Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : WebKitGTK+ vulnerabilities (USN-3551-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3551-1 advisory. Multiple security issues were discovered in the WebKitGTK+ Web and JavaScript engines. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, ...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3550-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

USN-3551-1: WebKitGTK+ vulnerabilities

Multiple security issues were discovered in the WebKitGTK+ Web and JavaScript engines. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, spoof the user interface, or execute arbitrary code. CVE-2018-4088,...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel (KVM) vulnerabilities (USN-3549-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3549-1 advisory. Jann Horn discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized memory reads via sidechannel...

USN-3549-1: Linux kernel (KVM) vulnerabilities

Jann Horn discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized memory reads via sidechannel attacks. This flaw is known as Spectre. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information, including kernel memory. CVE-2017-5715,...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3548-2)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

USN-3548-2: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerability

USN-3548-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 17.10. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 17.10 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Jay Vosburgh discovered a logic error in the x86-64 syscall entry implementation in the Linux...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Libtasn1 vulnerabilities (USN-3547-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3547-1 advisory. It was discovered that Libtasn1 incorrectly handled certain files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted file, an attacker could...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerability (USN-3548-2)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3548-2 advisory. USN-3548-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 17.10. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : gcab vulnerability (USN-3546-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3546-1 advisory. Richard Hughes discovered that gcab incorrectly handled certain malformed cabinet files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially craft...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Firefox vulnerabilities (USN-3544-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3544-1 advisory. Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could...

USN-3544-1: Firefox vulnerabilities

Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, spoof the origin in audio capture prompts, trick the user in to providing HTTP...

USN-3546-1: gcab vulnerability

Richard Hughes discovered that gcab incorrectly handled certain malformed cabinet files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted cabinet file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause gcab to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute...

USN-3543-1: rsync vulnerabilities

It was discovered that rsync incorrectly handled certain data input. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. CVE-2017-16548 It was discovered that rsync incorrectly parsed certain arguments. An attacker could possibly use this to bypass argument...

USN-3541-2: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3541-1 addressed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 17.10. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 17.10 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Jann Horn discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch...

USN-3540-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Jann Horn discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized memory reads via sidechannel attacks. This flaw is known as Spectre. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information, including kernel memory. This update provide...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : MySQL vulnerabilities (USN-3537-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3537-1 advisory. Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update includes new upstream MySQL versions to fix these issues. MySQL has been...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-3541-2)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3541-2 advisory. USN-3541-1 addressed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 17.10. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enableme...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3540-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3540-1 advisory. Jann Horn discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized memory reads via sidechannel...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : GNU C Library vulnerabilities (USN-3534-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3534-1 advisory. It was discovered that the GNU C library did not properly handle all of the possible return values from the kernel getcwd2 syscall. A local...