Ubuntu Security Notice 1775-1 - A flaw was reported in the permission checks done by the Linux kernel for /dev/cpu/*/msr. A local root user with all capabilities dropped could exploit this flaw to execute code with full root capabilities. A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernels handling of memory ranges with PROT_NONE when transparent hugepages are in use. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (crash the system). Various other issues were also addressed.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1775-1
March 22, 2013
linux vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Software Description:
- linux: Linux kernel
Details:
A flaw was reported in the permission checks done by the Linux kernel for
/dev/cpu/*/msr. A local root user with all capabilities dropped could
exploit this flaw to execute code with full root capabilities.
(CVE-2013-0268)
A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernels handling of memory ranges with
PROT_NONE when transparent hugepages are in use. An unprivileged local user
could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (crash the system).
(CVE-2013-0309)
A flaw was discovered on the Linux kernel's VFAT filesystem driver when a
disk is mounted with the utf8 option (this is the default on Ubuntu). On a
system where disks/images can be auto-mounted or a FAT filesystem is
mounted an unprivileged user can exploit the flaw to gain root privileges.
(CVE-2013-1773)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
linux-image-2.6.32-46-386 2.6.32-46.105
linux-image-2.6.32-46-generic 2.6.32-46.105
linux-image-2.6.32-46-generic-pae 2.6.32-46.105
linux-image-2.6.32-46-ia64 2.6.32-46.105
linux-image-2.6.32-46-lpia 2.6.32-46.105
linux-image-2.6.32-46-powerpc 2.6.32-46.105
linux-image-2.6.32-46-powerpc-smp 2.6.32-46.105
linux-image-2.6.32-46-powerpc64-smp 2.6.32-46.105
linux-image-2.6.32-46-preempt 2.6.32-46.105
linux-image-2.6.32-46-server 2.6.32-46.105
linux-image-2.6.32-46-sparc64 2.6.32-46.105
linux-image-2.6.32-46-sparc64-smp 2.6.32-46.105
linux-image-2.6.32-46-versatile 2.6.32-46.105
linux-image-2.6.32-46-virtual 2.6.32-46.105
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.
ATTENTION: Due to an unavoidable ABI change the kernel updates have
been given a new version number, which requires you to recompile and
reinstall all third party kernel modules you might have installed. If
you use linux-restricted-modules, you have to update that package as
well to get modules which work with the new kernel version. Unless you
manually uninstalled the standard kernel metapackages (e.g. linux-generic,
linux-server, linux-powerpc), a standard system upgrade will automatically
perform this as well.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1775-1
CVE-2013-0268, CVE-2013-0309, CVE-2013-1773
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/2.6.32-46.105