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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.71776
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu USN-1380-1 (linux-image-2.6.38-13-generic)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:
The remote host is missing an update to linux-image-2.6.38-13-generic
announced via advisory USN-1380-1.

Details:

The linux kernel did not properly account for PTE pages when deciding which
task to kill in out of memory conditions. A local, unprivileged could
exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2011-2498)

A flaw was discovered in the TOMOYO LSM's handling of mount system calls.
An unprivileged user could oops the system causing a denial of service.
(CVE-2011-2518)

A bug was discovered in the Linux kernel's calculation of OOM (Out of
memory) scores, that would result in the wrong process being killed. A user
could use this to kill the process with the highest OOM score, even if that
process belongs to another user or the system. (CVE-2011-4097)

A flaw was found in the linux kernels IPv4 IGMP query processing. A remote
attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2012-0207)

Solution:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 11.04:
linux-image-2.6.38-13-generic 2.6.38-13.56
linux-image-2.6.38-13-generic-pae 2.6.38-13.56
linux-image-2.6.38-13-omap 2.6.38-13.56
linux-image-2.6.38-13-powerpc 2.6.38-13.56
linux-image-2.6.38-13-powerpc-smp 2.6.38-13.56
linux-image-2.6.38-13-powerpc64-smp 2.6.38-13.56
linux-image-2.6.38-13-server 2.6.38-13.56
linux-image-2.6.38-13-versatile 2.6.38-13.56
linux-image-2.6.38-13-virtual 2.6.38-13.56

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-1380-1

CVSS Score:
7.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:NR/C:N/I:N/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-2498
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=130923704824984&w=2
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2011/CVE-2011-2498.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2498
https://usn.ubuntu.com/1167-1/
https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/ubuntu-USN-1383-1
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-2518
HPSBGN02970
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2
[oss-security] 20110701 Re: CVE request: kernel: tomoyo: oops in tomoyo_mount_acl()
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/01/5
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.2
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4e78c724d47e2342aa8fde61f6b8536f662f795f
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4e78c724d47e2342aa8fde61f6b8536f662f795f
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-4097
[oss-security] 20111031 Re: CVE request: kernel: oom: fix integer overflow of points in oom_badness
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/01/2
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1.8
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750399
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/56c6a8a4aadca809e04276eabe5552935c51387f
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-0207
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/10/5
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