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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.841528
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1919-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'linux' package(s) announced via the USN-1919-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'linux' package(s) announced via the USN-1919-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Kees Cook discovered a format string vulnerability in the Broadcom B43
wireless driver for the Linux kernel. A local user could exploit this flaw
to gain administrative privileges. (CVE-2013-2852)

Marcus Moeller and Ken Fallon discovered that the CIFS incorrectly built
certain paths. A local attacker with access to a CIFS partition could
exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service.
(CVE-2013-4247)

Affected Software/OS:
'linux' package(s) on Ubuntu 13.04.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.8

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-2852
Debian Security Information: DSA-2766 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2766
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/06/13
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2013:1051
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1051.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2013:1450
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1450.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2013:1473 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00003.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2013:1971 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1899-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1900-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1914-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1915-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1916-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1917-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1918-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1919-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1920-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1930-1
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-4247
[oss-security] 20130814 Re: CVE Request: Linux kernel: cifs: off-by-one bug in build_unc_path_to_root
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/14/10
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1fc29bacedeabb278080e31bb9c1ecb49f143c3b
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.9.6
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=998401
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1fc29bacedeabb278080e31bb9c1ecb49f143c3b
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