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Unscored USN-2976-1 1 CVE

linux-lts-utopic vulnerability

Published May 16, 2016 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Summary

Philip Pettersson discovered that the Linux kernel's ASN.1 DER decoder did
not properly process certificate files with tags of indefinite length. A
local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service
(system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative
privileges.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS linux-lts-utopic 3.16.0-71.92~14.04.1

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0758