Philipp Richter discovered that the AppleTalk protocol handler did not sufficiently verify the length of packets. By sending a crafted AppleTalk packet, a remote attacker could exploit this to crash the kernel. (CVE-2007-1357)
Gabriel Campana discovered that the do_ipv6_setsockopt() function did not sufficiently verifiy option values for IPV6_RTHDR. A local attacker could exploit this to trigger a kernel crash. (CVE-2007-1388)
24 May 2007
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Philipp Richter discovered that the AppleTalk protocol handler did not sufficiently verify the length of packets. By sending a crafted AppleTalk packet, a remote attacker could exploit this to crash the kernel. (CVE-2007-1357)
Gabriel Campana discovered that the do_ipv6_setsockopt() function did not sufficiently verifiy option values for IPV6_RTHDR. A local attacker could exploit this to trigger a kernel crash. (CVE-2007-1388)
A Denial of Service vulnerability was discovered in the nfnetlink_log() netfilter function. A remote attacker could exploit this to trigger a kernel crash. (CVE-2007-1496)
The connection tracking module for IPv6 did not properly handle the status field when reassembling fragmented packets, so that the final packet always had the ‘established’ state. A remote attacker could exploit this to bypass intended firewall rules. (CVE-2007-1497)
Masayuki Nakagawa discovered an error in the flowlabel handling of IPv6 network sockets. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the kernel. (CVE-2007-1592)
The do_dccp_getsockopt() function did not sufficiently verify the optlen argument. A local attacker could exploit this to read kernel memory (which might expose sensitive data) or cause a kernel crash. This only affects Ubuntu 7.04. (CVE-2007-1730)
The IPv4 and DECnet network protocol handlers incorrectly declared an array variable so that it became smaller than intended. By sending crafted packets over a netlink socket, a local attacker could exploit this to crash the kernel. (CVE-2007-2172)
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 upgrade you need to reboot your computer to effect the necessary changes.
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