========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1775-1 March 22, 2013 linux vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the kernel. Software Description: - linux: Linux kernel Details: A flaw was reported in the permission checks done by the Linux kernel for /dev/cpu/*/msr. A local root user with all capabilities dropped could exploit this flaw to execute code with full root capabilities. (CVE-2013-0268) A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernels handling of memory ranges with PROT_NONE when transparent hugepages are in use. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (crash the system). (CVE-2013-0309) A flaw was discovered on the Linux kernel's VFAT filesystem driver when a disk is mounted with the utf8 option (this is the default on Ubuntu). On a system where disks/images can be auto-mounted or a FAT filesystem is mounted an unprivileged user can exploit the flaw to gain root privileges. (CVE-2013-1773) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: linux-image-2.6.32-46-386 2.6.32-46.105 linux-image-2.6.32-46-generic 2.6.32-46.105 linux-image-2.6.32-46-generic-pae 2.6.32-46.105 linux-image-2.6.32-46-ia64 2.6.32-46.105 linux-image-2.6.32-46-lpia 2.6.32-46.105 linux-image-2.6.32-46-powerpc 2.6.32-46.105 linux-image-2.6.32-46-powerpc-smp 2.6.32-46.105 linux-image-2.6.32-46-powerpc64-smp 2.6.32-46.105 linux-image-2.6.32-46-preempt 2.6.32-46.105 linux-image-2.6.32-46-server 2.6.32-46.105 linux-image-2.6.32-46-sparc64 2.6.32-46.105 linux-image-2.6.32-46-sparc64-smp 2.6.32-46.105 linux-image-2.6.32-46-versatile 2.6.32-46.105 linux-image-2.6.32-46-virtual 2.6.32-46.105 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-1775-1 CVE-2013-0268, CVE-2013-0309, CVE-2013-1773 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/2.6.32-46.105