=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2283-1
July 16, 2014

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

- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

Software Description:
- linux: Linux kernel

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 user
could exploit this flaw to gain administrative privileges. (CVE-2014-4943)

Michael S. Tsirkin discovered an information leak in the Linux kernel's
segmentation of skbs when using the zerocopy feature of vhost-net. A local
attacker could exploit this flaw to gain potentially sensitive information
from kernel memory. (CVE-2014-0131)

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 12.04 LTS:
  linux-image-3.2.0-67-generic    3.2.0-67.101
  linux-image-3.2.0-67-generic-pae  3.2.0-67.101
  linux-image-3.2.0-67-highbank   3.2.0-67.101
  linux-image-3.2.0-67-omap       3.2.0-67.101
  linux-image-3.2.0-67-powerpc-smp  3.2.0-67.101
  linux-image-3.2.0-67-powerpc64-smp  3.2.0-67.101
  linux-image-3.2.0-67-virtual    3.2.0-67.101

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-2283-1
  CVE-2014-0131, CVE-2014-4608, CVE-2014-4943

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.2.0-67.101


Ubuntu 2283-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

July 17, 2014
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 12.04 LTS: linux-image-3.2.0-67-generic 3.2.0-67.101 linux-image-3.2.0-67-generic-pae 3.2.0-67.101 linux-image-3.2.0-67-highbank 3.2.0-67.101 linux-image-3.2.0-67-omap 3.2.0-67.101 linux-image-3.2.0-67-powerpc-smp 3.2.0-67.101 linux-image-3.2.0-67-powerpc64-smp 3.2.0-67.101 linux-image-3.2.0-67-virtual 3.2.0-67.101 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-2283-1

CVE-2014-0131, CVE-2014-4608, CVE-2014-4943

Severity
July 16, 2014

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.2.0-67.101

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