Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : libotr vulnerabilities (USN-2091-1)

This update disables the OTR v1 protocol to prevent protocol downgrade attacks. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without...

USN-1745-1 : linux-ti-omap4 vulnerability

Suleiman Souhlal, Salman Qazi, Aaron Durbin and Michael Davidson discovered a race condition in the Linux kernel's ptrace syscall. An unprivileged local attacker could exploit this flaw to run programs as an administrator. This script was automatically generated from Ubuntu Security Notice...

USN-1679-1 : linux-ti-omap4 vulnerability

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's handling of new hot-plugged memory. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service by crashing the system. This script was automatically generated from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1679-1. It is released under the Nessus...

USN-1645-1 : linux-ti-omap4 vulnerabilities

Brad Spengler discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's uname system call. An unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to read kernel stack memory. CVE-2012-0957 Rodrigo Freire discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's TCP illinois congestion control algorithm. A local attacker could use this to cau...

Ubuntu 11.04 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1406-1)

This USN was released in error and has been removed. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. C...