USN-5731-1: multipath-tools vulnerabilities

It was discovered that multipath-tools incorrectly handled symlinks. A local attacker could possibly use this issue, in combination with other issues, to escalate privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.10. CVE-2022-41973 It was discovered that...

USN-5728-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Jann Horn discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly track memory allocations for anonymous VMA mappings in some situations, leading to potential data structure reuse. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-427...

USN-5727-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the instruction emulator of the Linux kernel on Arm 64-bit systems. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2022-20422 It was discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handl...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-5722-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 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 ESM : Vim vulnerabilities (USN-5723-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5723-1 advisory. It was discovered that Vim could be made to crash when searching specially crafted patterns. An attacker could possibly use this to crash Vim and cause...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : WavPack vulnerability (USN-5721-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5721-1 advisory. It was discovered that WavPack was not properly performing checks when dealing with memory. If a user were tricked into decompressing a specially crafted WavPack...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Zstandard vulnerabilities (USN-5720-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5720-1 advisory. It was discovered that Zstandard was not properly managing file permissions when generating output files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue ...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : LibTIFF vulnerabilities (USN-5714-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5714-1 advisory. It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain memory operations when using tiffcrop. An attacker could...

USN-5718-1: pixman vulnerability

Maddie Stone discovered that pixman incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause pixman to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-5714-1: LibTIFF vulnerabilities

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain memory operations when using tiffcrop. An attacker could trick a user into processing a specially crafted tiff image file and potentially use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.10. CVE-2022-2519,...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : DHCP vulnerabilities (USN-5658-2)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5658-2 advisory. USN-5658-1 fixed vulnerabilities in DHCP. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Tenable has extracted the preceding...

USN-5716-1: SQLite vulnerability

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain long string arguments. An attacker could use this issue to cause SQLite to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-5711-2: NTFS-3G vulnerability

USN-5711-1 fixed a vulnerability in NTFS-3G. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Yuchen Zeng and Eduardo Vela discovered that NTFS-3G incorrectly validated certain NTFS metadata. A local attacker could possibly use this...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : SQLite vulnerability (USN-5712-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5712-1 advisory. It was discovered that SQLite did not properly handle large string inputs in certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : NTFS-3G vulnerability (USN-5711-2)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5711-2 advisory. USN-5711-1 fixed a vulnerability in NTFS-3G. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Tenable has extracted the...

USN-5707-1: Libtasn1 vulnerability

It was discovered that Libtasn1 did not properly perform bounds checking. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Libtasn1 vulnerability (USN-5707-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5707-1 advisory. It was discovered that Libtasn1 did not properly perform bounds checking. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash. Tenable has extracted the...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : LibTIFF vulnerabilities (USN-5705-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5705-1 advisory. Chintan Shah discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled memory in certain conditions. An attacker could trick a user into processing a specially crafted...

USN-5705-1: LibTIFF vulnerabilities

Chintan Shah discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled memory in certain conditions. An attacker could trick a user into processing a specially crafted image file and potentially use this issue to allow for information disclosure or to cause the application to crash. CVE-2022-3570 It was...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-5701-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 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...