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USN-1554-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

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USN-1554-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Published

02/21/2013

Created

07/25/2018

Added

05/06/2013

Modified

07/09/2020

Description

The cipso_v4_validate function in net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an IPOPT_CIPSO IP_OPTIONS setsockopt system call.

Solution(s)

ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-0-0-25-generic
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-0-0-25-generic-pae
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-0-0-25-omap
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-0-0-25-powerpc
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-0-0-25-powerpc-smp
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-0-0-25-powerpc64-smp
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-0-0-25-server
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-0-0-25-virtual

References

https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2012-2372
54062
CVE - 2012-2372
CVE - 2012-6547
CVE - 2013-0310
RHSA-2012:0743
RHSA-2012:1540
RHSA-2013:0496
RHSA-2013:0744
USN-1554-1

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