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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.842038
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2465-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'linux-lts-trusty' package(s) announced via the USN-2465-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'linux-lts-trusty' package(s) announced via the USN-2465-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
A null pointer dereference flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's
SCTP implementation when ASCONF is used. A remote attacker could exploit
this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a malformed INIT
chunk. (CVE-2014-7841)

A race condition with MMIO and PIO transactions in the KVM (Kernel Virtual
Machine) subsystem of the Linux kernel was discovered. A guest OS user
could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) via a
specially crafted application. (CVE-2014-7842)

Milos Prchlik reported a flaw in how the ARM64 platform handles a single
byte overflow in __clear_user. A local user could exploit this flaw to
cause a denial of service (system crash) by reading one byte beyond a
/dev/zero page boundary. (CVE-2014-7843)

A stack buffer overflow was discovered in the ioctl command handling for
the Technotrend/Hauppauge USB DEC devices driver. A local user could
exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly
gain privileges. (CVE-2014-8884)

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

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.1

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-7841
62305
http://secunia.com/advisories/62305
62597
http://secunia.com/advisories/62597
62735
http://secunia.com/advisories/62735
71081
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71081
DSA-3093
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3093
RHSA-2015:0087
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0087.html
RHSA-2015:0102
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0102.html
RHSA-2015:0284
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0284.html
RHSA-2015:0285
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0285.html
RHSA-2015:0695
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0695.html
SUSE-SU-2015:0481
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html
SUSE-SU-2015:0529
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00020.html
SUSE-SU-2015:0652
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00000.html
[oss-security] 20141113 CVE-2014-7841 Linux kernel: net: sctp: NULL pointer dereference in af->from_addr_param on malformed packet
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/13/6
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e40607cbe270a9e8360907cb1e62ddf0736e4864
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-3004.html
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-3005.html
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.17.4
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1163087
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e40607cbe270a9e8360907cb1e62ddf0736e4864
https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/16000/000/sol16016.html
openSUSE-SU-2015:0566
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-7842
62326
http://secunia.com/advisories/62326
62336
http://secunia.com/advisories/62336
71078
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71078
RHSA-2016:0855
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0855.html
SUSE-SU-2015:0736
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html
[oss-security] 20141113 CVE-2014-7842 Linux kernel: kvm: reporting emulation failures to userspace
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/13/7
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a2b9e6c1a35afcc0973acb72e591c714e78885ff
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1163762
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a2b9e6c1a35afcc0973acb72e591c714e78885ff
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.17.4
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-7843
71082
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71082
[oss-security] 20141113 CVE-2014-7843 Linux kernel: aarch64: copying from /dev/zero causes local DoS
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/13/5
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=97fc15436b36ee3956efad83e22a557991f7d19d
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1163744
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/97fc15436b36ee3956efad83e22a557991f7d19d
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-8884
Debian Security Information: DSA-3093 (Google Search)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/14/7
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:0290
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:0782
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0782.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:0864
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0864.html
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