Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2153-1
24th March, 2014
initramfs-tools vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary
initramfs-tools used incorrect mount options.
Software description
- initramfs-tools - tools for generating an initramfs
Details
Kees Cook discovered that initramfs-tools incorrectly mounted /run without
the noexec option, contrary to expected behaviour.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 12.10:
- initramfs-tools 0.103ubuntu0.2.2
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
- initramfs-tools 0.99ubuntu13.5
To update your system, please follow these instructions: http://bit.ly/1aJDvTw.
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all
the necessary changes.
References
via Ubuntu Security Notices http://bit.ly/Q8shUN
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