USN-3188-1: Linux kernel vulnerability
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3188-1
3rd February, 2017
linux vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
The system could be made to crash if it received specially crafted
network traffic.
Software description
- linux
– Linux kernel
Details
Andrey Konovalov discovered that the SCTP implementation in the Linux
kernel improperly handled validation of incoming data. A remote attacker
could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
linux-image-powerpc-smp
3.13.0.108.116
-
linux-image-powerpc-e500mc
3.13.0.108.116
-
linux-image-3.13.0-108-generic
3.13.0-108.155
-
linux-image-generic
3.13.0.108.116
-
linux-image-3.13.0-108-powerpc-e500
3.13.0-108.155
-
linux-image-powerpc64-emb
3.13.0.108.116
-
linux-image-3.13.0-108-generic-lpae
3.13.0-108.155
-
linux-image-3.13.0-108-powerpc-smp
3.13.0-108.155
-
linux-image-3.13.0-108-powerpc-e500mc
3.13.0-108.155
-
linux-image-3.13.0-108-lowlatency
3.13.0-108.155
-
linux-image-3.13.0-108-powerpc64-emb
3.13.0-108.155
-
linux-image-generic-lpae
3.13.0.108.116
-
linux-image-powerpc-e500
3.13.0.108.116
-
linux-image-lowlatency
3.13.0.108.116
-
linux-image-3.13.0-108-powerpc64-smp
3.13.0-108.155
-
linux-image-powerpc64-smp
3.13.0.108.116
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.
ATTENTION: Due to an unavoidable ABI change the kernel updates have
been given a new version number, which requires you to recompile and
reinstall all third party kernel modules you might have installed.
Unless you manually uninstalled the standard kernel metapackages
(e.g. linux-generic, linux-generic-lts-RELEASE, linux-virtual,
linux-powerpc), a standard system upgrade will automatically perform
this as well.
References
Source: USN-3188-1: Linux kernel vulnerability
