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HistoryMar 09, 2017 - 12:00 a.m.

USN-3220-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerability | Cloud Foundry

2017-03-0900:00:00
Cloud Foundry
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37

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

10.1%

Severity

High

Vendor

Canonical Ubuntu

Versions Affected

  • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Description

Alexander Popov discovered that the N_HDLC line discipline implementation in the Linux kernel contained a double-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain administrative privileges.

Mitigation

OSS users are strongly encouraged to follow one of the mitigations below:

The Cloud Foundry team recommends upgrading to the following BOSH stemcells:

* Upgrade 3151.x versions to 3151.12
* Upgrade 3233.x versions to 3233.15
* Upgrade 3263.x versions to 3263.21
* Upgrade 3312.x versions to 3312.21
* Upgrade 3363.x versions to 3363.10

References