Ubuntu Security Notice 1555-1 - Chen Haogang discovered an integer overflow that could result in memory corruption. A local unprivileged user could use this to crash the system. A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol implementation. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1555-1
September 05, 2012
linux vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Software Description:
- linux: Linux kernel
Details:
Chen Haogang discovered an integer overflow that could result in memory
corruption. A local unprivileged user could use this to crash the system.
(CVE-2012-0044)
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS)
protocol implementation. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to
cause a denial of service. (CVE-2012-2372)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
linux-image-2.6.32-42-386 2.6.32-42.96
linux-image-2.6.32-42-generic 2.6.32-42.96
linux-image-2.6.32-42-generic-pae 2.6.32-42.96
linux-image-2.6.32-42-ia64 2.6.32-42.96
linux-image-2.6.32-42-lpia 2.6.32-42.96
linux-image-2.6.32-42-powerpc 2.6.32-42.96
linux-image-2.6.32-42-powerpc-smp 2.6.32-42.96
linux-image-2.6.32-42-powerpc64-smp 2.6.32-42.96
linux-image-2.6.32-42-preempt 2.6.32-42.96
linux-image-2.6.32-42-server 2.6.32-42.96
linux-image-2.6.32-42-sparc64 2.6.32-42.96
linux-image-2.6.32-42-sparc64-smp 2.6.32-42.96
linux-image-2.6.32-42-versatile 2.6.32-42.96
linux-image-2.6.32-42-virtual 2.6.32-42.96
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.
References:
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1555-1
CVE-2012-0044, CVE-2012-2372
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/2.6.32-42.96