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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-508-1            August 31, 2007
linux-source-2.6.15 vulnerabilities
CVE-2005-0504, CVE-2007-2242, CVE-2007-3104, CVE-2007-3105,
CVE-2007-3848, CVE-2007-4308
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A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of
Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

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

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
  linux-image-2.6.15-29-386                    2.6.15-29.58
  linux-image-2.6.15-29-686                    2.6.15-29.58
  linux-image-2.6.15-29-amd64-generic          2.6.15-29.58
  linux-image-2.6.15-29-amd64-k8               2.6.15-29.58
  linux-image-2.6.15-29-amd64-server           2.6.15-29.58
  linux-image-2.6.15-29-amd64-xeon             2.6.15-29.58
  linux-image-2.6.15-29-hppa32                 2.6.15-29.58
  linux-image-2.6.15-29-hppa32-smp             2.6.15-29.58
  linux-image-2.6.15-29-hppa64                 2.6.15-29.58
  linux-image-2.6.15-29-hppa64-smp             2.6.15-29.58
  linux-image-2.6.15-29-itanium                2.6.15-29.58
  linux-image-2.6.15-29-itanium-smp            2.6.15-29.58
  linux-image-2.6.15-29-k7                     2.6.15-29.58
  linux-image-2.6.15-29-mckinley               2.6.15-29.58
  linux-image-2.6.15-29-mckinley-smp           2.6.15-29.58
  linux-image-2.6.15-29-powerpc                2.6.15-29.58
  linux-image-2.6.15-29-powerpc-smp            2.6.15-29.58
  linux-image-2.6.15-29-powerpc64-smp          2.6.15-29.58
  linux-image-2.6.15-29-server                 2.6.15-29.58
  linux-image-2.6.15-29-server-bigiron         2.6.15-29.58
  linux-image-2.6.15-29-sparc64                2.6.15-29.58
  linux-image-2.6.15-29-sparc64-smp            2.6.15-29.58

After a standard system upgrade you need to reboot your computer to
effect 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-386,
linux-powerpc, linux-amd64-generic), a standard system upgrade will
automatically perform this as well.

Details follow:

A buffer overflow was discovered in the Moxa serial driver.  Local
attackers could execute arbitrary code and gain root privileges.
(CVE-2005-0504)

A flaw was discovered in the IPv6 stack's handling of type 0 route headers.
By sending a specially crafted IPv6 packet, a remote attacker could cause
a denial of service between two IPv6 hosts. (CVE-2007-2242)

A flaw in the sysfs_readdir function allowed a local user to cause a
denial of service by dereferencing a NULL pointer. (CVE-2007-3104)

A buffer overflow was discovered in the random number generator.  In
environments with granular assignment of root privileges, a local attacker
could gain additional privileges. (CVE-2007-3105)

It was discovered that certain setuid-root processes did not correctly
reset process death signal handlers.  A local user could manipulate this
to send signals to processes they would not normally have access to.
(CVE-2007-3848)

It was discovered that the aacraid SCSI driver did not correctly check
permissions on certain ioctls.  A local attacker could cause a denial
of service or gain privileges. (CVE-2007-4308)


Updated packages for Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:

  Source archives:

          Size/MD5:  2945031 ee34acfe1b9234bd7fbf634bcd009030
          Size/MD5:     2374 1bc5afcd2d9af736ec69ed12298128f9
          Size/MD5: 57403387 88ab0747cb8c2ceed662e0fd1b27d81d

  Architecture independent packages:

          Size/MD5:  5163074 35051d675496a8dd547c5d105c1a3873
          Size/MD5:    91570 866be3de4f3464f1dba70b24305c6022
          Size/MD5: 44727080 069f11ada37d117122813930c7ac6f0d

  amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon):

