Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.841249
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1660-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'linux' package(s) announced via the USN-1660-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'linux' package(s) announced via the USN-1660-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Zhang Zuotao discovered a bug in the Linux kernel's handling of overlapping fragments in ipv6. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to bypass firewalls and initial new network connections that should have been blocked by the firewall. Affected Software/OS: 'linux' package(s) on Ubuntu 8.04. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-4444 RHSA-2012:1580 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1580.html SUSE-SU-2013:0856 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00000.html USN-1660-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1660-1 USN-1661-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1661-1 [oss-security] 20121109 Re: CVE request --- acceptation of overlapping ipv6 fragments http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/09/2 http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=70789d7052239992824628db8133de08dc78e593 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=874835 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/70789d7052239992824628db8133de08dc78e593 https://media.blackhat.com/bh-eu-12/Atlasis/bh-eu-12-Atlasis-Attacking_IPv6-WP.pdf
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG

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