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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.840663
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1133-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'linux' package(s) announced via the USN-1133-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'linux' package(s) announced via the USN-1133-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Nelson Elhage discovered that Econet did not correctly handle AUN packets
over UDP. A local attacker could send specially crafted traffic to crash
the system, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2010-4342)

Dan Rosenberg discovered that the OSS subsystem did not handle name
termination correctly. A local attacker could exploit this crash the system
or gain root privileges. (CVE-2010-4527)

Dan Rosenberg discovered that IRDA did not correctly check the size of
buffers. On non-x86 systems, a local attacker could exploit this to read
kernel heap memory, leading to a loss of privacy. (CVE-2010-4529)

Dan Carpenter discovered that the TTPCI DVB driver did not check certain
values during an ioctl. If the dvb-ttpci module was loaded, a local
attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of
service, or possibly gain root privileges. (CVE-2011-0521)

Affected Software/OS:
'linux' package(s) on Ubuntu 8.04.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.2

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-4342
43291
http://secunia.com/advisories/43291
45321
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45321
ADV-2011-0375
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375
SUSE-SA:2011:008
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html
[netdev] 20101209 NULL dereference in econet AUN-over-UDP receive
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=129185496013580&w=2
[netdev] 20101209 Re: NULL dereference in econet AUN-over-UDP receive
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=129186011218615&w=2
[oss-security] 20101208 CVE request: kernel: NULL pointer dereference in AF_ECONET
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/1
[oss-security] 20101209 Re: CVE request: kernel: NULL pointer dereference in AF_ECONET
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/2
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4e085e76cbe558b79b54cbab772f61185879bc64
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc6
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-4527
42765
http://secunia.com/advisories/42765
45629
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45629
[oss-security] 20101230 CVE request: kernel: buffer overflow in OSS load_mixer_volumes
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/31/1
[oss-security] 20101231 Re: CVE request: kernel: buffer overflow in OSS load_mixer_volumes
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/31/4
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d81a12bc29ae4038770e05dce4ab7f26fd5880fb
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37
http://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/cve-2010-4527-linux-kernel-oss-sound-card-driver-buffer-overflow/
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667615
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-4529
BugTraq ID: 45556
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45556
http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg150842.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/23/1
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/03/1
http://secunia.com/advisories/42684
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2011:008 (Google Search)
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-0521
1025195
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025195
20111013 VMSA-2011-0012 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Console
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
43009
http://secunia.com/advisories/43009
45986
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45986
46397
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
[oss-security] 20110125 Linux kernel av7110 negative array offset
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/24/2
[oss-security] 20110125 Re: Linux kernel av7110 negative array offset
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/2
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=cb26a24ee9706473f31d34cc259f4dcf45cd0644
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.38-rc2
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
kernel-av7110ca-privilege-escalation(64988)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64988
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