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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2134-1

Posted Mar 7, 2014

Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 2134-1 - Mathy Vanhoef discovered an error in the the way the ath9k driver was handling the BSSID masking. A remote attacker could exploit this error to discover the original MAC address after a spoofing attack. Andrew Honig reported an error in the Linux Kernel's Kernel Virtual Machine (KVM) VAPIC synchronization operation. A local user could exploit this flaw to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (system crash). Various other issues were also addressed.

tags | advisory, remote, denial of service, kernel, local, spoof

systems | linux, ubuntu

advisories | CVE-2013-4579, CVE-2013-6368, CVE-2014-1438, CVE-2014-1446, CVE-2014-1874, CVE-2013-4579, CVE-2013-6368, CVE-2014-1438, CVE-2014-1446, CVE-2014-1874

SHA-256 | 5fe003a63ed1b5f56f85564ae5b00cd03137afef947104f6fa7a731194b9086c

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