          Size/MD5:    22346 3f80d31c3b25d9f4cbf571f895ab1743
          Size/MD5:    44770 4b5ebea6ef04bd212cab5191226222bb
          Size/MD5:     2308 43bd99a5fffda21dd4994a0c7d5f218e
          Size/MD5:    36246 ab1bdfa60ad73660f7a2a28fa6697423
          Size/MD5:   102278 393b134578e5ecc09a71e1a3b6bfb406
          Size/MD5:    38876 6122f5c2eadbeddbde10b4002cd57bde
          Size/MD5:    49130 d4ddc63a80611e024fc362e42ba9a582
          Size/MD5:   176696 dfe2d8151ad624e3fe0d6f982a0bdff7
          Size/MD5:    36772 66d8b7dcdfc83f3d89bf14c32b364c35
          Size/MD5:   142248 d403260502ec4c31e6f1e3feb9a42c7e
          Size/MD5:    51040 6e50e141c85c576014ad7ba42a49575d
          Size/MD5:   140608 57674bcb7d32655199ccf2ed595d61b5
          Size/MD5:   286886 a3f730ab234abde3cd0893703abeea13
          Size/MD5:    97796 ce1748513f251f9af18096d269c4a1f5
          Size/MD5:  1650870 e536da20900db6cb75ba1258ad7dd7a1
          Size/MD5:   868270 69af68c8fd513951afd28653358fb13d
          Size/MD5:   864762 fa4a0ff7122f0878d34c125b6f5f4be4
          Size/MD5:   870592 704e380eff4e2393062d1118ed732fe1
          Size/MD5:   866626 9f00b470a4155f7a01d6adc2b971b952
          Size/MD5:  6915646 1222764a29ce05a6b5b5efb511d7a402
          Size/MD5: 20802608 5854deb635166bb3651e5644dfe1c340
          Size/MD5: 20778102 573ab205d36f9cb19b4fdfe98d7f01de
          Size/MD5: 21623610 7ee3cd367f1f8f2936969731beb6523e
          Size/MD5: 19888932 63328ebbeb65925a9a21eecde218daf3
          Size/MD5:    15628 91296e1d41c02302d1af870c599a9706
          Size/MD5:   240270 836dc583e8240c3b7853bcb04db5e0d4
          Size/MD5:   202550 2705f5fbe7278577f1d155cd3ef0293e
          Size/MD5:  1048594 815da4e59e77c8066767786d232b2fbc
          Size/MD5:  1486518 5e1b54efb8a72318880246889a05f984
          Size/MD5:   161636 8b8476d38bc777f5da70f1e9ee4b7425
          Size/MD5:     9824 6a1855cf65983e19ce81ddf40f2e2f11
          Size/MD5:    80854 ebf73103be723c92163bb4942caf4802
          Size/MD5:    49168 440368883d28f2282dd6164d4b79d138
          Size/MD5:    35156 5b1d2552f658ef61046a1fcac4cf3d4d
          Size/MD5:    70856 1682966047520222550b636b7362091e
          Size/MD5:     6216 36ca65b5fb3c1f4ed194ba62d4481ccb
          Size/MD5:     9066 55e4a541a39994905b6d5fd19792af5f
          Size/MD5:    57876 1490e5587d1a61558d4365d07f47c459
          Size/MD5:   123324 445b8bc759447188691444f60d2d6ff4
          Size/MD5:   100894 4e9ae77b10d5cbde3e11c773ff8ca40e
          Size/MD5:    79238 cd001bb6629aafc477718630961c0de5
          Size/MD5:  1594706 0a6ff55d079bba90a9ea4610c43405d7
          Size/MD5:    72288 b6e31470a0fc55cc5fc7940b5daa221b
          Size/MD5:    12648 fb71ed780ebd9f04d2f3e6ce027fe5cc
          Size/MD5:    33736 5e8c3e1d91cbc2874157399c9da7a8e2
          Size/MD5:   138178 41932a94fa2bcbfd2380857a1cc93a76
          Size/MD5:    38930 c25c0001cc9e75d21e795367000ed2db
          Size/MD5:   278738 3a990a6fc4a90b6f9a73ac517aba2b80

  i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD):

