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[USN-2281-1] Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities

Posted on 17 July 2014
Ubuntu Security

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2281-1
July 16, 2014

linux-ec2 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-ec2: Linux kernel for EC2

Details:

Sasha Levin reported a flaw in the Linux kernel's point-to-point protocol=

(PPP) when used with the Layer Two Tunneling Protocol (L2TP). A local use=
r
could exploit this flaw to gain administrative privileges. (CVE-2014-4943=
)

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's audit subsystem when auditing=

certain syscalls. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to obtain
potentially sensitive single-bit values from kernel memory or cause a
denial of service (OOPS). (CVE-2014-3917)

Don Bailey discovered a flaw in the LZO decompress algorithm used by the
Linux kernel. An attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of
service (memory corruption or OOPS). (CVE-2014-4608)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
linux-image-2.6.32-368-ec2 2.6.32-368.84

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 automaticall=
y
perform this as well.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2281-1
CVE-2014-3917, CVE-2014-4608, CVE-2014-4943

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ec2/2.6.32-368.84

 

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