USN-1737-1: Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerability
7
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
02/17/2013
07/25/2018
05/06/2013
07/09/2020
Description
Race condition in the ptrace functionality in the Linux kernel before 3.7.5 allows local users to gain privileges via a PTRACE_SETREGS ptrace system call in a crafted application, as demonstrated by ptrace_death.
Solution(s)
- ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-350-ec2
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