USN-2976-1

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    USN-2976-1

    Published: 16 May 2016Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: linux-lts-utopic vulnerability

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2976-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0758

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux-lts-utopic

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.16.0-71.92~14.04.1

    Affected versions

    3.16.0-25.33~14.04.2
    3.16.0-26.35~14.04.1
    3.16.0-28.37~14.04.1
    3.16.0-28.38~14.04.1
    3.16.0-29.39~14.04.1
    3.16.0-30.40~14.04.1
    3.16.0-31.41~14.04.1
    3.16.0-31.43~14.04.1
    3.16.0-33.44~14.04.1
    3.16.0-34.45~14.04.1
    3.16.0-34.47~14.04.1
    3.16.0-36.48~14.04.1
    3.16.0-37.49~14.04.1
    3.16.0-37.51~14.04.1
    3.16.0-38.52~14.04.1
    3.16.0-39.53~14.04.1
    3.16.0-40.54~14.04.1
    3.16.0-41.55~14.04.1
    3.16.0-41.57~14.04.1
    3.16.0-43.58~14.04.1
    3.16.0-44.59~14.04.1
    3.16.0-45.60~14.04.1
    3.16.0-46.62~14.04.1
    3.16.0-48.64~14.04.1
    3.16.0-49.65~14.04.1
    3.16.0-50.66~14.04.1
    3.16.0-50.67~14.04.1
    3.16.0-51.69~14.04.1
    3.16.0-52.71~14.04.1
    3.16.0-53.72~14.04.1
    3.16.0-55.74~14.04.1
    3.16.0-56.75~14.04.1
    3.16.0-57.77~14.04.1
    3.16.0-59.79~14.04.1
    3.16.0-60.80~14.04.1
    3.16.0-62.82~14.04.1
    3.16.0-62.83~14.04.1
    3.16.0-67.87~14.04.1
    3.16.0-69.89~14.04.1
    3.16.0-70.90~14.04.1
    3.16.0-71.91~14.04.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High