Three New Kernel Vulnerabilities Affect Ubuntu 10.10 | Linux Today

Three New Kernel Vulnerabilities Affect Ubuntu 10.10

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 24, 2012

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“Canonical announced last evening, January 24th, in a security
notice, that a new Linux kernel update for its Ubuntu 10.10
(Maverick Meerkat) operating system is now available, fixing three
security vulnerabilities discovered in the Linux kernel packages by
various developers.

“These are the kernel vulnerabilities found in the kernel
packages for Ubuntu 10.10: CVE-2011-1162, CVE-2011-2203, and
CVE-2011-4110.

“As usual, you can click on each one to see how it affects your
system, or go here for in-depth description of each one.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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