USN-6370-1: ModSecurity vulnerabilities

It was discovered that ModSecurity incorrectly handled certain nested JSON objects. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. CVE-2021-42717 It was discovered that ModSecurity incorrect...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : libssh2 vulnerability (USN-6371-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6371-1 advisory. It was discovered that libssh2 incorrectly handled memory access. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash. Tenable has...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : DBus vulnerability (USN-6372-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6372-1 advisory. It was discovered that DBus incorrectly handled certain invalid messages. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause DBus to crash, resulting in a...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : gawk vulnerability (USN-6373-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6373-1 advisory. It was discovered that gawk could be made to read out of bounds when processing certain inputs. If a user or an automated syst...

USN-6366-1: PostgreSQL vulnerability

It was discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled certain extension script substitutions. An attacker having database-level CREATE privileges can use this issue to execute arbitrary code as the bootstrap superuser...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : PostgreSQL vulnerability (USN-6366-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6366-1 advisory. It was discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled certain extension script substitutions. An attacker having database-level CREATE privileges can use this iss...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM : curl vulnerabilities (USN-6237-3)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6237-3 advisory. USN-6237-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in curl. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM : c-ares vulnerabilities (USN-6164-2)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6164-2 advisory. USN-6164-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in c-ares. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS...

USN-6342-2: Linux kernel (Azure)

Tavis Ormandy discovered that some AMD processors did not properly handle speculative execution of certain vector register instructions. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. CVE-2023-20593 Zheng Zhang discovered that the device-mapper implementation in the Linux kernel...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM : Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities (USN-6342-2)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6342-2 advisory. Tavis Ormandy discovered that some AMD processors did not properly handle speculative execution of certain vector register instructions. A...

USN-6354-1: Python vulnerability

It was discovered that Python did not properly handle XML entity declarations in plist files. An attacker could possibly use this vulnerability to perform an XML External Entity XXE injection, resulting in a denial of service or information disclosure...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS : PLIB vulnerability (USN-6353-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6353-1 advisory. Wooseok Kang discovered that PLIB did not properly manage memory under certain circumstances. If a user were tricked into opening a...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM : Python vulnerability (USN-6354-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6354-1 advisory. It was discovered that Python did not properly handle XML entity declarations in plist files. An attacker could possibly use this vulnerability to...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6342-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6342-1 advisory. Tavis Ormandy discovered that some AMD processors did not properly handle speculative execution of certain vector register instructions. A...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 : SoX vulnerability (USN-6345-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6345-1 advisory. It was discovered that SoX incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were tricked into...

USN-6335-1: BusyBox vulnerabilities

It was discovered that BusyBox incorrectly handled certain malformed gzip archives. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted gzip archive, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause BusyBox to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 ESM / 23.04 : Docker Registry vulnerabilities (USN-6336-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 ESM / 23.04 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6336-1 advisory. It was discovered that Docker Registry incorrectly handled certain crafted input, A remote attacker could...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM : BusyBox vulnerabilities (USN-6335-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6335-1 advisory. It was discovered that BusyBox incorrectly handled certain malformed gzip archives. If a user or automated system were tricked into processin...

Ubuntu 18.04 ESM : Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities (USN-6337-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 ESM host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6337-1 advisory. It was discovered that the netlink implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate policies when parsing attributes in some situations. An...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Linux kernel (KVM) vulnerabilities (USN-6327-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6327-1 advisory. Zheng Zhang discovered that the device-mapper implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle locking during tableclear operations. A local...