Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-trusty regression (USN-2642-2)

The Fix for CVE-2015-1328 introduced a regression into the Linux kernel's overlayfs file system. The removal of a directory that only exists on the lower layer results in a kernel panic. We apologize for the inconvenience. Philip Pettersson discovered a privilege escalation when using overlayfs...

USN-2642-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) regression

The Fix for CVE-2015-1328 introduced a regression into the Linux kernel's overlayfs file system. The removal of a directory that only exists on the lower layer results in a kernel panic. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Philip Pettersson discovered a privilege...

CVE-2015-1328 - overlayfs privilege escalation | Cloud Foundry

CVE-2015-1328 – overlayfs privilege escalation High Vendor Canonical Ubuntu Versions Affected Canonical Ubuntu 14.04 LTS with 3.16 kernel Description Philip Pettersson discovered a privilege escalation when using overlayfs mounts inside of user namespaces. A local user could exploit this flaw to...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-trusty vulnerability (USN-2642-1)

Philip Pettersson discovered a privilege escalation when using overlayfs mounts inside of user namespaces. A local user could exploit this flaw to gain administrative privileges on the system. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubunt...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2642-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

USN-2642-1: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerability

Philip Pettersson discovered a privilege escalation when using overlayfs mounts inside of user namespaces. A local user could exploit this flaw to gain administrative privileges on the system...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2633-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-trusty vulnerabilities (USN-2633-1)

Wen Xu discovered a use-after-free flaw in the Linux kernel's ipv4 ping support. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or gain administrative privileges on the system. CVE-2015-3636 A memory corruption flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's scsi...

USN-2633-1: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

Wen Xu discovered a use-after-free flaw in the Linux kernel's ipv4 ping support. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or gain administrative privileges on the system. CVE-2015-3636 A memory corruption flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's scsi...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2613-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2619-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

USN-2619-1: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerability

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's IPv4 networking when using TCP fast open to initiate a connection. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash...

USN-2613-1: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

Vincent Tondellier discovered an integer overflow in the Linux kernel's netfilter connection tracking accounting of loaded extensions. An attacker on the local area network LAN could potential exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash of targeted system. CVE-2014-9715 Jan Beulic...

[USN-2597-2] Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) regression

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2597-2 May 08, 2015 linux-lts-trusty regression ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: -...

USN-2597-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) regression

USN-2597-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel, however an unrelated regression in the auditing of some path names was introduced. Due to the regression the system could crash under certain conditions. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-trusty vulnerability (USN-2597-1)

A race condition between chown and execve was discovered in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could exploit this race by using chown on a setuid-user-binary to gain administrative privileges. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubunt...

USN-2597-1: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerability

A race condition between chown and execve was discovered in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could exploit this race by using chown on a setuid-user-binary to gain administrative privileges...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2587-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

USN-2587-1: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

A stack overflow was discovered in the the microcode loader for the intel x86 platform. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service kernel crash or to potentially execute code with kernel privileges. CVE-2015-2666 It was discovered that the Linux kernel's IPv6 networking...

USN-2562-1: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

Sun Baoliang discovered a use after free flaw in the Linux kernel's SCTP Stream Control Transmission Protocol subsystem during INIT collisions. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system. CVE-2015-1421...