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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1880-1

Posted Jun 14, 2013

Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 1880-1 - An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel when inotify is used to monitor the /dev/ptmx device. A local user could exploit this flaw to discover keystroke timing and potentially discover sensitive information like password length. An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel's tkill and tgkill system calls when used from compat processes. A local user could exploit this flaw to examine potentially sensitive kernel memory. Various other issues were also addressed.

tags | advisory, kernel, local

systems | linux, ubuntu

advisories | CVE-2013-0160, CVE-2013-2141, CVE-2013-2146, CVE-2013-3076, CVE-2013-3222, CVE-2013-3223, CVE-2013-3224, CVE-2013-3225, CVE-2013-3227, CVE-2013-3228, CVE-2013-3229, CVE-2013-3230, CVE-2013-3231, CVE-2013-3232, CVE-2013-3233, CVE-2013-3234, CVE-2013-3235, CVE-2013-0160, CVE-2013-2141, CVE-2013-2146, CVE-2013-3076, CVE-2013-3222, CVE-2013-3223, CVE-2013-3224, CVE-2013-3225, CVE-2013-3227, CVE-2013-3228, CVE-2013-3229

SHA-256 | 80c1944a6fe727a9ecbe1de5b6a4c5f0c12de2baaab465d1efd8c6aaa419b901

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