| Revision Date: | 2013-06-07 | Version: | 1 | | Title: | CVE-2013-2851 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium. | | Description: | Format string vulnerability in the register_disk function in block/genhd.c in the Linux kernel through 3.9.4 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging root access and writing format string specifiers to /sys/module/md_mod/parameters/new_array in order to create a crafted /dev/md device name. Kees Cook discovered a format string vulnerability in the Linux kernel's disk block layer. A local user with administrator privileges could exploit this flaw to gain kernel privileges.
| | Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability | | Status: | | Reference(s): | CVE-2013-2851
| | Platform(s): | Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
| Product(s): | | | Definition Synopsis | | Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed. AND Package Information
NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.2.0-16.19').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-aws' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.4.0-1001.10').
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-gke' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.4.0-1003.3').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-goldfish' package in xenial is not affected (note: '3.4.0-4.27').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-hwe' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-hwe-edge' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1').
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-raspi2' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.2.0-1013.19').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-snapdragon' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.4.0-1012.12').
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