New Kernel Vulnerabilities Affect Ubuntu 11.04

Posted by hanuca on Jan 26, 2012 2:16 AM EDT
Softpedia; By Marius Nestor
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Canonical announced last evening, January 24th, in a security notice, that a new Linux kernel update for its Ubuntu 11.10 (Natty Narwhal) operating system is now available, fixing three security vulnerabilities discovered in the Linux kernel packages by various developers.

These are the three kernel vulnerabilities found in the kernel packages for Ubuntu 11.04: CVE-2011-1162, CVE-2011-2203, and CVE-2011-4110.

As usual, you can click on each one to see how it affects your system, or go here for in-depth descriptions.

The security flaws can be fixed if you upgrade your system(s) to the linux-image-2.6.38-13 (2.6.38-13.54) package(s). To apply the update, run the Update Manager application.

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