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kernel: privilege escalation

Package(s):linux-ti-omap4 CVE #(s):CVE-2012-3364 CVE-2012-3400
Created:August 13, 2012 Updated:March 7, 2013
Description: From the Ubuntu advisory:

Dan Rosenberg discovered flaws in the Linux kernel's NCI (Near Field Communication Controller Interface). A remote attacker could exploit these flaws to crash the system or potentially execute privileged code. (CVE-2012-3364)

Some errors where discovered in the Linux kernel's UDF file system, which is used to mount some CD-ROMs and DVDs. An unprivileged local user could use these flaws to crash the system. (CVE-2012-3400)

Alerts:
Ubuntu USN-1514-1 2012-08-10
Ubuntu USN-1529-1 2012-08-10
Ubuntu USN-1532-1 2012-08-10
Ubuntu USN-1533-1 2012-08-10
Ubuntu USN-1539-1 2012-08-14
Mageia MGASA-2012-0237 2012-08-23
Ubuntu USN-1557-1 2012-09-06
Ubuntu USN-1556-1 2012-09-06
Ubuntu USN-1562-1 2012-09-10
SUSE SUSE-SU-2012:1391-1 2012-10-24
Red Hat RHSA-2012:1426-01 2012-11-06
CentOS CESA-2012:1426 2012-11-07
Oracle ELSA-2012-1426 2012-11-06
Scientific Linux SL-kern-20121107 2012-11-07
Oracle ELSA-2012-2044 2012-11-09
Oracle ELSA-2012-2044 2012-11-09
Oracle ELSA-2012-2043 2012-11-09
Oracle ELSA-2012-2043 2012-11-09
Red Hat RHSA-2012:1491-01 2012-12-04
Mageia MGASA-2013-0010 2013-01-18
Mageia MGASA-2013-0009 2013-01-18
Mageia MGASA-2013-0011 2013-01-18
Mageia MGASA-2013-0012 2013-01-18
Mageia MGASA-2013-0016 2013-01-24
Oracle ELSA-2013-2507 2013-02-28
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2013:0396-1 2013-03-05
Red Hat RHSA-2013:0594-01 2013-03-05
Scientific Linux SL-kern-20130306 2013-03-06
CentOS CESA-2013:0594 2013-03-06
Oracle ELSA-2013-0594 2013-03-07
Oracle ELSA-2013-0594 2013-03-07

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