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- USN-2684-1
USN-2684-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
First published: Thu Jul 23 2015(Updated: )
A flaw was discovered in the kvm (kernel virtual machine) subsystem's kvm_apic_has_events function. A unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2015-4692) Daniel Borkmann reported a kernel crash in the Linux kernel's BPF filter JIT optimization. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2015-4700) A flaw was discovered in how the Linux kernel handles invalid UDP checksums. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service using a flood of UDP packets with invalid checksums. (CVE-2015-5364) A flaw was discovered in how the Linux kernel handles invalid UDP checksums. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service against applications that use epoll by injecting a single packet with an invalid checksum. (CVE-2015-5366)
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/linux-image-3.19.0-23-powerpc64-smp | <3.19.0-23.24 | 3.19.0-23.24 |
| =15.04 | ||
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/linux-image-3.19.0-23-generic | <3.19.0-23.24 | 3.19.0-23.24 |
| =15.04 | ||
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/linux-image-3.19.0-23-powerpc-smp | <3.19.0-23.24 | 3.19.0-23.24 |
| =15.04 | ||
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/linux-image-3.19.0-23-powerpc64-emb | <3.19.0-23.24 | 3.19.0-23.24 |
| =15.04 | ||
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/linux-image-3.19.0-23-generic-lpae | <3.19.0-23.24 | 3.19.0-23.24 |
| =15.04 | ||
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/linux-image-3.19.0-23-lowlatency | <3.19.0-23.24 | 3.19.0-23.24 |
| =15.04 | ||
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/linux-image-3.19.0-23-powerpc-e500mc | <3.19.0-23.24 | 3.19.0-23.24 |
| =15.04 |
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Reference Links
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4692
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4700
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5364
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5366
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2682-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2685-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2683-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2681-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2680-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2678-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2679-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2666-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2664-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2713-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2714-1
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.19.0-23.24
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2684-1 (Advisory)
Child vulnerabilities
(Contains the following vulnerabilities)
- agent/severity
- agent/type
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/first-publish-date
- collector/usn
- source/Ubuntu
- anchor-related/USN-2682-1
- anchor-related/USN-2685-1
- anchor-related/USN-2683-1
- anchor-related/USN-2681-1
- anchor-related/USN-2680-1
- anchor-related/USN-2678-1
- anchor-related/USN-2679-1
- anchor-related/USN-2666-1
- anchor-related/USN-2664-1
- anchor-related/USN-2713-1
- anchor-related/USN-2714-1
- agent/software-canonical-lookup
- agent/references
- agent/title
- agent/tags
- agent/description
- agent/event
- agent/trending
- package-manager/ubuntu
- vendor/ubuntu
- canonical/ubuntu ubuntu
- version/ubuntu ubuntu/15.04