USN-662-2: Ubuntu kernel modules vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 8.04
• Ubuntu 7.10

Packages

• linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22 -
• linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24 -

Details

USN-662-1 fixed vulnerabilities in ndiswrapper in Ubuntu 8.10.
This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 8.04 and 7.10.

Original advisory details:

Anders Kaseorg discovered that ndiswrapper did not correctly handle long
ESSIDs. For a system using ndiswrapper, a physically near-by attacker
could generate specially crafted wireless network traffic and execute
arbitrary code with root privileges. (CVE-2008-4395)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 8.04

• linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-server - 2.6.24-21.33
• linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic - 2.6.24-21.33
• linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-386 - 2.6.24-21.33
• linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-rt - 2.6.24-21.33

Ubuntu 7.10

• linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-15-generic - 2.6.22-15.40
• linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-15-rt - 2.6.22-15.40
• linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-15-386 - 2.6.22-15.40
• linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-15-server - 2.6.22-15.40

After a standard system upgrade you need to reboot your computer to
effect the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2008-4395

Related notices

• USN-662-1: linux-image-2.6.27-7-server, linux, linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic, linux-image-2.6.27-7-virtual