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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1931-1

Posted Aug 20, 2013

Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 1931-1 - 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. Jonathan Salwan discovered an information leak in the Linux kernel's cdrom driver. A local user can exploit this leak to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory if the CD-ROM drive is malfunctioning. 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-2013-2164, CVE-2013-2851, CVE-2013-1059, CVE-2013-2148, CVE-2013-2164, CVE-2013-2851

SHA-256 | ff0f4ce4c92fb685f81150d2928d46bd35bd6fe80f01c3cafaf05ff55984bc9c

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