          Size/MD5:    18964 000b3964cf1e83d631b42d3996c06242
          Size/MD5:    43448 0a03972f928d23eddaff3b8721f6e982
          Size/MD5:   105200 069b584ddc70c19c487693e5206caf53
          Size/MD5:     2278 cd3ad94a949a25c0d4a0182409a1e8d3
          Size/MD5:    34572 d3203d37ca4b0ad21b52c8431f6079fe
          Size/MD5:    96956 9372b2cb864f4762456533357a785676
          Size/MD5:    37084 17bd6b4bc56f53ee963b21c0c11cf2d5
          Size/MD5:    44076 29f4c5c2b808a647a641e3a63ea2ecaf
          Size/MD5:   167742 2cbf9ba0ad417cb12237d4d68be0e7ad
          Size/MD5:    33928 9612625a94faa087ee08d7a050c41374
          Size/MD5:   137842 866701683e8235239bb411fcc595e170
          Size/MD5:    46876 d1c81125eb1d078cff66cd5ce35e1adc
          Size/MD5:   132962 7b00fe193d914911f6aee92b9075c6e8
          Size/MD5:   273448 62a070395c52a1dd8d20bfa49dd49219
          Size/MD5:   102248 f50c3756b04a2d1a32215225b8724988
          Size/MD5:  1595356 70a4fa53300a8994a143017ff65359b6
          Size/MD5:   857378 b0aa4ba314b16f9bccfcd82378f22192
          Size/MD5:   853184 6e966f35ae2ee7e2ea49c75b6e3f021d
          Size/MD5:   858604 c0875f3291eeb4f76afeaaea06b302a6
          Size/MD5:   859632 b8ba6114f5c107e4883e4b221079a0e4
          Size/MD5:   857686 986cf999955a2de72de11b36f0e7a891
          Size/MD5:  6907818 ad0bfb47fb957d9cd37931d4c1c4c4eb
          Size/MD5: 21706272 2218778d09edddf2585003a8a1710072
          Size/MD5: 22503364 53fa3843d3ece5f6d1c1f77f4569ed8a
          Size/MD5: 22244292 00f5b822874e30958504c21a9064bfb4
          Size/MD5: 23604392 769b7499066d07f71b682ab727c37ce4
          Size/MD5: 23166644 0d9f59cd3e1fd3ac7a4ff24061ab300e
          Size/MD5:    15500 642c6a811dfe1fcdcbf63d2346482a17
          Size/MD5:   238432 745c4d05a2d12b74ef4f34a6b64f1576
          Size/MD5:   196962 932c555dac36059b1c966fdc4de73b90
          Size/MD5:  1048372 7e2363f50fe913bbfe57692ab4dccf02
          Size/MD5:  1684982 3a6f213e359861af99a81af21d5077ca
          Size/MD5:   160808 4bdd5fb3bb139c5910040531c29b29b2
          Size/MD5:     9160 f3671d6b5b78c098075f1b13894cf516
          Size/MD5:    76476 5cf9894af667d3804d8a1aa5c9b2567a
          Size/MD5:    53250 f24326e572030b0077671339e41ba1de
          Size/MD5:    33050 77b080c30b6ea5b99a1a32a59cfdf92c
          Size/MD5:    85622 88371ba8468bc9abac38d45e36d15747
          Size/MD5:     6018 e2a324aa70be02ef2a3cc19ac0b75925
          Size/MD5:     8752 974f96fa27fb204649f16dfec02b9da0
          Size/MD5:    53590 6b194c2e212691956d278c2543e6213d
          Size/MD5:   130766 4f787e8087ae2d0b3e49870162e51ba8
          Size/MD5:    98408 660b3b7c9472fb04bbab2ba460f16e7b
          Size/MD5:    77170 af9b44cd751945de19dce04ac2812903
          Size/MD5:  1768392 b3f99aa2554c41f11e66128cf3801994
          Size/MD5:    69556 953a15fbb387a7fe4c42f136f7eacdbd
          Size/MD5:    11756 1f676a46d600535e177a7458fd2d54d7
          Size/MD5:    35990 e596f0d036b1eb0a6b473eb2f604337f
          Size/MD5:   132390 8a242c326212d3151e82ace58f249473
          Size/MD5:    38550 96b10a24c628332eebd9fc5430cf87ac
          Size/MD5:   299114 aa99f44c65994c4c216ba2ab7607cb5f

  powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5):

