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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1161-1

Posted Jul 14, 2011

Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 1161-1 - Vasiliy Kulikov discovered that kvm did not correctly clear memory. A local attacker could exploit this to read portions of the kernel stack, leading to a loss of privacy. Timo Warns discovered that the LDM disk partition handling code did not correctly handle certain values. By inserting a specially crafted disk device, a local attacker could exploit this to gain root privileges. Various other issues were also addressed.

tags | advisory, kernel, local, root

systems | linux, ubuntu

advisories | CVE-2010-3881, CVE-2011-1017, CVE-2011-1090, CVE-2011-1163, CVE-2011-1494, CVE-2011-1495, CVE-2011-1593, CVE-2011-1598, CVE-2011-1745, CVE-2011-1746, CVE-2011-1747, CVE-2011-1748, CVE-2011-1770, CVE-2011-2022

SHA-256 | 7fa90836e44442172cf8b1b95f7fecc0dda61b8fd76a598bf22b7b31c19adb0b

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