=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3264-1
April 24, 2017

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

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.

Software Description:
- linux: Linux kernel

Details:

Alexander Popov discovered that a race condition existed in the Stream
Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) implementation in the Linux kernel. A
local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  linux-image-3.13.0-117-generic  3.13.0-117.164
  linux-image-3.13.0-117-generic-lpae  3.13.0-117.164
  linux-image-3.13.0-117-lowlatency  3.13.0-117.164
  linux-image-3.13.0-117-powerpc-e500  3.13.0-117.164
  linux-image-3.13.0-117-powerpc-e500mc  3.13.0-117.164
  linux-image-3.13.0-117-powerpc-smp  3.13.0-117.164
  linux-image-3.13.0-117-powerpc64-smp  3.13.0-117.164
  linux-image-generic             3.13.0.117.127
  linux-image-generic-lpae        3.13.0.117.127
  linux-image-lowlatency          3.13.0.117.127
  linux-image-powerpc-e500        3.13.0.117.127
  linux-image-powerpc-e500mc      3.13.0.117.127
  linux-image-powerpc-smp         3.13.0.117.127
  linux-image-powerpc64-smp       3.13.0.117.127

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.
Unless you manually uninstalled the standard kernel metapackages
(e.g. linux-generic, linux-generic-lts-RELEASE, linux-virtual,
linux-powerpc), a standard system upgrade will automatically perform
this as well.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3264-1
  CVE-2017-5986

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.13.0-117.164

Ubuntu 3264-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

April 25, 2017
The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: linux-image-3.13.0-117-generic 3.13.0-117.164 linux-image-3.13.0-117-generic-lpae 3.13.0-117.164 linux-image-3.13.0-117-lowlatency 3.13.0-117.164 linux-image-3.13.0-117-powerpc-e500 3.13.0-117.164 linux-image-3.13.0-117-powerpc-e500mc 3.13.0-117.164 linux-image-3.13.0-117-powerpc-smp 3.13.0-117.164 linux-image-3.13.0-117-powerpc64-smp 3.13.0-117.164 linux-image-generic 3.13.0.117.127 linux-image-generic-lpae 3.13.0.117.127 linux-image-lowlatency 3.13.0.117.127 linux-image-powerpc-e500 3.13.0.117.127 linux-image-powerpc-e500mc 3.13.0.117.127 linux-image-powerpc-smp 3.13.0.117.127 linux-image-powerpc64-smp 3.13.0.117.127 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. Unless you manually uninstalled the standard kernel metapackages (e.g. linux-generic, linux-generic-lts-RELEASE, linux-virtual, linux-powerpc), a standard system upgrade will automatically perform this as well.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3264-1

CVE-2017-5986

Severity
April 24, 2017

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.13.0-117.164

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