SB2015100503 - Ubuntu update for Linux kernel (Trusty HWE)
Published: October 5, 2015
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015100503
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-7613)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.The weakness exists in the IPC object implementation due to race condition. A local attacker can trigger an ipc_addid call that leads to uid and gid comparisons against uninitialized data, related to msg.c, shm.c, and util.c and gain root privileges.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.