Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : linux, linux-aws, linux-gke, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities (USN-3378-1) (Stack Clash)
High Nessus Plugin ID 102197
Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
Description
Fan Wu and Shixiong Zhao discovered a race condition between inotify events and vfs rename operations in the Linux kernel. An unprivileged local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-7533)
It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly restrict RLIMIT_STACK size. A local attacker could use this in conjunction with another vulnerability to possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2017-1000365)
Li Qiang discovered that the Virtio GPU driver in the Linux kernel did not properly free memory in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (memory consumption).
(CVE-2017-10810)
Shi Lei discovered that the RxRPC Kerberos 5 ticket handling code in the Linux kernel did not properly verify metadata. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-7482).
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Solution
Update the affected packages.