USN-6588-2: PAM vulnerability

USN-6588-1 fixed a vulnerability in PAM. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Original advisory details: Matthias Gerstner discovered that the PAM pamnamespace module incorrectly handled special files when performing director...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-6709-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 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-6709-1: OpenSSL vulnerabilities

It was discovered that checking excessively long DH keys or parameters may be very slow. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause OpenSSL to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2023-3446 After the fix for CVE-2023-3446 Bernd Edlinger discovered that a large q...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : OpenSSL vulnerabilities (USN-6709-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6709-1 advisory. It was discovered that checking excessively long DH keys or parameters may be very slow. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause OpenSSL...

USN-6701-2: Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities

Ruihan Li discovered that the bluetooth subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly perform permissions checks when handling HCI sockets. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service bluetooth communication. CVE-2023-2002 It was discovered that the NVIDIA Tegra...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6702-2)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6702-2 advisory. It was discovered that the NVIDIA Tegra XUSB pad controller driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle return values in certain error...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities (USN-6681-4)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6681-4 advisory. Wenqing Liu discovered that the f2fs file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate inode types while performing...

USN-6702-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the NVIDIA Tegra XUSB pad controller driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle return values in certain error conditions. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2023-23000 It was discovered that the ARM Mali Display Processor...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-6698-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 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: Security Advisory (USN-6696-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 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 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 : OpenJDK 8 vulnerabilities (USN-6696-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6696-1 advisory. Yi Yang discovered that the Hotspot component of OpenJDK 8 incorrectly handled array accesses in the C1 compiler. An...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6681-3)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6681-3 advisory. Wenqing Liu discovered that the f2fs file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate inode types while performing...

USN-6681-2: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Wenqing Liu discovered that the f2fs file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate inode types while performing garbage collection. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious f2fs image that, when mounted and operated on, could cause a denial of service system...

USN-6658-2: libxml2 vulnerability

USN-6658-1 fixed a vulnerability in libxml2. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain XML documents. A remote attacker could possibly use this...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6681-2)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6681-2 advisory. Wenqing Liu discovered that the f2fs file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate inode types while performing...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : mqtt-client vulnerability (USN-6685-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6685-1 advisory. It was discovered that mqtt-client incorrectly handled memory while parsing malformed MQTT frames. An attacker could possibly use this iss...

USN-6685-1: mqtt-client vulnerability

It was discovered that mqtt-client incorrectly handled memory while parsing malformed MQTT frames. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-6683-1: HtmlCleaner vulnerability

It was discovered that HtmlCleaner incorrectly handled certain html documents. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service via application crash...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 : c-ares vulnerability (USN-6676-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6676-1 advisory. Vojtch Vobr discovered that c-ares incorrectly handled user input from local configuration files. An attacker could...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-6678-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 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...