=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1340-1
January 23, 2012

linux-lts-backport-oneiric vulnerabilities
=========================================================================
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-lts-backport-oneiric: Linux kernel backport from Oneiric

Details:

Clement Lecigne discovered a bug in the HFS filesystem. A local attacker
could exploit this to cause a kernel oops. (CVE-2011-2203)

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)

A flaw was found in how the Linux kernel handles user-defined key types. An
unprivileged local user could exploit this to crash the system.
(CVE-2011-4110)

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)

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)

Chen Haogang discovered an integer overflow that could result in memory
corruption. A local unprivileged user could use this to crash the system.
(CVE-2012-0044)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  linux-image-3.0.0-15-generic    3.0.0-15.25~lucid1
  linux-image-3.0.0-15-generic-pae  3.0.0-15.25~lucid1
  linux-image-3.0.0-15-server     3.0.0-15.25~lucid1
  linux-image-3.0.0-15-virtual    3.0.0-15.25~lucid1

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:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1340-1
  CVE-2011-2203, CVE-2011-4077, CVE-2011-4110, CVE-2011-4132,
  CVE-2011-4330, CVE-2012-0044

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lts-backport-oneiric/3.0.0-15.25~lucid1

Ubuntu 1340-1: Linux kernel (Oneiric backport) vulnerabilities

January 23, 2012
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: linux-image-3.0.0-15-generic 3.0.0-15.25~lucid1 linux-image-3.0.0-15-generic-pae 3.0.0-15.25~lucid1 linux-image-3.0.0-15-server 3.0.0-15.25~lucid1 linux-image-3.0.0-15-virtual 3.0.0-15.25~lucid1 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

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1340-1

CVE-2011-2203, CVE-2011-4077, CVE-2011-4110, CVE-2011-4132,

CVE-2011-4330, CVE-2012-0044

Severity
January 23, 2012

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lts-backport-oneiric/3.0.0-15.25~lucid1

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