129 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-3290-1

CVE-2016-8645

Severity
May 17, 2017

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.13.0-119.166

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