USN-2153-1: initramfs-tools vulnerability

24 March 2014

initramfs-tools used incorrect mount options.

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Kees Cook discovered that initramfs-tools incorrectly mounted /run without
the noexec option, contrary to expected behaviour.

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

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the necessary changes.

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