[USN-1323-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities

[John Johansen]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1323-1
January 11, 2012

linux vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

Software Description:
- linux: Linux kernel

Details:

Peter Huewe discovered an information leak in the handling of reading
security-related TPM data. A local, unprivileged user could read the
results of a previous TPM command. (CVE-2011-1162)

Clement Lecigne discovered a bug in the HFS filesystem. A local attacker
could exploit this to cause a kernel oops. (CVE-2011-2203)

A flaw was found in the b43 driver in the Linux kernel. An attacker could
use this flaw to cause a denial of service if the system has an active
wireless interface using the b43 driver. (CVE-2011-3359)

A flaw was found in how the Linux kernel handles user-defined key types. An
unprivileged local user could exploit this to crash the system.
(CVE-2011-4110)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
  linux-image-2.6.24-30-386       2.6.24-30.98
  linux-image-2.6.24-30-generic   2.6.24-30.98
  linux-image-2.6.24-30-hppa32    2.6.24-30.98
  linux-image-2.6.24-30-hppa64    2.6.24-30.98
  linux-image-2.6.24-30-itanium   2.6.24-30.98
  linux-image-2.6.24-30-lpia      2.6.24-30.98
  linux-image-2.6.24-30-lpiacompat  2.6.24-30.98
  linux-image-2.6.24-30-mckinley  2.6.24-30.98
  linux-image-2.6.24-30-openvz    2.6.24-30.98
  linux-image-2.6.24-30-powerpc   2.6.24-30.98
  linux-image-2.6.24-30-powerpc-smp  2.6.24-30.98
  linux-image-2.6.24-30-powerpc64-smp  2.6.24-30.98
  linux-image-2.6.24-30-rt        2.6.24-30.98
  linux-image-2.6.24-30-server    2.6.24-30.98
  linux-image-2.6.24-30-sparc64   2.6.24-30.98
  linux-image-2.6.24-30-sparc64-smp  2.6.24-30.98
  linux-image-2.6.24-30-virtual   2.6.24-30.98
  linux-image-2.6.24-30-xen       2.6.24-30.98

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

References:
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1323-1
  CVE-2011-1162, CVE-2011-2203, CVE-2011-3359, CVE-2011-4110

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/2.6.24-30.98

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