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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Security Vulnerabilities Fixed by Canonical

Users will have to restart the operating system after they perform the update

May 1, 2013 22:31 GMT  ·  By
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Several security vulnerabilitie that have been discovered in the Linux kernel, affecting the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) operating system, have been announced by Canonical.

These are the kernel vulnerabilities found in the Linux kernel packages: CVE-2012-6548, CVE-2012-6549, CVE-2013-0913, CVE-2013-1796, CVE-2013-1797, CVE-2013-1798, CVE-2013-1848, CVE-2013-1860, CVE-2013-2634, and CVE-2013-2635. Several security issues have been fixed in the kernel.

The security flaws can be fixed if you upgrade your system to the linux-image-3.2.0-41 (3.2.0-41.66).

Don't forget to reboot your computer after the upgrade!

ATTENTION: Due to an unavoidable ABI change, the kernel packages have a new version number, which will force you to reinstall and recompile all third-party kernel modules you might have installed. Moreover, if you use the linux-restricted-modules package, you have to update it as well to get modules that work with the new Linux kernel version.