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Ubuntu update for kernel


Secunia ID

SA50633

CVE-ID

CVE-2012-2745, CVE-2012-3412, CVE-2012-3430, CVE-2012-3511

Release Date

20 Sep 2012

Criticality

Less Critical

Solution Status

Vendor Patch

Where

From local network

Impact
DoS (Denial of Service)

This includes vulnerabilities ranging from excessive resource consumption (e.g. causing a system to use a lot of memory) to crashing an application or an entire system.

Description

Ubuntu has issued an update for the kernel. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users and malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

For more information:
SA49778 (#2)
SA50081
SA50310

Solution

Apply updated packages.

-- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS --
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lts-backport-natty/2.6.38-16.67~lucid1

Original Advisory

USN-1574-1:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1574-1