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kernel: information disclosure

Package(s):linux-lts-quantal CVE #(s):CVE-2013-2141
Created:June 14, 2013 Updated:June 19, 2013
Description:

From the Ubuntu advisory:

An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel's tkill and tgkill system calls when used from compat processes. A local user could exploit this flaw to examine potentially sensitive kernel memory.

Alerts:
Ubuntu USN-1880-1 2013-06-14
Ubuntu USN-1881-1 2013-06-14
Ubuntu USN-1882-1 2013-06-14
Mandriva MDVSA-2013:176 2013-06-24
Ubuntu USN-1899-1 2013-07-04
Ubuntu USN-1900-1 2013-07-04
Red Hat RHSA-2013:1264-01 2013-09-16
CentOS CESA-2013:1292 2013-09-27
Red Hat RHSA-2013:1292-01 2013-09-26
Scientific Linux SLSA-2013:1292-1 2013-09-27
Debian DSA-2766-1 2013-09-27
Oracle ELSA-2013-1292 2013-09-27
Oracle ELSA-2013-1292 2013-09-27

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