USN-2065-1: Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities
3 January 2014
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Releases
Packages
- linux-ec2 - Linux kernel for EC2
Details
Stephan Mueller reported an error in the Linux kernel's ansi cprng random
number generator. This flaw makes it easier for a local attacker to break
cryptographic protections. (CVE-2013-4345)
A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's IP Virtual Server (IP_VS)
support. A local user with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability could exploit this
flaw to gain additional administrative privileges. (CVE-2013-4588)
Nico Golde and Fabian Yamaguchi reported a flaw in the Linux kernel's
debugfs filesystem. An administrative local user could exploit this flaw to
cause a denial of service (OOPS). (CVE-2013-6378)
Nico Golde reported a flaw in the Linux kernel's userspace IO (uio) driver.
A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (memory
corruption) or possibly gain privileges. (CVE-2013-6763)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 10.04
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
Related notices
- USN-2071-1: linux, linux-image-3.5.0-45-powerpc-smp, linux-image-3.5.0-45-highbank, linux-image-3.5.0-45-generic, linux-image-3.5.0-45-omap, linux-image-3.5.0-45-powerpc64-smp
- USN-2158-1: linux-image-3.8.0-38-generic, linux-lts-raring
- USN-2110-1: linux-ti-omap4, linux-image-3.2.0-1443-omap4
- USN-2075-1: linux-image-3.11.0-15-generic, linux, linux-image-3.11.0-15-generic-lpae
- USN-2074-1: linux-image-3.5.0-237-omap4, linux-ti-omap4
- USN-2076-1: linux-image-3.5.0-237-omap4, linux-ti-omap4
- USN-2068-1: linux-image-3.5.0-45-generic, linux-lts-quantal
- USN-2109-1: linux-image-3.2.0-59-highbank, linux, linux-image-3.2.0-59-virtual, linux-image-3.2.0-59-generic-pae, linux-image-3.2.0-59-generic, linux-image-3.2.0-59-powerpc-smp, linux-image-3.2.0-59-omap, linux-image-3.2.0-59-powerpc64-smp
- USN-2064-1: linux-image-2.6.32-55-server, linux-image-2.6.32-55-sparc64-smp, linux, linux-image-2.6.32-55-virtual, linux-image-2.6.32-55-sparc64, linux-image-2.6.32-55-ia64, linux-image-2.6.32-55-powerpc, linux-image-2.6.32-55-generic, linux-image-2.6.32-55-preempt, linux-image-2.6.32-55-versatile, linux-image-2.6.32-55-386, linux-image-2.6.32-55-lpia, linux-image-2.6.32-55-powerpc-smp, linux-image-2.6.32-55-generic-pae, linux-image-2.6.32-55-powerpc64-smp
- USN-2070-1: linux-image-3.11.0-15-generic, linux-lts-saucy, linux-image-3.11.0-15-generic-lpae
- USN-2072-1: linux-image-3.5.0-237-omap4, linux-ti-omap4
- USN-2115-1: linux-ti-omap4, linux-image-3.5.0-238-omap4
- USN-2112-1: linux-lts-raring, linux-image-3.8.0-36-generic
- USN-2067-1: linux-image-3.2.0-1442-omap4, linux-ti-omap4
- USN-2114-1: linux, linux-image-3.5.0-46-generic, linux-image-3.5.0-46-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-3.5.0-46-highbank, linux-image-3.5.0-46-powerpc-smp, linux-image-3.5.0-46-omap
- USN-2066-1: linux-image-3.2.0-58-virtual, linux, linux-image-3.2.0-58-powerpc-smp, linux-image-3.2.0-58-highbank, linux-image-3.2.0-58-omap, linux-image-3.2.0-58-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-3.2.0-58-generic, linux-image-3.2.0-58-generic-pae
- USN-2111-1: linux-image-3.5.0-46-generic, linux-lts-quantal
- USN-2116-1: linux-ti-omap4, linux-image-3.5.0-238-omap4
- USN-2069-1: linux-lts-raring, linux-image-3.8.0-35-generic
- USN-2073-1: linux, linux-image-3.8.0-35-generic