Ubuntu Security Notice USN-752-1
7th April, 2009
linux-source-2.6.15 vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Software description
- linux-source-2.6.15
Details
NFS did not correctly handle races between fcntl and interrupts. A local
attacker on an NFS mount could consume unlimited kernel memory, leading to
a denial of service. (CVE-2008-4307)
Sparc syscalls did not correctly check mmap regions. A local attacker could
cause a system panic, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2008-6107)
In certain situations, cloned processes were able to send signals to parent
processes, crossing privilege boundaries. A local attacker could send
arbitrary signals to parent processes, leading to a denial of service.
(CVE-2009-0028)
The 64-bit syscall interfaces did not correctly handle sign extension. A
local attacker could make malicious syscalls, possibly gaining root
privileges. The x86_64 architecture was not affected. (CVE-2009-0029)
The SCTP stack did not correctly validate FORWARD-TSN packets. A remote
attacker could send specially crafted SCTP traffic causing a system crash,
leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2009-0065)
The Dell platform device did not correctly validate user parameters. A
local attacker could perform specially crafted reads to crash the system,
leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2009-0322)
Network interfaces statistics for the SysKonnect FDDI driver did not check
capabilities. A local user could reset statistics, potentially interfering
with packet accounting systems. (CVE-2009-0675)
The getsockopt function did not correctly clear certain parameters. A local
attacker could read leaked kernel memory, leading to a loss of privacy.
(CVE-2009-0676)
The syscall interface did not correctly validate parameters when crossing
the 64-bit/32-bit boundary. A local attacker could bypass certain syscall
restricts via crafted syscalls. (CVE-2009-0834, CVE-2009-0835)
The shared memory subsystem did not correctly handle certain shmctl calls
when CONFIG_SHMEM was disabled. Ubuntu kernels were not vulnerable, since
CONFIG_SHMEM is enabled by default. (CVE-2009-0859)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
- linux-image-2.6.15-54-hppa64 2.6.15-54.76
- linux-image-2.6.15-54-hppa32-smp 2.6.15-54.76
- linux-image-2.6.15-54-server-bigiron 2.6.15-54.76
- linux-image-2.6.15-54-amd64-generic 2.6.15-54.76
- linux-image-2.6.15-54-itanium 2.6.15-54.76
- linux-image-2.6.15-54-k7 2.6.15-54.76
- linux-image-2.6.15-54-powerpc-smp 2.6.15-54.76
- linux-image-2.6.15-54-server 2.6.15-54.76
- linux-image-2.6.15-54-amd64-server 2.6.15-54.76
- linux-image-2.6.15-54-sparc64-smp 2.6.15-54.76
- linux-image-2.6.15-54-sparc64 2.6.15-54.76
- linux-image-2.6.15-54-mckinley-smp 2.6.15-54.76
- linux-image-2.6.15-54-amd64-k8 2.6.15-54.76
- linux-image-2.6.15-54-386 2.6.15-54.76
- linux-image-2.6.15-54-mckinley 2.6.15-54.76
- linux-image-2.6.15-54-hppa32 2.6.15-54.76
- linux-image-2.6.15-54-amd64-xeon 2.6.15-54.76
- linux-image-2.6.15-54-powerpc 2.6.15-54.76
- linux-image-2.6.15-54-powerpc64-smp 2.6.15-54.76
- linux-image-2.6.15-54-itanium-smp 2.6.15-54.76
- linux-image-2.6.15-54-686 2.6.15-54.76
- linux-image-2.6.15-54-hppa64-smp 2.6.15-54.76
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system upgrade you need to reboot your computer to
effect 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. If
you use linux-restricted-modules, you have to update that package as
well to get modules which work with the new kernel version. Unless you
manually uninstalled the standard kernel metapackages (e.g. linux-generic,
linux-server, linux-powerpc), a standard system upgrade will automatically
perform this as well.
References
CVE-2008-4307, CVE-2008-6107, CVE-2009-0028, CVE-2009-0029, CVE-2009-0065, CVE-2009-0322, CVE-2009-0675, CVE-2009-0676, CVE-2009-0834, CVE-2009-0835, CVE-2009-0859