=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1345-1
January 24, 2012

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

- Ubuntu 11.04

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)

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

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)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 11.04:
  linux-image-2.6.38-13-generic   2.6.38-13.54
  linux-image-2.6.38-13-generic-pae  2.6.38-13.54
  linux-image-2.6.38-13-omap      2.6.38-13.54
  linux-image-2.6.38-13-powerpc   2.6.38-13.54
  linux-image-2.6.38-13-powerpc-smp  2.6.38-13.54
  linux-image-2.6.38-13-powerpc64-smp  2.6.38-13.54
  linux-image-2.6.38-13-server    2.6.38-13.54
  linux-image-2.6.38-13-versatile  2.6.38-13.54
  linux-image-2.6.38-13-virtual   2.6.38-13.54

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1345-1
  CVE-2011-1162, CVE-2011-2203, CVE-2011-4110

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/2.6.38-13.54

Ubuntu 1345-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

January 24, 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 11.04: linux-image-2.6.38-13-generic 2.6.38-13.54 linux-image-2.6.38-13-generic-pae 2.6.38-13.54 linux-image-2.6.38-13-omap 2.6.38-13.54 linux-image-2.6.38-13-powerpc 2.6.38-13.54 linux-image-2.6.38-13-powerpc-smp 2.6.38-13.54 linux-image-2.6.38-13-powerpc64-smp 2.6.38-13.54 linux-image-2.6.38-13-server 2.6.38-13.54 linux-image-2.6.38-13-versatile 2.6.38-13.54 linux-image-2.6.38-13-virtual 2.6.38-13.54 After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1345-1

CVE-2011-1162, CVE-2011-2203, CVE-2011-4110

Severity
January 24, 2012

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/2.6.38-13.54

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