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=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-803-2 January 27, 2010 dhcp3 vulnerability CVE-2009-0692 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 8.10: dhcp3-client 3.1.1-1ubuntu2.2 dhcp3-client-udeb 3.1.1-1ubuntu2.2 Ubuntu 9.04: dhcp-client 3.1.1-5ubuntu8.2 dhcp3-client 3.1.1-5ubuntu8.2 Ubuntu 9.10: dhcp-client 3.1.2-1ubuntu7.1 dhcp3-client 3.1.2-1ubuntu7.1 After a standard system upgrade you need to restart any DHCP network connections utilizing dhclient3 to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: USN-803-1 fixed a vulnerability in Dhcp. Due to an error, the patch to fix the vulnerability was not properly applied on Ubuntu 8.10 and higher. Even with the patch improperly applied, the default compiler options reduced the vulnerability to a denial of service. Additionally, in Ubuntu 9.04 and higher, users were also protected by the AppArmor dhclient3 profile. This update fixes the problem. Original advisory details: It was discovered that the DHCP client as included in dhcp3 did not verify the length of certain option fields when processing a response from an IPv4 dhcp server. If a user running Ubuntu 6.06 LTS or 8.04 LTS connected to a malicious dhcp server, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code as the user invoking the program, typically the 'dhcp' user. For users running Ubuntu 8.10 or 9.04, a remote attacker should only be able to cause a denial of service in the DHCP client. In Ubuntu 9.04, attackers would also be isolated by the AppArmor dhclient3 profile.

=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-893-1 January 28, 2010 samba vulnerability CVE-2009-3297 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: smbfs 3.0.22-1ubuntu3.10 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: smbfs 3.0.28a-1ubuntu4.10 Ubuntu 8.10: smbfs 2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3.7 Ubuntu 9.04: smbfs 2:3.3.2-1ubuntu3.3 Ubuntu 9.10: smbfs 2:3.4.0-3ubuntu5.4 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Ronald Volgers discovered that the mount.cifs utility, when installed as a setuid program, suffered from a race condition when verifying user permissions. A local attacker could trick samba into mounting over arbitrary locations, leading to a root privilege escalation.

=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-892-1 January 28, 2010 fuse vulnerability CVE-2009-3297 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: fuse-utils 2.4.2-0ubuntu3.1 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: fuse-utils 2.7.2-1ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 8.10: fuse-utils 2.7.3-4ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 9.04: fuse-utils 2.7.4-1.1ubuntu4.0.9.04.1 Ubuntu 9.10: fuse-utils 2.7.4-1.1ubuntu4.3 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Dan Rosenberg discovered that FUSE did not correctly check mount locations. A local attacker, with access to use FUSE, could unmount arbitrary locations, leading to a denial of service.