USN-2979-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
USN-2979-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2979-1 16th May, 2016 linux vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in the kernel. Software description linux – Linux kernel Details David Matlack discovered that the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM)implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict variableMemory Type Range Registers (MTRR) in KVM guests. A privileged user in aguest VM could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) in thehost, expose sensitive information from the host, or possibly gainadministrative privileges in the host. (CVE-2016-3713) Philip Pettersson discovered that the Linux kernel's ASN.1 DER decoder didnot properly process certificate files with tags of indefinite length. Alocal unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service(system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code with [ more… ]