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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.841518
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1912-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'linux' package(s) announced via the USN-1912-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'linux' package(s) announced via the USN-1912-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Jonathan Salwan discovered an information leak in the Linux kernel's cdrom
driver. A local user can exploit this leak to obtain sensitive information
from kernel memory if the CD-ROM drive is malfunctioning. (CVE-2013-2164)

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel when an IPv6 socket is used to
connect to an IPv4 destination. An unprivileged local user could exploit
this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2013-2232)

An information leak was discovered in the IPSec key_socket implementation
in the Linux kernel. An local user could exploit this flaw to examine
potentially sensitive information in kernel memory. (CVE-2013-2234)

An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel when reading
broadcast messages from the notify_policy interface of the IPSec
key_socket. A local user could exploit this flaw to examine potentially
sensitive information in kernel memory.
(CVE-2013-2237)

Kees Cook discovered a format string vulnerability in the Linux kernel's
disk block layer. A local user with administrator privileges could exploit
this flaw to gain kernel privileges. (CVE-2013-2851)

Affected Software/OS:
'linux' package(s) on Ubuntu 10.04.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-2164
DSA-2766
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2766
RHSA-2013:1166
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1166.html
RHSA-2013:1645
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1645.html
SUSE-SU-2013:1473
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00003.html
SUSE-SU-2013:1474
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00004.html
USN-1912-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1912-1
USN-1913-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1913-1
USN-1941-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1941-1
USN-1942-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1942-1
[oss-security] 20130610 Re: CVE Request: Linux Kernel - Leak information in cdrom driver.
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/10/9
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c?id=050e4b8fb7cdd7096c987a9cd556029c622c7fe2
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=973100
openSUSE-SU-2013:1971
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-2232
RHSA-2013:1173
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1173.html
USN-1938-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1938-1
USN-1943-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1943-1
USN-1944-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1944-1
USN-1945-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1945-1
USN-1946-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1946-1
USN-1947-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1947-1
[oss-security] 20130702 Re: CVE Request: kernel: ipv6: using ipv4 vs ipv6 structure during routing lookup in sendmsg
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/02/5
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a963a37d384d71ad43b3e9e79d68d42fbe0901f3
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a963a37d384d71ad43b3e9e79d68d42fbe0901f3
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.10.bz2
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-2234
[oss-security] 20130702 Re: CVE Request: information leak in AF_KEY notify messages
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/02/7
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a5cc68f3d63306d0d288f31edfc2ae6ef8ecd887
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=980995
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a5cc68f3d63306d0d288f31edfc2ae6ef8ecd887
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-2237
USN-1970-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1970-1
USN-1972-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1972-1
USN-1973-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1973-1
USN-1992-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1992-1
USN-1993-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1993-1
USN-1995-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1995-1
USN-1998-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1998-1
[oss-security] 20130703 Re: CVE Request: Earlier AF_KEY in key_notify_policy_flush
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/04/3
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=85dfb745ee40232876663ae206cba35f24ab2a40
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981220
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/85dfb745ee40232876663ae206cba35f24ab2a40
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.9.bz2
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-2851
Debian Security Information: DSA-2766 (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=137055204522556&w=2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/06/13
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2013:1645
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2013:1783
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1783.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2014:0284
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0284.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2013:1473 (Google Search)
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2013:1474 (Google Search)
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2013:1971 (Google Search)
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