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Ubuntu 8.04 LTS USN-819-1: Critical Socket Exploit Threat

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Calendar Grey August 19, 2009
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A flaw in the Linux kernel's socket processes allows local malicious users to gain administrative privileges on Ubuntu machines.
Tavis Ormandy and Julien Tinnes discovered that Linux did not correctlyinitialize certain socket operation function pointers

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security advisory security issue critical root access ubuntu linux kernel socket exploit

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linux, linux-source-2.6.15 vulnerability

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue critical root access ubuntu linux kernel socket exploit

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