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USN-1072-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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USN-1072-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
09/30/2010
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/06/2013
Modified
08/17/2020

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the (1) pppol2tp_sendmsg function in net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c, and the (2) l2tp_ip_sendmsg function in net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c, in the PPPoL2TP and IPoL2TP implementations in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 allow local users to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and panic) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted sendto call.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-28-386
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-28-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-28-hppa32
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-28-hppa64
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-28-itanium
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-28-lpia
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-28-lpiacompat
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-28-mckinley
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-28-openvz
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-28-powerpc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-28-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-28-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-28-rt
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-28-server
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-28-sparc64
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-28-sparc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-28-virtual
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-28-xen

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