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[USN-1311-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Posted on 19 December 2011
Ubuntu Security

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1311-1
December 19, 2011

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

- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

Software Description:
- linux: Linux kernel

Details:

Peter Huewe discovered an information leak in the handling of reading
security-related TPM data. A local, unprivileged user could read the
results of a previous TPM command. (CVE-2011-1162)

A bug was discovered in the XFS filesystem's handling of pathnames. A local
attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of
service, or gain root privileges. (CVE-2011-4077)

Nick Bowler discovered the kernel GHASH message digest algorithm
incorrectly handled error conditions. A local attacker could exploit this
to cause a kernel oops. (CVE-2011-4081)

A flaw was found in the Journaling Block Device (JBD). A local attacker
able to mount ext3 or ext4 file systems could exploit this to crash the
system, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2011-4132)

A bug was found in the way headroom check was performed in
udp6_ufo_fragment() function. A remote attacker could use this flaw to
crash the system. (CVE-2011-4326)

Clement Lecigne discovered a bug in the HFS file system bounds checking.
When a malformed HFS file system is mounted a local user could crash the
system or gain root privileges. (CVE-2011-4330)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
linux-image-2.6.32-37-386 2.6.32-37.81
linux-image-2.6.32-37-generic 2.6.32-37.81
linux-image-2.6.32-37-generic-pae 2.6.32-37.81
linux-image-2.6.32-37-ia64 2.6.32-37.81
linux-image-2.6.32-37-lpia 2.6.32-37.81
linux-image-2.6.32-37-powerpc 2.6.32-37.81
linux-image-2.6.32-37-powerpc-smp 2.6.32-37.81
linux-image-2.6.32-37-powerpc64-smp 2.6.32-37.81
linux-image-2.6.32-37-preempt 2.6.32-37.81
linux-image-2.6.32-37-server 2.6.32-37.81
linux-image-2.6.32-37-sparc64 2.6.32-37.81
linux-image-2.6.32-37-sparc64-smp 2.6.32-37.81
linux-image-2.6.32-37-versatile 2.6.32-37.81
linux-image-2.6.32-37-virtual 2.6.32-37.81

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. 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-generic,
linux-server, linux-powerpc), a standard system upgrade will automatically
perform this as well.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1311-1
CVE-2011-1162, CVE-2011-4077, CVE-2011-4081, CVE-2011-4132,
CVE-2011-4326, CVE-2011-4330

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/2.6.32-37.81

 

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