Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1456-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Sebastian Pohle discovered that Nut did not properly validate its input when receiving data over the network. If upsd was configured to allow connections over the network, a remote attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service (application crash).
Affected
nut on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ,
Ubuntu 11.10 ,
Ubuntu 11.04 ,
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2012-2944 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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