USN-346-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 6.06
• Ubuntu 5.10
• Ubuntu 5.04

Details

A Denial of service vulnerability was reported in iptables' SCTP
conntrack module. On computers which use this iptables module, a
remote attacker could expoit this to trigger a kernel crash.
(CVE-2006-2934)

A buffer overflow has been discovered in the dvd_read_bca() function.
By inserting a specially crafted DVD, USB stick, or similar
automatically mounted removable device, a local user could crash the
machine or potentially even execute arbitrary code with full root
privileges. (CVE-2006-2935)

The ftdi_sio driver for serial USB ports did not limit the amount of
pending data to be written. A local user could exploit this to drain
all available kernel memory and thus render the system unusable.
(CVE-2006-2936)

James McKenzie discovered a Denial of Service vulnerability in the NFS
driver. When exporting an ext3 file system over NFS, a remote attacker
could exploit this to trigger a file system panic by sending a
specially crafted UDP packet. (CVE-2006-3468)

Wei Wang of McAfee Avert Labs discovered a buffer overflow in the
sctp_make_abort_user() function of iptables' SCTP module. On computers
which use this module, a local attacker could expoit this to execute
arbitrary code with root privileges. (CVE-2006-3745)

Olof Johansson discovered that the kernel did not disable the 'HID0'
bit on PowerPC 970 processors so that the ATTN instruction was
enabled. A local user could exploit this to crash the kernel. This
flaw only affects the powerpc architecture. (CVE-2006-4093)

The UDF file system does not handle extends larger than 1 GB, but did
not check for this restriction on truncating files. A local user could
exploit this to crash the kernel. (CVE-2006-4145)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 6.06

• linux-image-2.6.15-26-hppa32-smp - 2.6.15-26.47
• linux-image-2.6.15-26-powerpc64-smp - 2.6.15-26.47
• linux-image-2.6.15-26-hppa64 - 2.6.15-26.47
• linux-image-2.6.15-26-386 - 2.6.15-26.47
• linux-image-2.6.15-26-amd64-xeon - 2.6.15-26.47
• linux-image-2.6.15-26-amd64-server - 2.6.15-26.47
• linux-image-2.6.15-26-amd64-k8 - 2.6.15-26.47
• linux-source-2.6.15 - 2.6.15-26.47
• linux-image-2.6.15-26-hppa64-smp - 2.6.15-26.47
• linux-image-2.6.15-26-k7 - 2.6.15-26.47
• linux-image-2.6.15-26-server-bigiron - 2.6.15-26.47
• linux-image-2.6.15-26-powerpc - 2.6.15-26.47
• linux-image-2.6.15-26-mckinley-smp - 2.6.15-26.47
• linux-image-2.6.15-26-amd64-generic - 2.6.15-26.47
• linux-image-2.6.15-26-server - 2.6.15-26.47
• linux-image-2.6.15-26-mckinley - 2.6.15-26.47
• linux-image-2.6.15-26-itanium-smp - 2.6.15-26.47
• linux-image-2.6.15-26-hppa32 - 2.6.15-26.47
• linux-image-2.6.15-26-686 - 2.6.15-26.47
• linux-image-2.6.15-26-itanium - 2.6.15-26.47
• linux-image-2.6.15-26-powerpc-smp - 2.6.15-26.47
• linux-image-2.6.15-26-sparc64 - 2.6.15-26.47
• linux-image-2.6.15-26-sparc64-smp - 2.6.15-26.47

Ubuntu 5.10

• linux-image-2.6.12-10-powerpc-smp - 2.6.12-10.39
• linux-patch-ubuntu-2.6.12 - 2.6.12-10.39
• linux-image-2.6.12-10-hppa32 - 2.6.12-10.39
• linux-image-2.6.12-10-itanium-smp - 2.6.12-10.39
• linux-image-2.6.12-10-sparc64 - 2.6.12-10.39
• linux-image-2.6.12-10-powerpc64-smp - 2.6.12-10.39
• linux-image-2.6.12-10-hppa64-smp - 2.6.12-10.39
• linux-image-2.6.12-10-amd64-generic - 2.6.12-10.39
• linux-image-2.6.12-10-iseries-smp - 2.6.12-10.39
• linux-image-2.6.12-10-k7-smp - 2.6.12-10.39
• linux-image-2.6.12-10-amd64-xeon - 2.6.12-10.39
• linux-image-2.6.12-10-itanium - 2.6.12-10.39
• linux-image-2.6.12-10-hppa32-smp - 2.6.12-10.39
• linux-image-2.6.12-10-powerpc - 2.6.12-10.39
• linux-image-2.6.12-10-mckinley - 2.6.12-10.39
• linux-image-2.6.12-10-sparc64-smp - 2.6.12-10.39
• linux-image-2.6.12-10-hppa64 - 2.6.12-10.39
• linux-image-2.6.12-10-amd64-k8-smp - 2.6.12-10.39
• linux-image-2.6.12-10-686 - 2.6.12-10.39
• linux-image-2.6.12-10-686-smp - 2.6.12-10.39
• linux-image-2.6.12-10-k7 - 2.6.12-10.39
• linux-image-2.6.12-10-mckinley-smp - 2.6.12-10.39
• linux-image-2.6.12-10-386 - 2.6.12-10.39
• linux-image-2.6.12-10-amd64-k8 - 2.6.12-10.39

Ubuntu 5.04

• linux-patch-ubuntu-2.6.10 - 2.6.10-34.23
• linux-image-2.6.10-6-686 - 2.6.10-34.23
• linux-image-2.6.10-6-powerpc - 2.6.10-34.23
• linux-image-2.6.10-6-itanium - 2.6.10-34.23
• linux-image-2.6.10-6-power4-smp - 2.6.10-34.23
• linux-image-2.6.10-6-sparc64-smp - 2.6.10-34.23
• linux-image-2.6.10-6-hppa64-smp - 2.6.10-34.23
• linux-image-2.6.10-6-power3-smp - 2.6.10-34.23
• linux-image-2.6.10-6-hppa32-smp - 2.6.10-34.23
• linux-image-2.6.10-6-386 - 2.6.10-34.23
• linux-image-2.6.10-6-hppa32 - 2.6.10-34.23
• linux-image-2.6.10-6-sparc64 - 2.6.10-34.23
• linux-image-2.6.10-6-hppa64 - 2.6.10-34.23
• linux-image-2.6.10-6-amd64-xeon - 2.6.10-34.23
• linux-image-2.6.10-6-itanium-smp - 2.6.10-34.23
• linux-image-2.6.10-6-powerpc-smp - 2.6.10-34.23
• linux-image-2.6.10-6-k7-smp - 2.6.10-34.23
• linux-image-2.6.10-6-power3 - 2.6.10-34.23
• linux-image-2.6.10-6-k7 - 2.6.10-34.23
• linux-image-2.6.10-6-power4 - 2.6.10-34.23
• linux-image-2.6.10-6-mckinley - 2.6.10-34.23
• linux-image-2.6.10-6-686-smp - 2.6.10-34.23
• linux-image-2.6.10-6-amd64-k8-smp - 2.6.10-34.23
• linux-image-2.6.10-6-amd64-generic - 2.6.10-34.23
• linux-image-2.6.10-6-amd64-k8 - 2.6.10-34.23
• linux-image-2.6.10-6-mckinley-smp - 2.6.10-34.23

After a standard system upgrade you need to reboot your computer to
effect the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2006-2934
• CVE-2006-2935
• CVE-2006-2936
• CVE-2006-3468
• CVE-2006-3745
• CVE-2006-4093
• CVE-2006-4145

Related notices

• USN-331-1