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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1286-1

Posted Dec 3, 2011

Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 1286-1 - Vasily Averin discovered that the NFS Lock Manager (NLM) incorrectly handled unlock requests. A local attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service. Robert Swiecki discovered that mapping extensions were incorrectly handled. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. It was discovered that the wireless stack incorrectly verified SSID lengths. A local attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service or gain root privileges. Various other issues were also addressed.

tags | advisory, denial of service, local, root

systems | linux, ubuntu

advisories | CVE-2011-2491, CVE-2011-2496, CVE-2011-2517, CVE-2011-2525, CVE-2011-4077, CVE-2011-4081, CVE-2011-4132, CVE-2011-4326, CVE-2011-4330

SHA-256 | 6043a3fbf2080a512662c349ee447bed0a78df45f28b48e5909b135726bd239e

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