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USN-1253-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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USN-1253-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/24/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/06/2013
Modified
08/04/2020

Description

Integer signedness error in the CIFSFindNext function in fs/cifs/cifssmb.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1 allows remote CIFS servers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large length value in a response to a read request for a directory.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-35-386
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-35-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-35-generic-pae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-35-ia64
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-35-lpia
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-35-powerpc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-35-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-35-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-35-preempt
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-35-server
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-35-sparc64
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-35-sparc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-35-versatile
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-35-virtual

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