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USN-1161-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities (EC2)

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USN-1161-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities (EC2)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
06/24/2011
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/06/2013
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

Integer underflow in the dccp_parse_options function (net/dccp/options.c) in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP) packet with an invalid feature options length, which triggers a buffer over-read.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-317-ec2

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