Ubuntu: 1977-1: Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities

Posted by Ridcully on Oct 1, 2013 3:02 AM EDT
LinuxSecurity.com; By Benjamin D. Thomas 		Mail this story
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An information leak was discovered in the handling of ICMPv6 Router Advertisement (RA) messages in the Linux kernel's IPv6 network stack. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (excessive retries and address-generation outage), and consequently obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2013-0343

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