USN-1573-1: Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities
8
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
10/03/2012
07/25/2018
05/06/2013
07/09/2020
Description
The sfc (aka Solarflare Solarstorm) driver in the Linux kernel before 3.2.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DMA descriptor consumption and network-controller outage) via crafted TCP packets that trigger a small MSS value.
Solution(s)
- ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-348-ec2
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