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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.842081
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2490-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'linux' package(s) announced via the USN-2490-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'linux' package(s) announced via the USN-2490-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Andy Lutomirski discovered an information leak in the Linux kernel's Thread
Local Storage (TLS) implementation allowing users to bypass the espfix to
obtain information that could be used to bypass the Address Space Layout
Randomization (ASLR) protection mechanism. A local user could exploit this
flaw to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory.
(CVE-2014-8133)

Prasad J Pandit reported a flaw in the rock_continue function of the Linux
kernel's ISO 9660 CDROM file system. A local user could exploit this flaw
to cause a denial of service (system crash or hang). (CVE-2014-9420)

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

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
4.9

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-8133
62801
http://secunia.com/advisories/62801
71684
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71684
DSA-3128
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3128
MDVSA-2015:058
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:058
RHSA-2015:1272
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1272.html
SUSE-SU-2015:0736
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html
USN-2490-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2490-1
USN-2491-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2491-1
USN-2492-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2492-1
USN-2493-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2493-1
USN-2515-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2515-1
USN-2516-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2516-1
USN-2517-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2517-1
USN-2518-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2518-1
[oss-security] 20141215 Linux kernel: multiple x86_64 vulnerabilities
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/15/6
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=41bdc78544b8a93a9c6814b8bbbfef966272abbe
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1172797
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/41bdc78544b8a93a9c6814b8bbbfef966272abbe
openSUSE-SU-2015:0566
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-9420
FEDORA-2015-0515
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147973.html
FEDORA-2015-0517
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147864.html
RHSA-2015:1081
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1081.html
RHSA-2015:1137
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1137.html
RHSA-2015:1138
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1138.html
SUSE-SU-2015:0178
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00035.html
SUSE-SU-2015:0652
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00000.html
SUSE-SU-2015:0812
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html
[oss-security] 20141225 Re: CVE Request Linux kernel: fs: isofs: infinite loop in CE records
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/25/4
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f54e18f1b831c92f6512d2eedb224cd63d607d3d
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1175235
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f54e18f1b831c92f6512d2eedb224cd63d607d3d
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html
openSUSE-SU-2015:0714
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00009.html
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