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USN103-1 : linux-source-2.6.8.1 vulnerabilities

Article ID: 20489
Last updated: 27 Jan, 2009
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Posted: 22 Jan, 2009
by: Tech Pubs S.
Updated: 27 Jan, 2009
by: Tech Pubs S.

USN103-1 : linux-source-2.6.8.1 vulnerabilities

Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2005 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2005 Tenable Network Security, Inc.

FamilyUbuntu Local Security Checks
Plugin ID20489
Bugtraq ID
CVE IDCVE-2005-0400
CVE-2005-0749
CVE-2005-0750
CVE-2005-0815
CVE-2005-0839

Description:

Synopsis :

These remote packages are missing security patches :
- linux-doc-2.6.8.1
- linux-headers-2.6.8.1-5
- linux-headers-2.6.8.1-5-386
- linux-headers-2.6.8.1-5-686
- linux-headers-2.6.8.1-5-686-smp
- linux-headers-2.6.8.1-5-amd64-generic
- linux-headers-2.6.8.1-5-amd64-k8
- linux-headers-2.6.8.1-5-amd64-k8-smp
- linux-headers-2.6.8.1-5-amd64-xeon
- linux-headers-2.6.8.1-5-k7
- linux-headers-2.6.8.1-5-k7-smp
- linux-headers-2.6.8.1-5-power3
- linux-headers-2.6.8.1-5-power3-smp
- linux-headers-2.6.8.
[...]

Description :

Mathieu Lafon discovered an information leak in the ext2 file system
driver. When a new directory was created, the ext2 block written to
disk was not initialized, so that previous memory contents (which
could contain sensitive data like passwords) became visible on the raw
device. This is particularly important if the target device is
removable and thus can be read by users other than root.
(CVE-2005-0400)

Yichen Xie discovered a Denial of Service vulnerability in the ELF
loader. A specially crafted ELF library or executable could cause an
attempt to free an invalid pointer, which lead to a kernel crash.
(CVE-2005-0749)

Ilja van Sprundel discovered that the bluez_sock_create() function did
not check its "protocol" argument for negative values. A local
attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with root
privileges by creating a Bluetooth socket with a specially crafted
protocol number. (CVE-2005-0750)

Michal Zalewski discovered that the iso9660 file system driver fails
to check ranges properly
[...]

Solution :

Upgrade to :
- linux-doc-2.6.8.1-2.6.8.1-16.13 (Ubuntu 4.10)
- linux-headers-2.6.8.1-5-2.6.8.1-16.13 (Ubuntu 4.10)
- linux-headers-2.6.8.1-5-386-2.6.8.1-16.13 (Ubuntu 4.10)
- linux-headers-2.6.8.1-5-686-2.6.8.1-16.13 (Ubuntu 4.10)
- linux-headers-2.6.8.1-5-686-smp-2.6.8.1-16.13 (Ubuntu 4.10)
- linux-headers-2.6.8.1-5-amd64-generic-2.6.8.1-16.13 (Ubuntu 4.10)
- linux-headers-2.6.8.1-5-amd64-k8-2.6.8.1-16.13 (Ubuntu 4.10)
- linux-headers-2.6.8.1-5-amd64-k8-smp-2.6.8.1-16.13 (Ubuntu 4.10)
- linux-headers-2.6
[...]


Risk factor : High
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