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kernel: denial of service

Package(s):

linux-lts-raring

CVE #(s):

CVE-2013-4247

Created:

August 20, 2013

Updated:

August 21, 2013

Description:

From the Ubuntu advisory:

Marcus Moeller and Ken Fallon discovered that the CIFS incorrectly built certain paths. A local attacker with access to a CIFS partition could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service.

Alerts:

Ubuntu

USN-1936-1

2013-08-20

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