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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1934-1

Posted Aug 20, 2013

Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 1934-1 - Chanam Park reported a Null pointer flaw in the Linux kernel's Ceph client. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel's fanotify interface. A local user could exploit this flaw to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory. Kees Cook discovered a format string vulnerability in the Linux kernel's disk block layer. A local user with administrator privileges could exploit this flaw to gain kernel privileges. Various other issues were also addressed.

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

systems | linux, ubuntu

advisories | CVE-2013-1059, CVE-2013-2148, CVE-2013-2851, CVE-2013-1059, CVE-2013-2148, CVE-2013-2851

SHA-256 | 59746e56eb4662747b4e9778ace867b2c146f9080c644e855f67b6b282da588b

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