CVE-2011-2493

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1256-1

Posted Nov 9, 2011

Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 1256-1 - It was discovered that the /proc filesystem did not correctly handle permission changes when programs executed. A local attacker could hold open files to examine details about programs running with higher privileges, potentially increasing the chances of exploiting additional vulnerabilities. Vasiliy Kulikov discovered that the Bluetooth stack did not correctly clear memory. A local attacker could exploit this to read kernel stack memory, leading to a loss of privacy. Various other issues were also addressed.

tags | advisory, kernel, local, vulnerability

systems | linux, ubuntu

advisories | CVE-2011-1020, CVE-2011-1078, CVE-2011-1079, CVE-2011-1080, CVE-2011-1093, CVE-2011-1160, CVE-2011-1180, CVE-2011-1478, CVE-2011-1479, CVE-2011-1493, CVE-2011-1573, CVE-2011-1576, CVE-2011-1577, CVE-2011-1581, CVE-2011-1585, CVE-2011-1767, CVE-2011-1768, CVE-2011-1771, CVE-2011-1776, CVE-2011-1833, CVE-2011-2183, CVE-2011-2213, CVE-2011-2479, CVE-2011-2484, CVE-2011-2491, CVE-2011-2492, CVE-2011-2493, CVE-2011-2494

SHA-256 | 065ea3de04cbda6ba2f070db62f0f0ff03f73b678f1a9b1d73799d5e8bba15ab

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1193-1

Posted Aug 20, 2011

Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 1193-1 - Timo Warns discovered that the GUID partition parsing routines did not correctly validate certain structures. A local attacker with physical access could plug in a specially crafted block device to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. Phil Oester discovered that the network bonding system did not correctly handle large queues. On some systems, a remote attacker could send specially crafted traffic to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. Various other issues were also addressed.

tags | advisory, remote, denial of service, local

systems | linux, ubuntu

advisories | CVE-2011-1577, CVE-2011-1581, CVE-2011-2484, CVE-2011-2493

SHA-256 | 810150f9280d8079e9e82fe2c1122748180f18655b2b42c4b85a73255f95f902

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