Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1338-1

Please Install the Updated Packages.

Peter Eisentraut discovered that Rsyslog would not properly perform input validation when configured to use imfile. If an attacker were able to craft messages in a file that Rsyslog monitored, an attacker could cause a denial of service. The imfile module is disabled by default in Ubuntu.

rsyslog on Ubuntu 11.04

• https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-January/001559.html

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Updated on 2015-03-25