USN-1661-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

Publication date

11 December 2012

Overview

The system’s firewall could be bypassed by a remote attacker.

Releases


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Details

Zhang Zuotao discovered a bug in the Linux kernel’s handling of overlapping
fragments in ipv6. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to bypass
firewalls and initial new network connections that should have been blocked
by the firewall.

Zhang Zuotao discovered a bug in the Linux kernel’s handling of overlapping
fragments in ipv6. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to bypass
firewalls and initial new network connections that should have been blocked
by the firewall.

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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


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