Ubuntu Security Notice 1920-1 - Kees Cook discovered a format string vulnerability in the Broadcom B43 wireless driver for the Linux kernel. A local user could exploit this flaw to gain administrative privileges.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1920-1
July 30, 2013
linux-ti-omap4 vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 13.04
Summary:
The system could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator.
Software Description:
- linux-ti-omap4: Linux kernel for OMAP4
Details:
Kees Cook discovered a format string vulnerability in the Broadcom B43
wireless driver for the Linux kernel. A local user could exploit this flaw
to gain administrative privileges.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 13.04:
linux-image-3.5.0-229-omap4 3.5.0-229.42
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-1920-1
CVE-2013-2852
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ti-omap4/3.5.0-229.42