USN-3535-1: Bind vulnerability

Jayachandran Palanisamy discovered that the Bind resolver incorrectly handled fetch cleanup sequencing. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Bind to crash, resulting in a denial of service...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : GDK-PixBuf vulnerabilities (USN-3532-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3532-1 advisory. It was discoreved that GDK-PixBuf incorrectly handled certain gif images. An attacker could use this to execute arbitrary code. This issue on...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : WebKitGTK+ vulnerabilities (USN-3530-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3530-1 advisory. It was discovered that speculative execution performed by modern CPUs could leak information through a timing side-channel attack, and that this could be...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3531-1)

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-3531-1: Intel Microcode update

It was 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 This...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-3523-2)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3523-2 advisory. USN-3523-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 17.10. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement H...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Irssi vulnerabilities (USN-3527-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3527-1 advisory. Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled incomplete escape codes. If a user were tricked into using malformed commands or openi...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel regression (USN-3522-3)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3522-3 advisory. USN-3522-1 fixed a vulnerability in the Linux kernel to address Meltdown CVE-2017-5754. Unfortunately, that update introduced a regression where a few systems...

USN-3528-1: Ruby vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain terminal emulator escape sequences. An attacker could use this to execute arbitrary code via a crafted user name. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 17.10. CVE-2017-10784 It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerability (USN-3521-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3521-1 advisory. Jann Horn discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized memory reads via sidechannel...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3521-1)

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...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : PySAML2 vulnerability (USN-3520-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3520-1 advisory. It was discovered that PySAML2 incorrectly accepted any password when run with python optimizations enabled. An attacker could use this issue to authenticate as a...

USN-3517-1: poppler vulnerabilities

It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could execute arbitrary. CVE-2017-1000456 It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain files. If a user or automated system were...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : poppler vulnerabilities (USN-3517-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3517-1 advisory. It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file,...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3477-4)

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-3515-1: Ruby vulnerability

It was discovered that Ruby allows FTP command injection. An attacker could use this to cause arbitrary command execution...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : WebKitGTK+ vulnerabilities (USN-3514-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3514-1 advisory. A large number of security issues were discovered in the WebKitGTK+ Web and JavaScript engines. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, ...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Firefox regression (USN-3477-4)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3477-4 advisory. USN-3477-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update introduced a crash reporting issue where background tab crash reports were sent to Mozilla...

USN-3480-3: Apport regression

USN-3480-2 fixed regressions in Apport. The update introduced a new regression in the container support. This update addresses the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Sander Bos discovered that Apport incorrectly handled core dumps for setuid binaries. A local...

ownCloud: OS Command Injection via tainted PATH environment variable in findBinaryPath

The PATH environment variable is passed to the find command in owncloud/core/blob/master/lib/private/legacy/helper.php on line 543 is not sanitized for input. If an adversary is able to taint the PATH environment variable, OS command execution is possible utilizing the find command's execute -exe...