Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2713-1

Ubuntu Security Notice 2713-1 – Marcelo Ricardo Leitner discovered a race condition in the Linux kernel’s SCTP address configuration lists when using Address Configuration Change (ASCONF) options on a socket. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). A flaw was discovered in how the Linux kernel handles invalid UDP checksums. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service using a flood of UDP packets with invalid checksums. Various other issues were also addressed.

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