=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1750-1
February 26, 2013

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

- Ubuntu 12.10

Summary:

The system could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator.

Software Description:
- linux: Linux kernel

Details:

Brad Spengler discovered a bounds checking error for netlink messages
requesting SOCK_DIAG_BY_FAMILY. An unprivileged local user could exploit
this flaw to crash the system or run programs as an administrator.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 12.10:
  linux-image-3.5.0-25-generic    3.5.0-25.39
  linux-image-3.5.0-25-highbank   3.5.0-25.39
  linux-image-3.5.0-25-omap       3.5.0-25.39
  linux-image-3.5.0-25-powerpc-smp  3.5.0-25.39
  linux-image-3.5.0-25-powerpc64-smp  3.5.0-25.39

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1750-1
  CVE-2013-1763

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.5.0-25.39

Ubuntu 1750-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

February 26, 2013
The system could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.10: linux-image-3.5.0-25-generic 3.5.0-25.39 linux-image-3.5.0-25-highbank 3.5.0-25.39 linux-image-3.5.0-25-omap 3.5.0-25.39 linux-image-3.5.0-25-powerpc-smp 3.5.0-25.39 linux-image-3.5.0-25-powerpc64-smp 3.5.0-25.39 After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1750-1

CVE-2013-1763

Severity
February 26, 2013

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.5.0-25.39

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