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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2563-1

Posted Apr 9, 2015

Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 2563-1 - Sun Baoliang discovered a use after free flaw in the Linux kernel's SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) subsystem during INIT collisions. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) or potentially escalate their privileges on the system. Marcelo Leitner discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's routing of packets to too many different dsts/too fast. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). Various other issues were also addressed.

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

systems | linux, ubuntu

advisories | CVE-2015-1421, CVE-2015-1465, CVE-2015-1593, CVE-2015-2041, CVE-2015-2042

SHA-256 | 5dafdca9ed571fcd6801dd6f0d5967baba32409d329a23f6e9674061e54eb37c

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