Description: | Description: The remote host is missing an update to linux-image-2.6.24-30-386 announced via advisory USN-1291-1.
Details:
A bug was discovered in the XFS filesystem's handling of pathnames. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service, or gain root privileges. (CVE-2011-4077)
A flaw was found in the Journaling Block Device (JBD). A local attacker able to mount ext3 or ext4 file systems could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2011-4132)
Clement Lecigne discovered a bug in the HFS file system bounds checking. When a malformed HFS file system is mounted a local user could crash the system or gain root privileges. (CVE-2011-4330)
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 2.6.24-30.97 linux-image-2.6.24-30-generic 2.6.24-30.97 linux-image-2.6.24-30-hppa32 2.6.24-30.97 linux-image-2.6.24-30-hppa64 2.6.24-30.97 linux-image-2.6.24-30-itanium 2.6.24-30.97 linux-image-2.6.24-30-lpia 2.6.24-30.97 linux-image-2.6.24-30-lpiacompat 2.6.24-30.97 linux-image-2.6.24-30-mckinley 2.6.24-30.97 linux-image-2.6.24-30-openvz 2.6.24-30.97 linux-image-2.6.24-30-powerpc 2.6.24-30.97 linux-image-2.6.24-30-powerpc-smp 2.6.24-30.97 linux-image-2.6.24-30-powerpc64-smp 2.6.24-30.97 linux-image-2.6.24-30-rt 2.6.24-30.97 linux-image-2.6.24-30-server 2.6.24-30.97 linux-image-2.6.24-30-sparc64 2.6.24-30.97 linux-image-2.6.24-30-sparc64-smp 2.6.24-30.97 linux-image-2.6.24-30-virtual 2.6.24-30.97 linux-image-2.6.24-30-xen 2.6.24-30.97
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-1291-1
CVSS Score: 7.2
CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:NR/C:C/I:C/A:C
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