[Trisquel-security] [USN-1728-1] Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerability

John Johansen john.johansen at canonical.com
Tue Feb 19 06:03:43 CET 2013


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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1728-1
February 19, 2013

linux-ec2 vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.

Software Description:
- linux-ec2: Linux kernel for EC2

Details:

Andrew Cooper of Citrix reported a Xen stack corruption in the Linux
kernel. An unprivileged user in a 32bit PVOPS guest can cause the guest
kernel to crash, or operate erroneously.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  linux-image-2.6.32-350-ec2      2.6.32-350.60

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

References:
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1728-1
  CVE-2013-0190

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ec2/2.6.32-350.60

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