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Ubuntu update for kernel
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA31107
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Release Date:
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2008-07-16
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Popularity:
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1,957 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Security Bypass
Exposure of sensitive information
Privilege escalation
DoS
System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Ubuntu Linux 6.06
Ubuntu Linux 7.04
Ubuntu Linux 7.10
Ubuntu Linux 8.04
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
Ubuntu has issued an update for the kernel. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service), bypass certain security restrictions, disclose potentially sensitive information, and gain escalated privileges, and malicious people to cause a DoS and potentially compromise a vulnerable system.
For more information:
SA23073
SA30044
SA30241
SA30580
SA30719
1) A race condition error in the "ptrace()" implementation can be exploited to crash the kernel.
2) A vulnerability is caused due to missing feature length validation within the "dccp_feat_change()" function in net/dccp/feat.c, which can be exploited to cause an overflow and execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
3) An unspecified error in the 32-bit and 64-bit emulation can be exploited to disclose potentially sensitive data via a specially crafted binary.
Change Page:
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