Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1023-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Nelson Elhage discovered several problems with the Acorn Econet protocol driver. A local user could cause a denial of service via a NULL pointer dereference, escalate privileges by overflowing the kernel stack, and assign Econet addresses to arbitrary interfaces.
Affected
Linux kernel vulnerabilities on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS ,
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS ,
Ubuntu 9.10 ,
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ,
Ubuntu 10.10
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2010-3848, CVE-2010-3849, CVE-2010-3850 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.9
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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