========================================================================= Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3908-1 March 12, 2019 linux vulnerability ========================================================================= A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary: The system could be made to run programs as an administrator. Software Description: - linux: Linux kernel Details: Jann Horn discovered a race condition in the fork() system call in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to gain access to services that cache authorizations. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: linux-image-3.13.0-166-generic 3.13.0-166.216 linux-image-3.13.0-166-generic-lpae 3.13.0-166.216 linux-image-3.13.0-166-lowlatency 3.13.0-166.216 linux-image-3.13.0-166-powerpc-e500 3.13.0-166.216 linux-image-3.13.0-166-powerpc-e500mc 3.13.0-166.216 linux-image-3.13.0-166-powerpc-smp 3.13.0-166.216 linux-image-3.13.0-166-powerpc64-emb 3.13.0-166.216 linux-image-3.13.0-166-powerpc64-smp 3.13.0-166.216 linux-image-generic 3.13.0.166.177 linux-image-generic-lpae 3.13.0.166.177 linux-image-lowlatency 3.13.0.166.177 linux-image-powerpc-e500 3.13.0.166.177 linux-image-powerpc-e500mc 3.13.0.166.177 linux-image-powerpc-smp 3.13.0.166.177 linux-image-powerpc64-emb 3.13.0.166.177 linux-image-powerpc64-smp 3.13.0.166.177 linux-image-virtual 3.13.0.166.177 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. Unless you manually uninstalled the standard kernel metapackages (e.g. linux-generic, linux-generic-lts-RELEASE, linux-virtual, linux-powerpc), a standard system upgrade will automatically perform this as well. References: https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3908-1 CVE-2019-6133 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.13.0-166.216