USN-3587-2: Dovecot vulnerabilities

USN-3587-1 fixed a vulnerability in Dovecot. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled parsing certain email addresses. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Dovecot to crash, resulti...

USN-3612-1: librelp vulnerability

Bas van Schaik and Kevin Backhouse discovered that librelp incorrectly handled checking certain x509 certificates. A remote attacker able to connect to rsyslog could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code...

USN-3607-1: Screen Resolution Extra vulnerability

It was discovered that Screen Resolution Extra was using PolicyKit in an unsafe manner. A local attacker could potentially exploit this issue to bypass intended PolicyKit authorizations...

USN-3603-2: Paramiko vulnerability

USN-3603-1 fixed a vulnerability in Paramiko. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Matthijs Kooijman discovered that Paramiko's SSH server implementation did not properly require authentication before processing requests. An unauthenticate...

USN-3602-1: LibTIFF vulnerabilities

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain malformed images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges...

USN-3600-1: PHP vulnerabilities

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain stream metadata. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to set arbitrary metadata. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. CVE-2016-10712 It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled the PHAR 404 error page. A remote attacker...

USN-3598-1: curl vulnerabilities

Phan Thanh discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain FTP paths. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2018-1000120 Dario Weisser discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain LDAP URLs. An attacker could possibly use this issue t...

USN-3597-2: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3597-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 17.10. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 17.10 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. USNS 3541-2 and 3523-2 provided mitigations for Spectre and Meltdown CVE-2017-5715,...

USN-3594-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

USN-3542-1 mitigated CVE-2017-5715 Spectre Variant 2 for the amd64 architecture in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. This update provides the compiler-based retpoline kernel mitigation for the amd64 and i386 architectures. Original advisory details: Jann Horn discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative...

USN-3592-2: ClamAV vulnerabilities

USN-3592-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in ClamAV. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing certain PDF files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resultin...

USN-3593-1: Zsh vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Zsh incorrectly handled certain enviroment variables. An attacker could possibly use this issue to gain privileged access to the system. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. CVE-2014-10070 It was discovered that Zsh incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker coul...

USN-3589-1: PostgreSQL vulnerability

It was discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled certain settings. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code...

USN-3585-1: Twisted vulnerability

It was discovered that Twisted incorrectly handled certain HTTP requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code...

USN-3584-1: sensible-utils vulnerability

Gabriel Corona discovered that sensible-utils incorrectly validated strings when launcher a browser with the sensible-browser tool. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue with a specially crafted URL to conduct an argument injection attack and execute arbitrary code...

USN-3583-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that an out-of-bounds write vulnerability existed in the Flash-Friendly File System f2fs in the Linux kernel. An attacker could construct a malicious file system that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2017-0750 It...

USN-3582-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3582-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Mohamed Ghannam discovered that the IPv4 raw socket implementation in the Linux kernel...

USN-3582-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Mohamed Ghannam discovered that the IPv4 raw socket implementation in the Linux kernel contained a race condition leading to uninitialized pointer usage. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2017-17712 Laurent Guerby discovered that...

USN-3581-2: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3581-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 17.10. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 17.10 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Mohamed Ghannam discovered that the IPv4 raw socket implementation in the Linux kernel contain...

USN-3573-1: Quagga vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a double-free vulnerability existed in the Quagga BGP daemon when processing certain forms of UPDATE message. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2018-5379 It was discovered that the Quagga BGP daemon did not...

USN-3566-1: PHP vulnerabilities

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled the PHAR 404 error page. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to conduct cross-site scripting XSS attacks. CVE-2018-5712 It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled memory when unserializing certain data. A remote attacker could use thi...