Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.12.2009.869.1
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-869-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'linux' package(s) announced via the USN-869-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'linux' package(s) announced via the USN-869-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: David Ford discovered that the IPv4 defragmentation routine did not correctly handle oversized packets. A remote attacker could send specially crafted traffic that would cause a system to crash, leading to a denial of service. (The fix was included in the earlier kernels from USN-864-1.) (CVE-2009-1298) Akira Fujita discovered that the Ext4 'move extents' ioctl did not correctly check permissions. A local attacker could exploit this to overwrite arbitrary files on the system, leading to root privilege escalation. (CVE-2009-4131) Affected Software/OS: 'linux' package(s) on Ubuntu 9.10. 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-2009-1298 Bugtraq: 20091216 rPSA-2009-0161-1 hwdata kernel (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508517/100/0/threaded https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00453.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00496.html http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:329 http://twitter.com/spendergrsec/statuses/6339560349 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/11/linux_kernel_bugs_patched/ http://www.osvdb.org/60788 http://secunia.com/advisories/37624 http://secunia.com/advisories/38017 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2010:001 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00000.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-869-1 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-4131 37277 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37277 37658 http://secunia.com/advisories/37658 37686 http://secunia.com/advisories/37686 38017 ADV-2009-3468 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3468 FEDORA-2009-13039 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00702.html MDVSA-2009:329 SUSE-SA:2010:001 USN-869-1 [linux-kernel] 20091209 [GIT PULL] ext4 updates for v2.6.33 http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/12/9/255 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4a58579b9e4e2a35d57e6c9c8483e52f6f1b7fd6 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.32-git6.log https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=544471
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