=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1574-1
September 19, 2012

linux-lts-backport-natty 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-natty: Linux kernel backport from Natty

Details:

A flaw was found in how the Linux kernel passed the replacement session
keyring to a child process. An unprivileged local user could exploit this
flaw to cause a denial of service (panic). (CVE-2012-2745)

Ben Hutchings reported a flaw in the Linux kernel with some network drivers
that support TSO (TCP segment offload). A local or peer user could exploit
this flaw to to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2012-3412)

Jay Fenlason and Doug Ledford discovered a bug in the Linux kernel
implementation of RDS sockets. A local unprivileged user could potentially
use this flaw to read privileged information from the kernel.
(CVE-2012-3430)

A flaw was discovered in the madvise feature of the Linux kernel's memory
subsystem. An unprivileged local use could exploit the flaw to cause a
denial of service (crash the system). (CVE-2012-3511)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  linux-image-2.6.38-16-generic   2.6.38-16.67~lucid1
  linux-image-2.6.38-16-generic-pae  2.6.38-16.67~lucid1
  linux-image-2.6.38-16-server    2.6.38-16.67~lucid1
  linux-image-2.6.38-16-virtual   2.6.38-16.67~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-1574-1
  CVE-2012-2745, CVE-2012-3412, CVE-2012-3430, CVE-2012-3511

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lts-backport-natty/2.6.38-16.67~lucid1

Ubuntu 1574-1: Linux kernel (Natty backport) vulnerabilities

September 19, 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-2.6.38-16-generic 2.6.38-16.67~lucid1 linux-image-2.6.38-16-generic-pae 2.6.38-16.67~lucid1 linux-image-2.6.38-16-server 2.6.38-16.67~lucid1 linux-image-2.6.38-16-virtual 2.6.38-16.67~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-1574-1

CVE-2012-2745, CVE-2012-3412, CVE-2012-3430, CVE-2012-3511

Severity
September 19, 2012

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lts-backport-natty/2.6.38-16.67~lucid1

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