CVE-2013-2898

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1995-1

Posted Oct 22, 2013

Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 1995-1 - 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. Kees Cook discovered flaw in the Human Interface Device (HID) subsystem of the Linux kernel. A physically proximate attacker could exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via a specially crafted device that provides an invalid Report ID. Various other issues were also addressed.

tags | advisory, denial of service, arbitrary, kernel, local

systems | linux, ubuntu

advisories | CVE-2013-2237, CVE-2013-2888, CVE-2013-2892, CVE-2013-2896, CVE-2013-2898, CVE-2013-2899, CVE-2013-4300, CVE-2013-2237, CVE-2013-2888, CVE-2013-2892, CVE-2013-2896, CVE-2013-2898, CVE-2013-2899, CVE-2013-4300

SHA-256 | 0e828e972162722656770066732a813580466305366a1309823de26dd0b6dd6d

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1998-1

Posted Oct 22, 2013

Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 1998-1 - 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. Kees Cook discovered flaw in the Human Interface Device (HID) subsystem of the Linux kernel. A physically proximate attacker could exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via a specially crafted device that provides an invalid Report ID. Various other issues were also addressed.

tags | advisory, denial of service, arbitrary, kernel, local

systems | linux, ubuntu

advisories | CVE-2013-2237, CVE-2013-2888, CVE-2013-2892, CVE-2013-2896, CVE-2013-2898, CVE-2013-2899, CVE-2013-4300, CVE-2013-2237, CVE-2013-2888, CVE-2013-2892, CVE-2013-2896, CVE-2013-2898, CVE-2013-2899, CVE-2013-4300

SHA-256 | 6fe1ea254476a5b155997999ca06779d4d5cc86acc30e3d6c9312115df1ff8e8

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