Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-968-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
It was discovered that the Ubuntu image shipped on some Dell Latitude 2110 systems was accidentally configured to allow unauthenticated package installations. A remote attacker intercepting network communications or a malicious archive mirror server could exploit this to trick the user into installing unsigned packages, resulting in arbitrary code execution with root privileges.
Affected
base-files vulnerability on Ubuntu 9.10 ,
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2010-0834 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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