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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1811-1

Posted May 1, 2013

Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 1811-1 - Mathias Krause discovered an information leak in the Linux kernel's UDF file system implementation. A local user could exploit this flaw to examine some of the kernel's heap memory. Mathias Krause discovered an information leak in the Linux kernel's ISO 9660 CDROM file system driver. A local user could exploit this flaw to examine some of the kernel's heap memory. An integer overflow was discovered in the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) subsystem for the i915 video driver in the Linux kernel. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (crash) or potentially escalate privileges. Various other issues were also addressed.

tags | advisory, denial of service, overflow, kernel, local

systems | linux, ubuntu

advisories | CVE-2012-6548, CVE-2012-6549, CVE-2013-0913, CVE-2013-1848, CVE-2013-1860, CVE-2013-2634, CVE-2013-2635, CVE-2012-6548, CVE-2012-6549, CVE-2013-0913, CVE-2013-1848, CVE-2013-1860, CVE-2013-2634, CVE-2013-2635

SHA-256 | bc5a300fb0fcdeac446d0595095403f6f8fa6d91a12d9b4f8eb17fb7e6a96e40

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