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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2971-2

Posted May 9, 2016

Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 2971-2 - USN-2971-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 15.10. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 15.10 for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the Aiptek Tablet USB device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly sanity check the endpoints reported by the device. An attacker with physical access could cause a denial of service (system crash). Various other issues were also addressed.

tags | advisory, denial of service, kernel, vulnerability

systems | linux, ubuntu

advisories | CVE-2015-7515, CVE-2016-0821, CVE-2016-2184, CVE-2016-2185, CVE-2016-2186, CVE-2016-2188, CVE-2016-3136, CVE-2016-3137, CVE-2016-3138, CVE-2016-3140, CVE-2016-3156, CVE-2016-3157, CVE-2016-3689

SHA-256 | e7e575bb1102666d9a22bb82b9c053e9133e706ab71b7e298615967c59ef8f3a

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