[USN-2198-1] Linux kernel vulnerability

[John Johansen]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2198-1
May 06, 2014

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

- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

The system could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator.

Software Description:
- linux: Linux kernel

Details:

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's pseudo tty (pty) device. An
unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service
(system crash) or potentially gain administrator privileges.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  linux-image-3.2.0-61-generic    3.2.0-61.93
  linux-image-3.2.0-61-generic-pae  3.2.0-61.93
  linux-image-3.2.0-61-highbank   3.2.0-61.93
  linux-image-3.2.0-61-omap       3.2.0-61.93
  linux-image-3.2.0-61-powerpc-smp  3.2.0-61.93
  linux-image-3.2.0-61-powerpc64-smp  3.2.0-61.93
  linux-image-3.2.0-61-virtual    3.2.0-61.93

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:
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2198-1
  CVE-2014-0196

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.2.0-61.93


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