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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.841893
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2285-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'linux-lts-quantal' package(s) announced via the USN-2285-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'linux-lts-quantal' package(s) announced via the USN-2285-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Sasha Levin reported a flaw in the Linux kernel's point-to-point protocol
(PPP) when used with the Layer Two Tunneling Protocol (L2TP). A local user
could exploit this flaw to gain administrative privileges. (CVE-2014-4943)

Michael S. Tsirkin discovered an information leak in the Linux kernel's
segmentation of skbs when using the zerocopy feature of vhost-net. A local
attacker could exploit this flaw to gain potentially sensitive information
from kernel memory. (CVE-2014-0131)

Salva Peiro discovered an information leak in the Linux kernel's media-
device driver. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to obtain sensitive
information from kernel memory. (CVE-2014-1739)

An flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's audit subsystem when auditing
certain syscalls. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to obtain
potentially sensitive single-bit values from kernel memory or cause a
denial of service (OOPS). (CVE-2014-3917)

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's implementation of user
namespaces with respect to inode permissions. A local user could exploit
this flaw by creating a user namespace to gain administrative privileges.
(CVE-2014-4014)

An information leak was discovered in the rd_mcp backend of the iSCSI
target subsystem in the Linux kernel. A local user could exploit this flaw
to obtain sensitive information from ramdisk_mcp memory by leveraging
access to a SCSI initiator. (CVE-2014-4027)

Affected Software/OS:
'linux-lts-quantal' package(s) on Ubuntu 12.04.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.9

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-0131
SUSE-SU-2015:0481
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html
[netdev] 20140310 [PATCH 0/5] skbuff: fix skb_segment with zero copy skbs
http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg274250.html
[netdev] 20140310 [PATCH 5/5] skbuff: skb_segment: orphan frags before copying
http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg274316.html
[oss-security] 20140310 CVE-2014-0131 -- kernel: net: use-after-free during segmentation with zerocopy
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/10/4
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1fd819ecb90cc9b822cd84d3056ddba315d3340f
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1074589
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1fd819ecb90cc9b822cd84d3056ddba315d3340f
openSUSE-SU-2015:0566
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1739
BugTraq ID: 68048
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68048
http://speirofr.appspot.com/cve-2014-1739-kernel-infoleak-vulnerability-in-media_enum_entities.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/15/1
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201
http://secunia.com/advisories/59597
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2014:1316 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2014:1319 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00007.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2259-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2261-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2263-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2264-1
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-3917
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1713179
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/29/5
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2014:1143
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1143.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2014:1281
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1281.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/59777
http://secunia.com/advisories/60011
http://secunia.com/advisories/60564
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2015:0812 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2334-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2335-1
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-4014
BugTraq ID: 67988
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67988
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33824
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/10/4
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030394
http://secunia.com/advisories/59220
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-4027
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/11/1
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.scsi.target.devel/6618
http://secunia.com/advisories/59134
http://secunia.com/advisories/61310
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-4943
Debian Security Information: DSA-2992 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2992
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36267
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/1
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/109277
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2014:1025
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1025.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030610
http://secunia.com/advisories/59790
http://secunia.com/advisories/60071
http://secunia.com/advisories/60220
http://secunia.com/advisories/60380
http://secunia.com/advisories/60393
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2015:0481 (Google Search)
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:0566 (Google Search)
XForce ISS Database: linux-kernel-cve20144943-priv-esc(94665)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94665
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