Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Vasily Kulikov discovered a flaw in the Linux Kernel's perf tool that allows for privilege escalation. A local user could exploit this flaw to run commands as root when using the perf tool.
(CVE-2013-1060)
Michael S. Tsirkin discovered a flaw in how the Linux kernel's KVM subsystem allocates memory slots for the guest's address space. A local user could exploit this flaw to gain system privileges or obtain sensitive information from kernel memory. (CVE-2013-1943)
A flaw was discovered in the SCTP (stream control transfer protocol) network protocol's handling of duplicate cookies in the Linux kernel. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) on another remote user querying the SCTP connection.
(CVE-2013-2206)
Hannes Frederic Sowa discovered a flaw in setsockopt UDP_CORK option in the Linux kernel's IPv6 stack. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2013-4162)
Affected
linux on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2013-1060, CVE-2013-1943, CVE-2013-2206, CVE-2013-4162 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.9
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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