Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : APR vulnerability (USN-5056-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5056-1 advisory. It was discovered that APR incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. Tenable has extracted th...

USN-5054-1: uWSGI vulnerability

Felix Wilhelm discovered a buffer overflow flaw in the modproxyuwsgi module. An attacker could use this vulnerability to provoke an information disclosure or potentially remote code execution...

USN-5051-3: OpenSSL vulnerability

USN-5051-1 fixed a vulnerability in OpenSSL. This update provides the corresponding update for the openssl1.0 package in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Original advisory details: Ingo Schwarze discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled certain ASN.1 strings. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause...

USN-5051-2: OpenSSL vulnerability

USN-5051-1 fixed a vulnerability in OpenSSL. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Ingo Schwarze discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled certain ASN.1 strings. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause OpenSSL...

USN-5051-2 openssl vulnerability

USN-5051-1 fixed a vulnerability in OpenSSL. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Ingo Schwarze discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled certain ASN.1 strings. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause OpenSSL...

USN-5052-1: MongoDB vulnerability

MongoDB would fail to properly invalidate existing sessions for deleted users. This could allow a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges if their user account was recreated with elevated privileges...

USN-5048-2 inetutils vulnerability

USN-5048-1 fixed a vulnerability in Inetutils for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding fixes for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Inetutils telnet server allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via short writes ...

USN-5048-1: Inetutils vulnerability

It was discovered that Inetutils telnet server allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via short writes or urgent data. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a DoS or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-5047-1: Firefox vulnerability

It was discovered that Firefox could be made to incorrectly accept newlines in HTTP/3 response headers. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could exploit this to conduct header splitting attacks...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5044-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5044-1 advisory. It was discovered that the bluetooth subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle HCI device initialization failure, leading to a...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Linux kernel vulnerability (USN-5039-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5039-1 advisory. Andy Nguyen discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel contained an out-of-bounds write in its setsockopt implementation. A local attacker could...

USN-4867-1: runC vulnerabilities

It was discovered that runC incorrectly checked mount targets. An attacker with a malicious container image could possibly mount over the /proc directory and escalate privileges. CVE-2019-16884 Etienne Champetier discovered that runC incorrectly checked mount targets. An attacker with a malicious...

USN-5034-2: c-ares vulnerability

USN-5034-1 fixed a vulnerability in c-ares. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Philipp Jeitner and Haya Shulman discovered that c-ares incorrectly validated certain hostnames returned by DNS servers. A remote attacker could possibly use...

USN-5034-2 c-ares vulnerability

USN-5034-1 fixed a vulnerability in c-ares. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Philipp Jeitner and Haya Shulman discovered that c-ares incorrectly validated certain hostnames returned by DNS servers. A remote attacker could possibly use...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : PEAR vulnerability (USN-5027-2)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5027-2 advisory. USN-5027-1 fixed a vulnerability in PEAR. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Tenable has extracted the preceding description bloc...

USN-5027-2: PEAR vulnerability

USN-5027-1 fixed a vulnerability in PEAR. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that PEAR incorrectly handled symbolic links in archives. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code...

USN-5030-1: Perl DBI module vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Perl DBI module incorrectly opened files outside of the folder specified in the data source name. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. CVE-2014-10402 It was discovered that the Perl DBI module incorrectly handled certain long...

USN-5026-2: QPDF vulnerabilities

USN-5026-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in QPDF. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that QPDF incorrectly handled certain malformed PDF files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause QPDF to consume resources,...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : QPDF vulnerabilities (USN-5026-2)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5026-2 advisory. USN-5026-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in QPDF. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Tenable has extracted the preceding...

USN-5025-2: libsndfile vulnerability

USN-5025-1 fixed a vulnerability in libsndfile. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that libsndfile incorrectly handled certain malformed files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause...