[USN-1558-1] Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerability

Severity Medium

CVEs 3

The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS)
protocol implementation. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to
cause a denial of service. (CVE-2012-2372)

Mathias Krause discovered an information leak in the Linux kernel's TUN/TAP
device driver. A local user could exploit this flaw to examine part of the
kernel's stack memory. (CVE-2012-6547)

A flaw was found in Linux kernel's validation of CIPSO (Common IP Security
Option) options set from userspace. A local user that can set a socket's
CIPSO options could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (crash
the system). (CVE-2013-0310)

ID

USN-1558-1

Severity

medium

Severity from

CVE-2013-0310

URL

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1558-1

Published