USN-1977-1: Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 10.04

Packages

• linux-ec2 - Linux kernel for EC2

Details

An information leak was discovered in the handling of ICMPv6 Router
Advertisement (RA) messages in the Linux kernel's IPv6 network stack. A
remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service
(excessive retries and address-generation outage), and consequently obtain
sensitive information. (CVE-2013-0343)

Kees Cook discovered flaw in the Human Interface Device (HID) subsystem of
the Linux kernel. A physically proximate attacker could exploit this flaw
to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory
corruption) via a specially crafted device that provides an invalid Report
ID. (CVE-2013-2888)

Kees Cook discovered a flaw in the Human Interface Device (HID) subsystem
of the Linux kerenl when CONFIG_HID_PANTHERLORD is enabled. A physically
proximate attacker could cause a denial of service (heap out-of-bounds
write) via a specially crafted device. (CVE-2013-2892)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 10.04

• linux-image-2.6.32-357-ec2 - 2.6.32-357.70

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

• CVE-2013-0343
• CVE-2013-2888
• CVE-2013-2892

Related notices

• USN-2019-1: linux-image-3.5.0-43-generic, linux-lts-quantal
• USN-2038-1: linux-image-3.2.0-57-virtual, linux-image-3.2.0-57-generic, linux, linux-image-3.2.0-57-highbank, linux-image-3.2.0-57-generic-pae, linux-image-3.2.0-57-omap, linux-image-3.2.0-57-powerpc-smp, linux-image-3.2.0-57-powerpc64-smp
• USN-2023-1: linux, linux-image-3.8.0-33-generic
• USN-2020-1: linux-lts-raring, linux-image-3.8.0-33-generic
• USN-1976-1: linux-image-2.6.32-52-powerpc-smp, linux-image-2.6.32-52-sparc64-smp, linux-image-2.6.32-52-386, linux-image-2.6.32-52-generic-pae, linux-image-2.6.32-52-ia64, linux, linux-image-2.6.32-52-generic, linux-image-2.6.32-52-sparc64, linux-image-2.6.32-52-server, linux-image-2.6.32-52-virtual, linux-image-2.6.32-52-versatile, linux-image-2.6.32-52-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-2.6.32-52-powerpc, linux-image-2.6.32-52-preempt, linux-image-2.6.32-52-lpia
• USN-2021-1: linux-image-3.5.0-43-powerpc-smp, linux, linux-image-3.5.0-43-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-3.5.0-43-highbank, linux-image-3.5.0-43-omap, linux-image-3.5.0-43-generic
• USN-2022-1: linux-image-3.5.0-235-omap4, linux-ti-omap4
• USN-2039-1: linux-image-3.2.0-1441-omap4, linux-ti-omap4
• USN-2050-1: linux-image-3.5.0-236-omap4, linux-ti-omap4
• USN-2024-1: linux-image-3.5.0-235-omap4, linux-ti-omap4
• USN-1998-1: linux, linux-image-3.8.0-32-generic
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