Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1380-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
The linux kernel did not properly account for PTE pages when deciding which task to kill in out of memory conditions. A local, unprivileged could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2011-2498)
A flaw was discovered in the TOMOYO LSM's handling of mount system calls.
An unprivileged user could oops the system causing a denial of service.
(CVE-2011-2518)
A bug was discovered in the Linux kernel's calculation of OOM (Out of memory) scores, that would result in the wrong process being killed. A user could use this to kill the process with the highest OOM score, even if that process belongs to another user or the system. (CVE-2011-4097)
A flaw was found in the linux kernels IPv4 IGMP query processing. A remote attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2012-0207)
Affected
linux on Ubuntu 11.04
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2011-2498, CVE-2011-2518, CVE-2011-4097, CVE-2012-0207 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.8
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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