          Size/MD5:    23724 9cc15159da0af068359bc70a82bb0085
          Size/MD5:    25946 ab789ec0ea59184d6bb48c590b4adaed
          Size/MD5:    49306 1a8732ee80ec9b5f9bc5813aaa874ad9
          Size/MD5:    51522 ac79e195789db81779ccb12ec444398c
          Size/MD5:     2302 c0fdac7a18fdadcf88b3395383022ee3
          Size/MD5:     2480 0a203b672dcb3ce258fe17c39a4116b5
          Size/MD5:    40188 f51a136e1371c1b1bba29548f8738814
          Size/MD5:    43754 90cb6ac88a6d339a5b948e7297c5a8d9
          Size/MD5:   112608 3e494f36b76539fa472bc8a278969637
          Size/MD5:   120654 19341d634d863662f4f7f143a01e866b
          Size/MD5:    40844 7769f512de02b6b3704fc10b4bb63a96
          Size/MD5:    45946 2c3fc5a4fab2de22c7252d1d01c78e5f
          Size/MD5:    29022 e1414120df205aa61d906e242d4d44ab
          Size/MD5:    29894 3f58c05c7aaeacd07ab158bd3c245a9b
          Size/MD5:   211402 ff3287779f90d3885e3b59a1070bacc5
          Size/MD5:   225204 2fbc68ec0ddee52616f1c1b92a1a11e6
          Size/MD5:    45052 f8adda143901e29968903f261deb9921
          Size/MD5:    40208 25f13ee5fea5dce7bb15472345fda944
          Size/MD5:     1932 d28c167eafe11ec7b803e4cdabe9ce73
          Size/MD5:     2196 ba758fa3da9dbf2b8d807bf1ecb6fb10
          Size/MD5:    80604 8c039f49b06b695d812406477f73d55f
          Size/MD5:    85958 934e069db2dc53bde35913121de362ac
          Size/MD5:   111628 b30f5a8408364537b81dd16568a934c5
          Size/MD5:   125792 4630eb1018d5bb1eb05282d5ea9718cc
          Size/MD5:    53406 71d4220916c1dec5211101d3b1b74895
          Size/MD5:    58476 461bfa2e39e67eda4d05e6cda47e6467
          Size/MD5:   147760 23f7144746b9d6f04143fba3ffb0debb
          Size/MD5:   161700 dee8f3fdc63db6755eb3ec05488c50d5
          Size/MD5:   317500 c0a90258c5d3899a355feb4a01826b33
          Size/MD5:   287580 2bac356195bd57da9d857cd811afe129
          Size/MD5:   115852 31a4e0ae3ebcf377f7bfc6d8a9cc842d
          Size/MD5:   116516 28964205c9b8aededbf2c8514072a92e
          Size/MD5:  1923400 b461dfcb0f0b59e4588f6dfd7c84cb46
          Size/MD5:  2436154 3154bc6657b382eea2698bc35770579d
          Size/MD5:   870654 3f882b531848dc08e956b409c3dae826
          Size/MD5:   863320 f155ffba28fae7c316f7cb9e24f0f580
          Size/MD5:   870298 9088fc87982a3f2f3f93597fcb004b03
          Size/MD5:  6939668 48697c1494aa5c6cd674a6ea796b4ddd
          Size/MD5: 22770560 af28361139f5474a67ce33631066c0e9
          Size/MD5: 23659128 2661665471791019e6971aec81aa7441
          Size/MD5: 22344354 1e0e2e10b2db81a0a55cdcbf12c78edc
          Size/MD5:    17778 719a6a50507f4c77d4ae297660d03622
          Size/MD5:    17376 e855069e493fd7c056bf58923da86448
          Size/MD5:   261150 f291938a02b966ebd5d1a991b69203fd
          Size/MD5:   282356 1ec1453e93a5206244973eefc51bb441
          Size/MD5:   227462 52981b2ac457b61528e8791357e73bcd
          Size/MD5:   248670 50907d9b0394d8af06cde8ccab43d84f
          Size/MD5:  1048430 0b19393c376661b27f0e5a8bc49c37ca
          Size/MD5:  1048594 6997b30c7ae8f4a0eb59cf0b168fb045
          Size/MD5:  1673580 cc4eefd300d195c66ac933fe46eb7b8d
          Size/MD5:  1808832 59d7c3edd225e3ccec07335a6cf50f10
          Size/MD5:   250942 93c994e7b28c66effc74e9fd089fcec0
          Size/MD5:   233670 bdab1fd84448293e56f09ad82e4c5e1e
          Size/MD5:    13034 e0191d81b4b40762fa288ab648ffc628
          Size/MD5:    13518 d5a361b77223326b5497bcedc62f4ed1
          Size/MD5:    84840 e17d7d20b47ecfc377d3f1a450a36cb0
          Size/MD5:    52194 6d2a3bdbe73d01aae4f24a452ac79cbf
          Size/MD5:    73926 72e25d044c1d2ca9d39846aa989de584
          Size/MD5:    85838 2e88120076b0daf8df1055609a866543
          Size/MD5:     6614 4552e41dee57792c3095cf0b885cc2b1
          Size/MD5:     7062 31d7371210c94acfcd535675134fbbda
          Size/MD5:    60352 ada98a00dc2df0440d248fa26027502b
          Size/MD5:    70346 2e15c53f4f08bc9de95f47f39eb9e983
          Size/MD5:   128538 3ba1be798c33de441fbb0ac9275817d4
          Size/MD5:   157796 8074a5b4abb71dc851d7c349483f84ef
          Size/MD5:   107928 654a385a8b25de8656f9f133cb0ad31f
          Size/MD5:   125992 7d953b213fadcca6398aef68a93c1e53
          Size/MD5:    87304 418d80fb9ad053a60fef7b1a3fd40f7b
          Size/MD5:    93310 b449f11b263b4c7d2540768723a40f6b
          Size/MD5:  2013970 1cd34543404f4af137334a8d9bb65011
          Size/MD5:  1988078 0237aeff3b17aa4c8f2f65baeb78c47f
          Size/MD5:   104118 e8220aa34099fd895d470e41d983d4ce
          Size/MD5:   115696 4c429cd2a8e823c912e6d4bfdcb4ff61
          Size/MD5:    12734 e6a8b4a6411b5d84ba12c6179f21913d
          Size/MD5:    14436 4bc5180fa8cf2c4e82e8e8c5935120fa
          Size/MD5:    39944 ea5f5d75352a0a86c0cb53126c875fd6
          Size/MD5:    41466 feeb64f2b7b38bf123c52b43eb5d7a53
          Size/MD5:   149100 12ca7b38b2b6c461cada17a66e623721
          Size/MD5:   167802 883487e0ddf7acb67c4588530af4b0e4
          Size/MD5:    42268 39533deae707d2c66815570106e5cb30
          Size/MD5:    44868 932c27757e385426599212b27b62380f
          Size/MD5:   320284 ed140f1c9f5446624d53075165fb03c1
          Size/MD5:   324710 a68bd61b2aad6d2355a63920eecccf92

  sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC):

          Size/MD5:    50464 a9bce13ee7b14fa1e2ac2f5cf18b3308
          Size/MD5:     2356 2db9ce50701b6322f3fb037f6b0a0789
          Size/MD5:    40320 ac315409a4dead1b1507658d28505d7b
          Size/MD5:   110522 ed4c9493a70c810499820a009f1b9eab
          Size/MD5:    41170 162478018cfc248e33265e949cff6766
          Size/MD5:   104230 9acfa820fa4d6466b2d58e8d3ce8c72a
          Size/MD5:     7438 93b54ecd2795f1c61ca97bdf754b6c94
          Size/MD5:   149018 378ed6c08705bae39646a3af138c32b2
          Size/MD5:  1708216 8a7fb34a344ebe2c85c97300c2a861dd
          Size/MD5:   767810 94c2be8cac5d715d27a0ba57b08c9753
          Size/MD5:   763906 a28af7ed1ebcaf0f29b787897bbd5e8a
          Size/MD5:  6952868 b01a94ead329783e60e3c4888f830f4f
          Size/MD5: 15002402 2a0d55004e3fcfc8f475aabfa7574520
          Size/MD5: 14817614 d64e0b09cfef834b6761ca9462989f06
          Size/MD5:     7422 685b37bae72235ac7b312a1bc41055fc
          Size/MD5:   248520 59490625653de5011cad29fe1578ad2f
          Size/MD5:   212270 1f97547edecbef4df89926bffe3bb672
          Size/MD5:  1048444 0633b212b5b32582b6cf2bb2ae0fa8d7
          Size/MD5:  1421606 0227e44beb3224a1db23079376ed9a77
          Size/MD5:    10122 1810a12865afe07273be4901673364ae
          Size/MD5:    40184 f6145b7a45422c8236766749c177e778
          Size/MD5:     9360 a643266df27fcd813a31ab88f7560874
          Size/MD5:    61438 ef21a63784e51587b281f2b93819551e
          Size/MD5:   163012 fb775c62d127c1a66b6f660167f07636
          Size/MD5:    63984 c34fccf148037eae1cf777dd4bee71fb
          Size/MD5:  1235080 cf735c035765bb1db4a05b22a3a0d954
          Size/MD5:    59352 4ed476a174a17cb1130c58e2b48aace5
          Size/MD5:    37402 d2823f6ee10779e5e49b4d71a0bd6c06
          Size/MD5:   280072 e837b3b29d39067fed9cb8c5c78d42bf


Ubuntu: Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-508-1

August 31, 2007
A buffer overflow was discovered in the Moxa serial driver

Summary

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References

Severity
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-508-1 August 31, 2007

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