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Ubuntu: USN-2852-1: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-2852-1: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/19/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/04/2016
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

Jann Horn discovered a ptrace issue with user namespaces in the Linux kernel. The namespace owner could potentially exploit this flaw by ptracing a root owned process entering the user namespace to elevate its privileges and potentially gain access outside of the namespace. (http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1527374)

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-2-0-1017-raspi2

References

  • USN-2852-1

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