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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2228-1

Posted May 27, 2014

Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 2228-1 - Matthew Daley reported an information leak in the floppy disk driver of the Linux kernel. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory. Matthew Daley reported a flaw in the handling of ioctl commands by the floppy disk driver in the Linux kernel. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to gain administrative privileges if the floppy disk module is loaded. Various other issues were also addressed.

tags | advisory, kernel, local

systems | linux, ubuntu

advisories | CVE-2014-0055, CVE-2014-0077, CVE-2014-0100, CVE-2014-0101, CVE-2014-1737, CVE-2014-1738, CVE-2014-2309, CVE-2014-2523, CVE-2014-2672, CVE-2014-2673, CVE-2014-2678, CVE-2014-2706, CVE-2014-2851

SHA-256 | cbc98ee7edf9f6b0c61ecb645c9d3e101aa77a558f1ea88158b44edf00b8d013

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