Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 / 9.04 : quagga vulnerability (USN-775-1)

It was discovered that the BGP service in Quagga did not correctly handle certain AS paths containing 4-byte ASNs. An authenticated remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause bgpd to abort, leading to a denial of service. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding...

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 8.10 / 9.04 : Apport vulnerability (USN-768-1)

Stephane Chazelas discovered that Apport did not safely remove files from its crash report directory. If Apport had been enabled at some point, a local attacker could remove arbitrary files from the system. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly...

USN-765-1: Firefox and Xulrunner vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the upstream security fixes in USN-764-1 introduced a regression which could cause the browser to crash. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 / 9.04 : acpid vulnerability (USN-766-1)

It was discovered that acpid did not properly handle a large number of connections. A local user could exploit this and monopolize CPU resources, leading to a denial of service. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security...

Linux Kernel 2.6.x SCTP FWD Memory Corruption Remote Exploit

No description provided by source. / CVE-2009-0065 SCTP FWD Chunk Memory Corruption Linux Kernel 2.6.x SCTP FWD Memory COrruption Remote Exploit coded by: sgrakkyu at antifork.org http://kernelbof.blogspot.com NOTE: you need at least one sctp application bound on the target box Supported target:...

USN-766-1: acpid vulnerability

It was discovered that acpid did not properly handle a large number of connections. A local user could exploit this and monopolize CPU resources, leading to a denial of service...

USN-764-1: Firefox and Xulrunner vulnerabilities

Several flaws were discovered in the browser engine. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. CVE-2009-1302, CVE-2009-1303, CVE-2009-1304,...

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 8.10 : dash vulnerability (USN-732-1)

Wolfgang M. Reimer discovered that dash, when invoked as a login shell, would source .profile files from the current directory. Local users may be able to bypass security restrictions and gain root privileges by placing specially crafted .profile files where they might get sourced by other dash...

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS : nagios2 vulnerabilities (USN-698-3)

It was discovered that Nagios was vulnerable to a Cross-site request forgery CSRF vulnerability. If an authenticated nagios user were tricked into clicking a link on a specially crafted web page, an attacker could trigger commands to be processed by Nagios and execute arbitrary programs. This...

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS : perl regression (USN-700-2)

USN-700-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Perl. Due to problems with the Ubuntu 8.04 build, some Perl .ph files were missing from the resulting update. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Jonathan Smith discovered that the Archive::Tar Perl module did not correctly handle...

Ubuntu 7.10 / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 : compiz-fusion-plugins-main vulnerability (USN-688-1)

It was discovered that the Expo plugin for Compiz did not correctly restrict the screensaver window from being moved with the mouse. A local attacker could use the mouse to move the screensaver off the screen and gain access to the locked desktop session underneath. Default installs of Ubuntu wer...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 7.10 / 8.04 LTS : hplip vulnerabilities (USN-674-1)

It was discovered that the hpssd tool of hplip did not validate privileges in the alert-mailing function. A local attacker could exploit this to gain privileges and send e-mail messages from the account of the hplip user. This update alters hplip behaviour by preventing users from setting alerts...

Ubuntu 7.10 / 8.04 LTS : moodle vulnerability (USN-658-1)

Lukasz Pilorz discovered that the HTML filtering used in Moodle was not strict enough. A remote attacker could send malicious requests to Moodle and execute arbitrary code as the web server user. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the...

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS : nasm vulnerability (USN-648-1)

Philipp Thomas discovered that the ppscan function of nasm contained an off-by-one error. If a user or automated system were tricked into assembling a specially crafted ASM file, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary commands with user privileges. Note that Tenable Network Security has...

Ubuntu 7.10 / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 : network-manager-applet vulnerabilities (USN-727-1)

It was discovered that network-manager-applet did not properly enforce permissions when responding to dbus requests. A local user could perform dbus queries to view other users' network connection passwords and pre-shared keys. CVE-2009-0365 It was discovered that network-manager-applet did not...

Ubuntu 7.10 / 8.04 LTS : amarok vulnerability (USN-657-1)

Dwayne Litzenberger discovered that Amarok created temporary files in an insecure way. Local users could exploit a race condition to create or overwrite files with the privileges of the user invoking the program. CVE-2008-3699. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 7.10 / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 : openoffice.org, openoffice.org-amd64 vulnerabilities (USN-677-1)

Multiple memory overflow flaws were discovered in OpenOffice.org's handling of WMF and EMF files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, a remote attacker might be able to execute arbitrary code with user privileges. CVE-2008-2237, CVE-2008-2238 Dmitry E. Oboukhov...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 7.10 / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 : nfs-utils vulnerability (USN-687-1)

It was discovered that nfs-utils did not properly enforce netgroup restrictions when using TCP Wrappers. Remote attackers could bypass the netgroup restrictions enabled by the administrator and possibly gain access to sensitive information. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the...

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 8.10 : libpam-krb5 vulnerabilities (USN-719-1)

It was discovered that pamkrb5 parsed environment variables when run with setuid applications. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to bypass authentication checks and gain root privileges. CVE-2009-0360 Derek Chan discovered that pamkrb5 incorrectly handled refreshing existing credentials wh...

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 8.10 : sudo vulnerability (USN-722-1)

Harald Koenig discovered that sudo did not correctly handle certain privilege changes when handling groups. If a local attacker belonged to a group included in a 'RunAs' list in the /etc/sudoers file, that user could gain root privileges. This was not an issue for the default sudoers file shipped...