Ubuntu 13.04 Received Its Last Major Kernel Update
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A few days before the announcement for the end of life of Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail), Canonical has released the last major update of its soon to be unsupported Ubuntu operating system, fixing no more than nine vulnerabilities discovered by various developers in the upstream kernel packages.
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The first security issues was a flaw discovered in the Linux kernel's UDP Fragmentation Offload (UFO), which could allow an unprivileged local user to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) attack; the second one is about multiple integer overflow flaws discovered in Linux kernel’s Alchemy LCD frame- buffer drivers, which could allow an unprivileged local user to gain administrative privileges.
The third security issue is related to a buffer overflow discovered in the Ozmo Devices USB over Wi-Fi devices, which could allow a local user to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) attack; the fourth flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's driver for Agere Systems HERMES II Wireless PC cards, and could allow a local user to gain administrative privileges. Full Story |
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