Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20111021000
Revision Date:2012-06-21Version:1
Title:CVE-2011-1021 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.
Description:drivers/acpi/debugfs.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0 allows local users to modify arbitrary kernel memory locations by leveraging root privileges to write to the /sys/kernel/debug/acpi/custom_method file. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-4347.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2011-1021
Platform(s):Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux' package in precise is not affected (note: '3.1.0-1.1').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-ti-omap4' package in precise is not affected (note: '3.0.0-1401.2').
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