linux vulnerabilities

29 June 2012

linux vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

Software Description

• linux - Linux kernel

Details

Stephan Mueller reported a flaw in the Linux kernel’s dl2k network driver’s handling of ioctls. An unprivileged local user could leverage this flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2012-2313)

Timo Warns reported multiple flaws in the Linux kernel’s hfsplus filesystem. An unprivileged local user could exploit these flaws to gain root system priviliges. (CVE-2012-2319)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

linux-image-2.6.24-31-386 - 2.6.24-31.102

linux-image-2.6.24-31-generic - 2.6.24-31.102

linux-image-2.6.24-31-hppa32 - 2.6.24-31.102

linux-image-2.6.24-31-hppa64 - 2.6.24-31.102

linux-image-2.6.24-31-itanium - 2.6.24-31.102

linux-image-2.6.24-31-lpia - 2.6.24-31.102

linux-image-2.6.24-31-lpiacompat - 2.6.24-31.102

linux-image-2.6.24-31-mckinley - 2.6.24-31.102

linux-image-2.6.24-31-openvz - 2.6.24-31.102

linux-image-2.6.24-31-powerpc - 2.6.24-31.102

linux-image-2.6.24-31-powerpc-smp - 2.6.24-31.102

linux-image-2.6.24-31-powerpc64-smp - 2.6.24-31.102

linux-image-2.6.24-31-rt - 2.6.24-31.102

linux-image-2.6.24-31-server - 2.6.24-31.102

linux-image-2.6.24-31-sparc64 - 2.6.24-31.102

linux-image-2.6.24-31-sparc64-smp - 2.6.24-31.102

linux-image-2.6.24-31-virtual - 2.6.24-31.102

linux-image-2.6.24-31-xen - 2.6.24-31.102

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2012-2313
• CVE-2012-2319