USN-3083-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
High
Canonical Ubuntu
Canonical Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle options data, including a use-after-free. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-3841)
It was discovered that a race condition existed when handling heartbeat-timeout events in the SCTP implementation of the Linux kernel. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2015-8767)
_Severity is high unless otherwise noted.
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Users of affected versions should apply the following mitigation:
Dmitry Vyukov