First published: Mon Oct 19 2015(Updated: )
It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not check if a new IPv6 MTU set by a user space application was valid. A remote attacker could forge a route advertisement with an invalid MTU that a user space daemon like NetworkManager would honor and apply to the kernel, causing a denial of service. (CVE-2015-0272) It was discovered that virtio networking in the Linux kernel did not handle fragments correctly, leading to kernel memory corruption. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute code with administrative privileges. (CVE-2015-5156) It was discovered that the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) implementation in the Linux kernel did not verify sockets were properly bound before attempting to send a message, which could cause a NULL pointer dereference. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2015-6937) Ben Hutchings discovered that the Advanced Union Filesystem (aufs) for the Linux kernel did not correctly handle references of memory mapped files from an aufs mount. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges. (CVE-2015-7312)
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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All of | ||
ubuntu/linux-image-3.13.0-66-generic | <3.13.0-66.108 | 3.13.0-66.108 |
=14.04 | ||
All of | ||
ubuntu/linux-image-3.13.0-66-generic-lpae | <3.13.0-66.108 | 3.13.0-66.108 |
=14.04 | ||
All of | ||
ubuntu/linux-image-3.13.0-66-lowlatency | <3.13.0-66.108 | 3.13.0-66.108 |
=14.04 | ||
All of | ||
ubuntu/linux-image-3.13.0-66-powerpc-e500 | <3.13.0-66.108 | 3.13.0-66.108 |
=14.04 | ||
All of | ||
ubuntu/linux-image-3.13.0-66-powerpc-e500mc | <3.13.0-66.108 | 3.13.0-66.108 |
=14.04 | ||
All of | ||
ubuntu/linux-image-3.13.0-66-powerpc-smp | <3.13.0-66.108 | 3.13.0-66.108 |
=14.04 | ||
All of | ||
ubuntu/linux-image-3.13.0-66-powerpc64-emb | <3.13.0-66.108 | 3.13.0-66.108 |
=14.04 | ||
All of | ||
ubuntu/linux-image-3.13.0-66-powerpc64-smp | <3.13.0-66.108 | 3.13.0-66.108 |
=14.04 |
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(Contains the following vulnerabilities)
The vulnerability ID of this security advisory is USN-2776-1.
The severity of USN-2776-1 is not specified in the security advisory.
A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by forging a route advertisement with an invalid MTU.
The impact of this vulnerability is a denial of service.
To fix this vulnerability, update the Linux kernel to version 3.13.0-66.108 or higher.