[Ksplice][Ubuntu 10.04 Updates] New updates available via Ksplice (USN-2219-1)

[Oracle Ksplice]

Synopsis: USN-2219-1 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2014-1737 CVE-2014-1738 CVE-2014-2678

Systems running Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Ubuntu Security Notice, USN-2219-1.

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack on Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid
install these updates.

On systems that have "autoinstall = yes" in /etc/uptrack/uptrack.conf,
these updates will be installed automatically and you do not need to
take any action.

Alternatively, you can install these updates by running:

# /usr/sbin/uptrack-upgrade -y


DESCRIPTION

* CVE-2014-1737, CVE-2014-1738: Local privilege escalation in floppy ioctl.

The floppy driver would leak internal memory addresses to userspace,
and would allow unprivileged userspace code to overwrite those
addresses, allowing for a local privilege escalation and gaining
of root.


* CVE-2014-2678: NULL pointer dereference in RDS protocol when binding.

A missing check in the wireless RDS protocol leads to a NULL pointer
dereference when there is no device. A local, unprivileged user could use
this flaw to cause a NULL pointer dereference and denial-of-service.


* NULL pointer dereference in RDS socket binding.

A missing pointer validation can trigger a NULL pointer dereference and kernel
panic when binding an RDS socket.

SUPPORT

Ksplice support is available at ksplice-support_ww at oracle.com.