USN-1877-1: Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities
14 June 2013
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Releases
Packages
- linux-ec2 - Linux kernel for EC2
Details
Andrew Honig reported a flaw in the way KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine)
emulated the IOAPIC. A privileged guest user could exploit this flaw to
read host memory or cause a denial of service (crash the host).
(CVE-2013-1798)
An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel's rcvmsg path for
ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode). A local user could exploit this flaw to
examine potentially sensitive information from the kernel's stack memory.
(CVE-2013-3222)
An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel's recvmsg path for
ax25 address family. A local user could exploit this flaw to examine
potentially sensitive information from the kernel's stack memory.
(CVE-2013-3223)
An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel's recvmsg path for
the bluetooth address family. A local user could exploit this flaw to
examine potentially sensitive information from the kernel's stack memory.
(CVE-2013-3224)
An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel's bluetooth rfcomm
protocol support. A local user could exploit this flaw to examine
potentially sensitive information from the kernel's stack memory.
(CVE-2013-3225)
An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel's IRDA (infrared)
support subsystem. A local user could exploit this flaw to examine
potentially sensitive information from the kernel's stack memory.
(CVE-2013-3228)
An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel's s390 - z/VM
support. A local user could exploit this flaw to examine potentially
sensitive information from the kernel's stack memory. (CVE-2013-3229)
An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel's llc (Logical Link
Layer 2) support. A local user could exploit this flaw to examine
potentially sensitive information from the kernel's stack memory.
(CVE-2013-3231)
An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel's receive message
handling for the netrom address family. A local user could exploit this
flaw to obtain sensitive information from the kernel's stack memory.
(CVE-2013-3232)
An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel's Rose X.25 protocol
layer. A local user could exploit this flaw to examine potentially
sensitive information from the kernel's stack memory. (CVE-2013-3234)
An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel's TIPC (Transparent
Inter Process Communication) protocol implementation. A local user could
exploit this flaw to examine potentially sensitive information from the
kernel's stack memory. (CVE-2013-3235)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 10.04
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.
Related notices
- USN-1876-1: linux-image-2.6.32-48-server, linux-image-2.6.32-48-versatile, linux-image-2.6.32-48-powerpc, linux-image-2.6.32-48-virtual, linux-image-2.6.32-48-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-2.6.32-48-generic, linux, linux-image-2.6.32-48-generic-pae, linux-image-2.6.32-48-lpia, linux-image-2.6.32-48-preempt, linux-image-2.6.32-48-sparc64-smp, linux-image-2.6.32-48-386, linux-image-2.6.32-48-sparc64, linux-image-2.6.32-48-powerpc-smp, linux-image-2.6.32-48-ia64
- USN-1812-1: linux-lts-quantal, linux-image-3.5.0-28-generic
- USN-1809-1: linux-image-3.2.0-41-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-3.2.0-41-generic, linux, linux-image-3.2.0-41-powerpc-smp, linux-image-3.2.0-41-highbank, linux-image-3.2.0-41-virtual, linux-image-3.2.0-41-generic-pae, linux-image-3.2.0-41-omap
- USN-1813-1: linux-image-3.5.0-28-highbank, linux-image-3.5.0-28-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-3.5.0-28-powerpc-smp, linux, linux-image-3.5.0-28-generic, linux-image-3.5.0-28-omap
- LSN-0065-1: aws, lowlatency-4.4, gcp, azure, generic-4.15, lowlatency-4.15, generic-4.4
- USN-1878-1: linux-image-3.2.0-48-generic-pae, linux, linux-image-3.2.0-48-powerpc-smp, linux-image-3.2.0-48-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-3.2.0-48-highbank, linux-image-3.2.0-48-generic, linux-image-3.2.0-48-omap, linux-image-3.2.0-48-virtual
- USN-1883-1: linux-ti-omap4, linux-image-3.5.0-226-omap4
- USN-1880-1: linux-image-3.5.0-34-generic, linux-lts-quantal
- USN-1879-1: linux-ti-omap4, linux-image-3.2.0-1433-omap4
- USN-1881-1: linux-image-3.5.0-34-highbank, linux, linux-image-3.5.0-34-generic, linux-image-3.5.0-34-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-3.5.0-34-omap, linux-image-3.5.0-34-powerpc-smp
- USN-1882-1: linux-ti-omap4, linux-image-3.5.0-226-omap4
- USN-1849-1: linux-image-3.8.0-23-generic, linux-lts-raring
- USN-1837-1: linux, linux-image-3.8.0-22-generic