USN-1877-1: Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 10.04

Packages

• linux-ec2 - Linux kernel for EC2

Details

Andrew Honig reported a flaw in the way KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine)
emulated the IOAPIC. A privileged guest user could exploit this flaw to
read host memory or cause a denial of service (crash the host).
(CVE-2013-1798)

An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel's rcvmsg path for
ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode). A local user could exploit this flaw to
examine potentially sensitive information from the kernel's stack memory.
(CVE-2013-3222)

An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel's recvmsg path for
ax25 address family. A local user could exploit this flaw to examine
potentially sensitive information from the kernel's stack memory.
(CVE-2013-3223)

An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel's recvmsg path for
the bluetooth address family. A local user could exploit this flaw to
examine potentially sensitive information from the kernel's stack memory.
(CVE-2013-3224)

An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel's bluetooth rfcomm
protocol support. A local user could exploit this flaw to examine
potentially sensitive information from the kernel's stack memory.
(CVE-2013-3225)

An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel's IRDA (infrared)
support subsystem. A local user could exploit this flaw to examine
potentially sensitive information from the kernel's stack memory.
(CVE-2013-3228)

An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel's s390 - z/VM
support. A local user could exploit this flaw to examine potentially
sensitive information from the kernel's stack memory. (CVE-2013-3229)

An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel's llc (Logical Link
Layer 2) support. A local user could exploit this flaw to examine
potentially sensitive information from the kernel's stack memory.
(CVE-2013-3231)

An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel's receive message
handling for the netrom address family. A local user could exploit this
flaw to obtain sensitive information from the kernel's stack memory.
(CVE-2013-3232)

An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel's Rose X.25 protocol
layer. A local user could exploit this flaw to examine potentially
sensitive information from the kernel's stack memory. (CVE-2013-3234)

An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel's TIPC (Transparent
Inter Process Communication) protocol implementation. A local user could
exploit this flaw to examine potentially sensitive information from the
kernel's stack memory. (CVE-2013-3235)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 10.04

• linux-image-2.6.32-353-ec2 - 2.6.32-353.66

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

ATTENTION: Due to an unavoidable ABI change the kernel updates have
been given a new version number, which requires you to recompile and
reinstall all third party kernel modules you might have installed. If
you use linux-restricted-modules, you have to update that package as
well to get modules which work with the new kernel version. Unless you
manually uninstalled the standard kernel metapackages (e.g. linux-generic,
linux-server, linux-powerpc), a standard system upgrade will automatically
perform this as well.

References

• CVE-2013-1798
• CVE-2013-3222
• CVE-2013-3223
• CVE-2013-3224
• CVE-2013-3225
• CVE-2013-3228
• CVE-2013-3229
• CVE-2013-3231
• CVE-2013-3232
• CVE-2013-3234
• CVE-2013-3235

Related notices

• USN-1876-1: linux-image-2.6.32-48-lpia, linux-image-2.6.32-48-server, linux-image-2.6.32-48-ia64, linux-image-2.6.32-48-generic-pae, linux-image-2.6.32-48-generic, linux-image-2.6.32-48-386, linux-image-2.6.32-48-powerpc, linux-image-2.6.32-48-sparc64, linux-image-2.6.32-48-powerpc-smp, linux-image-2.6.32-48-sparc64-smp, linux-image-2.6.32-48-preempt, linux-image-2.6.32-48-versatile, linux-image-2.6.32-48-powerpc64-smp, linux, linux-image-2.6.32-48-virtual
• USN-1812-1: linux-lts-quantal, linux-image-3.5.0-28-generic
• USN-1809-1: linux-image-3.2.0-41-generic-pae, linux-image-3.2.0-41-highbank, linux-image-3.2.0-41-omap, linux-image-3.2.0-41-generic, linux-image-3.2.0-41-virtual, linux-image-3.2.0-41-powerpc-smp, linux-image-3.2.0-41-powerpc64-smp, linux
• USN-1813-1: linux-image-3.5.0-28-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-3.5.0-28-powerpc-smp, linux-image-3.5.0-28-highbank, linux-image-3.5.0-28-omap, linux-image-3.5.0-28-generic, linux
• LSN-0065-1: azure, aws, generic-4.15, gcp, lowlatency-4.4, lowlatency-4.15, generic-4.4
• USN-1878-1: linux-image-3.2.0-48-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-3.2.0-48-generic-pae, linux-image-3.2.0-48-powerpc-smp, linux-image-3.2.0-48-generic, linux-image-3.2.0-48-virtual, linux-image-3.2.0-48-highbank, linux-image-3.2.0-48-omap, linux
• USN-1883-1: linux-image-3.5.0-226-omap4, linux-ti-omap4
• USN-1880-1: linux-lts-quantal, linux-image-3.5.0-34-generic
• USN-1879-1: linux-ti-omap4, linux-image-3.2.0-1433-omap4
• USN-1881-1: linux-image-3.5.0-34-generic, linux-image-3.5.0-34-omap, linux-image-3.5.0-34-highbank, linux-image-3.5.0-34-powerpc-smp, linux, linux-image-3.5.0-34-powerpc64-smp
• USN-1882-1: linux-image-3.5.0-226-omap4, linux-ti-omap4
• USN-1849-1: linux-image-3.8.0-23-generic, linux-lts-raring
• USN-1837-1: linux, linux-image-3.8.0-22-generic