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Today's Topics:

1. [USN-1750-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities (John Johansen)
2. [USN-1751-1] Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerability (John Johansen)


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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 09:59:58 -0800
From: John Johansen <john.johansen@canonical.com>
To: ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: [USN-1750-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Message-ID: <512CF81E.7080005@canonical.com>
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1750-1
February 26, 2013

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

- Ubuntu 12.10

Summary:

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

Software Description:
- linux: Linux kernel

Details:

Brad Spengler discovered a bounds checking error for netlink messages
requesting SOCK_DIAG_BY_FAMILY. An unprivileged local user could exploit
this flaw to crash the system or run programs as an administrator.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 12.10:
linux-image-3.5.0-25-generic 3.5.0-25.39
linux-image-3.5.0-25-highbank 3.5.0-25.39
linux-image-3.5.0-25-omap 3.5.0-25.39
linux-image-3.5.0-25-powerpc-smp 3.5.0-25.39
linux-image-3.5.0-25-powerpc64-smp 3.5.0-25.39

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

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1750-1
CVE-2013-1763

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.5.0-25.39

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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 23:30:12 -0800
From: John Johansen <john.johansen@canonical.com>
To: ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: [USN-1751-1] Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerability
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1751-1
February 27, 2013

linux-ti-omap4 vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 12.10

Summary:

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

Software Description:
- linux-ti-omap4: Linux kernel for OMAP4

Details:

Mathias Krause discovered a bounds checking error for netlink messages
requesting SOCK_DIAG_BY_FAMILY. An unprivileged local user could exploit
this flaw to crash the system or run programs as an administrator.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 12.10:
linux-image-3.5.0-220-omap4 3.5.0-220.29

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

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1751-1
CVE-2013-1763

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ti-omap4/3.5.0-220.29

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