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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2227-1

Posted May 27, 2014

Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 2227-1 - A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's pseudo tty (pty) device. An unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) or potentially gain administrator privileges. 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. Various other issues were also addressed.

tags | advisory, denial of service, kernel, local

systems | linux, ubuntu

advisories | CVE-2013-4483, CVE-2014-0069, CVE-2014-0077, CVE-2014-0101, CVE-2014-0196, CVE-2014-1737, CVE-2014-1738, CVE-2014-2309, CVE-2014-2523, CVE-2014-2672, CVE-2014-2678, CVE-2014-2706, CVE-2014-2851

SHA-256 | 030f8dbdef1c111fe4bbe4103734f72cb888f3ba4144f7241099df3eede3cb21

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