The system could be made to leak sensitive system information.
A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel’s handling of script execution when module loading is enabled. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a leak of kernel stack contents.
10 January 2013
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
The system could be made to leak sensitive system information.
A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel’s handling of script execution when module loading is enabled. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a leak of kernel stack contents.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
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.
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