USN-3381-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
USN-3381-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3381-1 7th August, 2017 linux vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel. Software description linux – Linux kernel Details Peter Pi discovered that the colormap handling for frame buffer devices inthe Linux kernel contained an integer overflow. A local attacker could usethis to disclose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2016-8405) It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly restrictRLIMIT_STACK size. A local attacker could use this in conjunction withanother vulnerability to possibly execute arbitrary code.(CVE-2017-1000365) It was discovered that SELinux in the Linux kernel did not properly handleempty writes to /proc/pid/attr. A local attacker could use this to cause adenial of service (system crash). (CVE-2017-2618) 石磊 discovered that the RxRPC Kerberos 5 ticket handling [ more… ]