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USN-1409-1: Linux kernel (Oneiric backport) vulnerabilities

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USN-1409-1: Linux kernel (Oneiric backport) vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
03/27/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/27/2012
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

A certain Red Hat patch to the be2net implementation in the kernel package before 2.6.32-218.el6 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6, when promiscuous mode is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via non-member VLAN packets.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-0-0-17-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-0-0-17-generic-pae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-0-0-17-server
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-0-0-17-virtual

References

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