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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux-ec2 vulnerability (USN-1597-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 62437

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

A flaw was found in how the Linux kernel passed the replacement session keyring to a child process. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (panic).

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Solution

Update the affected linux-image-2.6-ec2 package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1597-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 62437

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1597-1.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/5/2012

Updated: 9/19/2019

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 3.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-2.6-ec2, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/4/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/9/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2745

BID: 54365

USN: 1597-1