USN-1912-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
29 July 2013
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Releases
Packages
- linux - Linux kernel
Details
Jonathan Salwan discovered an information leak in the Linux kernel's cdrom
driver. A local user can exploit this leak to obtain sensitive information
from kernel memory if the CD-ROM drive is malfunctioning. (CVE-2013-2164)
A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel when an IPv6 socket is used to
connect to an IPv4 destination. An unprivileged local user could exploit
this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2013-2232)
An information leak was discovered in the IPSec key_socket implementation
in the Linux kernel. An local user could exploit this flaw to examine
potentially sensitive information in kernel memory. (CVE-2013-2234)
An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel when reading
broadcast messages from the notify_policy interface of the IPSec
key_socket. A local user could exploit this flaw to examine potentially
sensitive information in kernel memory.
(CVE-2013-2237)
Kees Cook discovered a format string vulnerability in the Linux kernel's
disk block layer. A local user with administrator privileges could exploit
this flaw to gain kernel privileges. (CVE-2013-2851)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 10.04
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linux-image-2.6.32-50-versatile
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2.6.32-50.112
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linux-image-2.6.32-50-sparc64-smp
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2.6.32-50.112
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linux-image-2.6.32-50-generic
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2.6.32-50.112
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linux-image-2.6.32-50-powerpc
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2.6.32-50.112
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linux-image-2.6.32-50-preempt
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2.6.32-50.112
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linux-image-2.6.32-50-generic-pae
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2.6.32-50.112
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linux-image-2.6.32-50-virtual
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2.6.32-50.112
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linux-image-2.6.32-50-386
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2.6.32-50.112
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linux-image-2.6.32-50-lpia
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2.6.32-50.112
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linux-image-2.6.32-50-ia64
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2.6.32-50.112
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linux-image-2.6.32-50-server
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2.6.32-50.112
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linux-image-2.6.32-50-powerpc64-smp
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2.6.32-50.112
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linux-image-2.6.32-50-powerpc-smp
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2.6.32-50.112
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linux-image-2.6.32-50-sparc64
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2.6.32-50.112
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-1932-1: linux, linux-image-3.5.0-39-powerpc-smp, linux-image-3.5.0-39-highbank, linux-image-3.5.0-39-omap, linux-image-3.5.0-39-generic, linux-image-3.5.0-39-powerpc64-smp
- USN-1934-1: linux-image-3.5.0-231-omap4, linux-ti-omap4
- USN-1941-1: linux-image-3.2.0-53-highbank, linux-image-3.2.0-53-generic-pae, linux, linux-image-3.2.0-53-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-3.2.0-53-generic, linux-image-3.2.0-53-powerpc-smp, linux-image-3.2.0-53-virtual, linux-image-3.2.0-53-omap
- USN-1936-1: linux-image-3.8.0-29-generic, linux-lts-raring
- USN-1935-1: linux-image-3.8.0-29-generic, linux
- USN-1933-1: linux-image-3.5.0-231-omap4, linux-ti-omap4
- USN-1913-1: linux-image-2.6.32-355-ec2, linux-ec2
- USN-1942-1: linux-image-3.2.0-1437-omap4, linux-ti-omap4
- USN-1931-1: linux-image-3.5.0-39-generic, linux-lts-quantal
- USN-1943-1: linux-image-3.8.0-30-generic, linux-lts-raring
- USN-1947-1: linux-lts-quantal, linux-image-3.5.0-40-generic
- USN-1946-1: linux-ti-omap4, linux-image-3.5.0-232-omap4
- USN-1938-1: linux-image-3.8.0-30-generic, linux
- USN-1944-1: linux-image-3.5.0-40-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-3.5.0-40-generic, linux, linux-image-3.5.0-40-omap, linux-image-3.5.0-40-highbank, linux-image-3.5.0-40-powerpc-smp
- USN-1945-1: linux-ti-omap4, linux-image-3.5.0-232-omap4
- USN-1992-1: linux-image-3.2.0-55-generic-pae, linux, linux-image-3.2.0-55-virtual, linux-image-3.2.0-55-powerpc-smp, linux-image-3.2.0-55-generic, linux-image-3.2.0-55-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-3.2.0-55-omap, linux-image-3.2.0-55-highbank
- USN-1973-1: linux-image-3.5.0-233-omap4, linux-ti-omap4
- USN-1993-1: linux-image-3.2.0-1439-omap4, linux-ti-omap4
- USN-1970-1: linux-image-3.5.0-41-generic, linux-lts-quantal
- USN-1998-1: linux-image-3.8.0-32-generic, linux
- USN-1995-1: linux-image-3.8.0-32-generic, linux-lts-raring
- USN-1972-1: linux-image-3.5.0-41-omap, linux, linux-image-3.5.0-41-generic, linux-image-3.5.0-41-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-3.5.0-41-highbank, linux-image-3.5.0-41-powerpc-smp