| Description: | Description:
The remote host is missing an update to linux-image-2.6.24-30-386
announced via advisory USN-1268-1.
Details:
It was discovered that CIFS incorrectly handled authentication. When a user
had a CIFS share mounted that required authentication, a local user could
mount the same share without knowing the correct password. (CVE-2011-1585)
It was discovered that the GRE protocol incorrectly handled netns
initialization. A remote attacker could send a packet while the ip_gre
module was loading, and crash the system, leading to a denial of service.
(CVE-2011-1767)
It was discovered that the IP/IP protocol incorrectly handled netns
initialization. A remote attacker could send a packet while the ipip module
was loading, and crash the system, leading to a denial of service.
(CVE-2011-1768)
Vasily Averin discovered that the NFS Lock Manager (NLM) incorrectly
handled unlock requests. A local attacker could exploit this to cause a
denial of service. (CVE-2011-2491)
Robert Swiecki discovered that mapping extensions were incorrectly handled.
A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a
denial of service. (CVE-2011-2496)
Ben Pfaff discovered that Classless Queuing Disciplines (qdiscs) were being
incorrectly handled. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the
system, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2011-2525)
Yasuaki Ishimatsu discovered a flaw in the kernel's clock implementation. A
local unprivileged attacker could exploit this causing a denial of service.
(CVE-2011-3209)
Solution:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
linux-image-2.6.24-30-386 2.6.24-30.96
linux-image-2.6.24-30-generic 2.6.24-30.96
linux-image-2.6.24-30-hppa32 2.6.24-30.96
linux-image-2.6.24-30-hppa64 2.6.24-30.96
linux-image-2.6.24-30-itanium 2.6.24-30.96
linux-image-2.6.24-30-lpia 2.6.24-30.96
linux-image-2.6.24-30-lpiacompat 2.6.24-30.96
linux-image-2.6.24-30-mckinley 2.6.24-30.96
linux-image-2.6.24-30-openvz 2.6.24-30.96
linux-image-2.6.24-30-powerpc 2.6.24-30.96
linux-image-2.6.24-30-powerpc-smp 2.6.24-30.96
linux-image-2.6.24-30-powerpc64-smp 2.6.24-30.96
linux-image-2.6.24-30-rt 2.6.24-30.96
linux-image-2.6.24-30-server 2.6.24-30.96
linux-image-2.6.24-30-sparc64 2.6.24-30.96
linux-image-2.6.24-30-sparc64-smp 2.6.24-30.96
linux-image-2.6.24-30-virtual 2.6.24-30.96
linux-image-2.6.24-30-xen 2.6.24-30.96
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-1268-1
CVSS Score:
7.2
CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:NR/C:C/I:C/A:C
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