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[USN-2873-1] Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerability

Severity High
Affected Packages 8
CVEs 1
Info Packages Vulnerabilities

The system could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator.

Yevgeny Pats discovered that the session keyring implementation in the
Linux kernel did not properly reference count when joining an existing
session keyring. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of
service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code with
administrative privileges.

Package Affected Version
pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-image-extra-3.16.0-59-generic?distro=trusty < 3.16.0-59.79~14.04.1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-image-3.16.0-59-powerpc64-smp?distro=trusty < 3.16.0-59.79~14.04.1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-image-3.16.0-59-powerpc64-emb?distro=trusty < 3.16.0-59.79~14.04.1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-image-3.16.0-59-powerpc-smp?distro=trusty < 3.16.0-59.79~14.04.1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-image-3.16.0-59-powerpc-e500mc?distro=trusty < 3.16.0-59.79~14.04.1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-image-3.16.0-59-lowlatency?distro=trusty < 3.16.0-59.79~14.04.1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-image-3.16.0-59-generic?distro=trusty < 3.16.0-59.79~14.04.1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-image-3.16.0-59-generic-lpae?distro=trusty < 3.16.0-59.79~14.04.1
ID
USN-2873-1
Severity
high
URL
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2873-1
Published
2016-01-19T16:54:04
(8 years ago)
Modified
2016-01-19T16:54:04
(8 years ago)
Other Advisories
Type Package URL Namespace Name / Product Version Distribution / Platform Arch Patch / Fix
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-image-extra-3.16.0-59-generic?distro=trusty ubuntu linux-image-extra-3.16.0-59-generic < 3.16.0-59.79~14.04.1 trusty
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-image-3.16.0-59-powerpc64-smp?distro=trusty ubuntu linux-image-3.16.0-59-powerpc64-smp < 3.16.0-59.79~14.04.1 trusty
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-image-3.16.0-59-powerpc64-emb?distro=trusty ubuntu linux-image-3.16.0-59-powerpc64-emb < 3.16.0-59.79~14.04.1 trusty
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-image-3.16.0-59-powerpc-smp?distro=trusty ubuntu linux-image-3.16.0-59-powerpc-smp < 3.16.0-59.79~14.04.1 trusty
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-image-3.16.0-59-powerpc-e500mc?distro=trusty ubuntu linux-image-3.16.0-59-powerpc-e500mc < 3.16.0-59.79~14.04.1 trusty
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-image-3.16.0-59-lowlatency?distro=trusty ubuntu linux-image-3.16.0-59-lowlatency < 3.16.0-59.79~14.04.1 trusty
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-image-3.16.0-59-generic?distro=trusty ubuntu linux-image-3.16.0-59-generic < 3.16.0-59.79~14.04.1 trusty
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-image-3.16.0-59-generic-lpae?distro=trusty ubuntu linux-image-3.16.0-59-generic-lpae < 3.16.0-59.79~14.04.1 trusty
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# CVE Description CVSS EPSS EPSS Trend (30 days) Affected Products Weaknesses Security Advisories PoC Pubblication Date Modification Date