[USN-2259-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity Medium

CVEs 3

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

Salva Peiró discovered an information leak in the Linux kernel's media-
device driver. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to obtain sensitive
information from kernel memory. (CVE-2014-1739)

A bounds check error was discovered in the socket filter subsystem of the
Linux kernel. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of
service (system crash) via crafted BPF instructions. (CVE-2014-3144)

A remainder calculation error was discovered in the socket filter subsystem
of the Linux kernel. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial
of service (system crash) via crafted BPF instructions. (CVE-2014-3145)

ID

USN-2259-1

Severity

medium

Severity from

CVE-2014-3144

URL

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2259-1

Published