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USN-2284-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

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USN-2284-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
07/03/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/17/2014
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

The PPPoL2TP feature in net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c in the Linux kernel through 3.15.6 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging data-structure differences between an l2tp socket and an inet socket.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-1451-omap4

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