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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3405-2

Posted Aug 28, 2017

Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 3405-2 - USN-3405-1 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 a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the POSIX message queue implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. Various other issues were also addressed.

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

systems | linux, osx, ubuntu

advisories | CVE-2015-7837, CVE-2017-11176, CVE-2017-7495, CVE-2017-7541

SHA-256 | 9fb7e5e4b1090eb89ab9343b4aac56e8f9b44171aade9cf1e7eb6e419ed30450

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