- Vulnerability/
- USN-1286-1
USN-1286-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
First published: Sat Dec 03 2011(Updated: )
Vasily Averin discovered that the NFS Lock Manager (NLM) incorrectly handled unlock requests. A local attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2011-2491) Robert Swiecki discovered that mapping extensions were incorrectly handled. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2011-2496) It was discovered that the wireless stack incorrectly verified SSID lengths. A local attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service or gain root privileges. (CVE-2011-2517) Ben Pfaff discovered that Classless Queuing Disciplines (qdiscs) were being incorrectly handled. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2011-2525)
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/linux-image-2.6.32-36-ia64 | <2.6.32-36.79 | 2.6.32-36.79 |
| =10.04 | ||
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/linux-image-2.6.32-36-lpia | <2.6.32-36.79 | 2.6.32-36.79 |
| =10.04 | ||
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/linux-image-2.6.32-36-powerpc64-smp | <2.6.32-36.79 | 2.6.32-36.79 |
| =10.04 | ||
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/linux-image-2.6.32-36-386 | <2.6.32-36.79 | 2.6.32-36.79 |
| =10.04 | ||
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/linux-image-2.6.32-36-sparc64-smp | <2.6.32-36.79 | 2.6.32-36.79 |
| =10.04 | ||
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/linux-image-2.6.32-36-powerpc-smp | <2.6.32-36.79 | 2.6.32-36.79 |
| =10.04 | ||
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/linux-image-2.6.32-36-powerpc | <2.6.32-36.79 | 2.6.32-36.79 |
| =10.04 | ||
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/linux-image-2.6.32-36-sparc64 | <2.6.32-36.79 | 2.6.32-36.79 |
| =10.04 | ||
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/linux-image-2.6.32-36-generic-pae | <2.6.32-36.79 | 2.6.32-36.79 |
| =10.04 | ||
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/linux-image-2.6.32-36-virtual | <2.6.32-36.79 | 2.6.32-36.79 |
| =10.04 | ||
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/linux-image-2.6.32-36-server | <2.6.32-36.79 | 2.6.32-36.79 |
| =10.04 | ||
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/linux-image-2.6.32-36-preempt | <2.6.32-36.79 | 2.6.32-36.79 |
| =10.04 | ||
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/linux-image-2.6.32-36-versatile | <2.6.32-36.79 | 2.6.32-36.79 |
| =10.04 | ||
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/linux-image-2.6.32-36-generic | <2.6.32-36.79 | 2.6.32-36.79 |
| =10.04 |
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Reference Links
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-2491
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-2496
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-2517
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-2525
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1269-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1272-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1268-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1281-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1285-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1274-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1279-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1278-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1244-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1271-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1241-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1280-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1167-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1256-1
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/2.6.32-36.79
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1286-1 (Advisory)
Child vulnerabilities
(Contains the following vulnerabilities)
- agent/severity
- agent/references
- agent/type
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/title
- agent/description
- agent/event
- agent/tags
- agent/trending
- collector/usn
- source/Ubuntu
- agent/software-canonical-lookup
- package-manager/ubuntu
- vendor/ubuntu
- canonical/ubuntu ubuntu
- version/ubuntu ubuntu/10.04