USN-1744-1: Linux kernel vulnerability
First published: Fri Feb 22 2013(Updated: )
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. (CVE-2013-0871) A flaw was discovered in the Edgeort USB serial converter driver when the device is disconnected while it is in use. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2013-1774) A flaw was discovered in the ChipIdea Highspeed Dual Role and ChipIdea host controller drivers in the Linux kernel. A local user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2013-2058)
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/linux-image-3.5.0-25-generic | <3.5.0-25.38 | 3.5.0-25.38 |
| =12.10 | ||
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/linux-image-3.5.0-25-omap | <3.5.0-25.38 | 3.5.0-25.38 |
| =12.10 | ||
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/linux-image-3.5.0-25-powerpc-smp | <3.5.0-25.38 | 3.5.0-25.38 |
| =12.10 | ||
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/linux-image-3.5.0-25-highbank | <3.5.0-25.38 | 3.5.0-25.38 |
| =12.10 | ||
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/linux-image-3.5.0-25-powerpc64-smp | <3.5.0-25.38 | 3.5.0-25.38 |
| =12.10 |
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Reference Links
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-0871
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-1774
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-2058
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1741-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1739-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1743-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1740-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1745-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1742-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1738-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1737-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1736-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1767-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1781-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1805-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1808-1
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.5.0-25.38
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1744-1 (Advisory)
Child vulnerabilities
(Contains the following vulnerabilities)
- agent/references
- agent/severity
- agent/type
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- collector/usn
- source/Ubuntu
- anchor-related/USN-1741-1
- anchor-related/USN-1739-1
- anchor-related/USN-1743-1
- anchor-related/USN-1740-1
- anchor-related/USN-1745-1
- anchor-related/USN-1742-1
- anchor-related/USN-1738-1
- anchor-related/USN-1737-1
- anchor-related/USN-1736-1
- anchor-related/USN-1767-1
- anchor-related/USN-1781-1
- anchor-related/USN-1805-1
- anchor-related/USN-1808-1
- agent/software-canonical-lookup
- agent/title
- agent/weakness
- agent/tags
- agent/description
- agent/event
- agent/trending
- package-manager/ubuntu
- vendor/ubuntu
- canonical/ubuntu ubuntu
- version/ubuntu ubuntu/12.10