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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3208-2

Posted Feb 23, 2017

Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 3208-2 - USN-3208-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. It was discovered that the generic SCSI block layer in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict write operations in certain situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly gain administrative privileges. Various other issues were also addressed.

tags | advisory, denial of service, kernel, local, vulnerability

systems | linux, ubuntu

advisories | CVE-2016-10088, CVE-2016-9191, CVE-2016-9588, CVE-2017-2583, CVE-2017-2584, CVE-2017-5549, CVE-2017-6074

SHA-256 | 1d3dac77e17589a335d73b1696ce93581c43caf1d8c627cd121b232338ea070c

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