SECURITY

USN-3343-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3343-1 29th June, 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 USN 3335-1 fixed a vulnerability in the Linux kernel. However, thatfix introduced regressions for some Java applications. This updateaddresses the issue. We apologize for the inconvenience. It was discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability in the core voltageregulator driver of the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this tocause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.(CVE-2014-9940) It was discovered that a buffer overflow existed in the trace subsystem inthe Linux kernel. A privileged local attacker could use this to executearbitrary code. (CVE-2017-0605) Roee Hay discovered that the parallel port printer driver in the Linuxkernel [ more… ]