linux-lts-backport-natty vulnerability

10 September 2012

linux-lts-backport-natty vulnerability

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

• Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary

The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.

Software Description

• linux-lts-backport-natty - Linux kernel backport from Natty

Details

Some errors where discovered in the Linux kernel’s UDF file system, which is used to mount some CD-ROMs and DVDs. An unprivileged local user could use these flaws to crash the system.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

linux-image-2.6.38-15-generic - 2.6.38-15.66~lucid1

linux-image-2.6.38-15-generic-pae - 2.6.38-15.66~lucid1

linux-image-2.6.38-15-server - 2.6.38-15.66~lucid1

linux-image-2.6.38-15-virtual - 2.6.38-15.66~lucid1

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-2012-3400