USN-3138-1: python-cryptography vulnerability

Markus Döring discovered that python-cryptography incorrectly handled certain HKDF lengths. This could result in python-cryptography returning an empty string instead of the expected derived key...

USN-3136-1: LXC vulnerability

Roman Fiedler discovered a directory traversal flaw in lxc-attach. An attacker with access to an LXC container could exploit this flaw to access files outside of the container...

USN-3135-1: GStreamer Good Plugins vulnerability

Chris Evans discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins did not correctly handle malformed FLC movie files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted FLC movie file with a GStreamer application, an attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the...

USN-3132-1: tar vulnerability

Harry Sintonen discovered that tar incorrectly handled extracting files when path names are specified on the command line. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted archive, an attacker could possibly overwrite arbitrary files...

USN-3128-3: Linux kernel (Qualcomm Snapdragon) vulnerability

Ondrej Kozina discovered that the keyring interface in the Linux kernel contained a buffer overflow when displaying timeout events via the /proc/keys interface. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash...

USN-3128-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerability

USN-3128-1 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. Ondrej Kozina discovered that the keyring interface in the Linux kernel contained a...

USN-3128-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

Ondrej Kozina discovered that the keyring interface in the Linux kernel contained a buffer overflow when displaying timeout events via the /proc/keys interface. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash...

USN-3127-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the compression handling code in the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly check for an integer overflow. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2014-9904 Kirill A. Shutemov discovered...

USN-3123-1: curl vulnerabilities

It was discovered that curl incorrectly reused client certificates when built with NSS. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to hijack the authentication of a TLS connection. CVE-2016-7141 Nguyen Vu Hoang discovered that curl incorrectly handled escaping certain strings. A remote...

USN-3117-1: GD library vulnerabilities

Ibrahim El-Sayed discovered that the GD library incorrectly handled certain malformed Tiff images. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted Tiff image, an attacker could cause a denial of service. CVE-2016-6911 Ke Liu discovered that the GD library incorrectl...

USN-3116-1: DBus vulnerabilities

It was discovered that DBus incorrectly validated the source of ActivationFailure signals. A local attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. CVE-2015-0245 It was discovered that DBus incorrectly handled certain...

USN-3114-1: nginx vulnerability

Dawid Golunski discovered that the nginx package incorrectly handled log file permissions. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain root privileges...

USN-3106-4: Linux kernel (Qualcomm Snapdragon) vulnerability

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the memory manager of the Linux kernel when handling copy-on-write breakage of private read-only memory mappings. A local attacker could use this to gain administrative privileges...

USN-3106-3: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerability

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the memory manager of the Linux kernel when handling copy-on-write breakage of private read-only memory mappings. A local attacker could use this to gain administrative privileges...

USN-3105-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the memory manager of the Linux kernel when handling copy-on-write breakage of private read-only memory mappings. A local attacker could use this to gain administrative privileges...

USN-3103-1: DBD::mysql vulnerabilities

It was discovered that DBD::mysql incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause DBD::mysql to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2014-9906 Hanno Böck discovered that DBD::mysql incorrectly handled certa...

USN-3102-1: Quagga vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Quagga incorrectly handled dumping data. A remote attacker could possibly use a large BGP packet to cause Quagga to crash, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2016-4049 It was discovered that the Quagga package incorrectly set permissions on the configuration directory. A...

USN-3101-1: Tracker vulnerability

It was discovered that Tracker incorrectly handled certain malformed GIF images. If a user or automated system were tricked into downloading a specially-crafted GIF image, Tracker could crash, resulting in a denial of service...

USN-3099-4: Linux kernel (Qualcomm Snapdragon) vulnerabilities

Vladimír Beneš discovered an unbounded recursion in the VLAN and TEB Generic Receive Offload GRO processing implementations in the Linux kernel, A remote attacker could use this to cause a stack corruption, leading to a denial of service system crash. CVE-2016-7039 Marco Grassi discovered a...

USN-3099-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3099-1 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. Vladimír Beneš discovered an unbounded recursion in the VLAN and TEB Generic Receive...