Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.841090
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1515-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'linux' package(s) announced via the USN-1515-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'linux' package(s) announced via the USN-1515-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: An error was discovered in the Linux kernel's memory subsystem (hugetlb). An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (crash the system). Affected Software/OS: 'linux' package(s) on Ubuntu 12.04. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 4.9 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-2390 USN-1515-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1515-1 USN-1535-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1535-1 [oss-security] 20120523 Re: CVE Request -- kernel: huge pages: memory leak on mmap failure http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/14 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c50ac050811d6485616a193eb0f37bfbd191cc89 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.2 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=824345 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c50ac050811d6485616a193eb0f37bfbd191cc89
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG

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