Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 10.04 LTS / 11.10 / 12.04 LTS / 12.10 : sudo vulnerability (USN-1754-1)

Marco Schoepl discovered that Sudo incorrectly handled time stamp files when the system clock is set to epoch. A local attacker could use this issue to run Sudo commands without a password prompt. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1740-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 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: Security Advisory (USN-1752-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 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: Security Advisory (USN-1753-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 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 8.04 LTS / 10.04 LTS / 11.10 / 12.04 LTS / 12.10 : gnutls13, gnutls26 vulnerability (USN-1752-1)

Nadhem Alfardan and Kenny Paterson discovered that the TLS protocol as used in GnuTLS was vulnerable to a timing side-channel attack known as the 'Lucky Thirteen' issue. A remote attacker could use this issue to perform plaintext-recovery attacks via analysis of timing data. Note that Tenable...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 11.10 / 12.04 LTS / 12.10 : dbus-glib vulnerability (USN-1753-1)

Sebastian Krahmer and Bastien Nocera discovered that DBus-GLib did not properly validate the message sender when the 'NameOwnerChanged' signal was received. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate their privileges. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 11.10 / 12.04 LTS / 12.10 : pidgin vulnerabilities (USN-1746-1)

Chris Wysopal discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled file transfers in the MXit protocol handler. A remote attacker could use this issue to create or overwrite arbitrary files. This issue only affected Ubuntu 11.10, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 12.10. CVE-2013-0271 It was discovered that Pidgi...

Ubuntu 11.10 / 12.04 LTS / 12.10 : transmission vulnerability (USN-1747-1)

It was discovered that Transmission incorrectly handled certain micro transport protocol packets. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1738-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 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: Security Advisory (USN-1736-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 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 10.04 LTS : linux-ec2 vulnerability (USN-1737-1)

Suleiman Souhlal, Salman Qazi, Aaron Durbin and Michael Davidson discovered a race condition in the Linux kernel's ptrace syscall. An unprivileged local attacker could exploit this flaw to run programs as an administrator. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux-lts-backport-oneiric vulnerability (USN-1738-1)

Suleiman Souhlal, Salman Qazi, Aaron Durbin and Michael Davidson discovered a race condition in the Linux kernel's ptrace syscall. An unprivileged local attacker could exploit this flaw to run programs as an administrator. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description...

Ubuntu 11.10 : linux vulnerability (USN-1739-1)

Suleiman Souhlal, Salman Qazi, Aaron Durbin and Michael Davidson discovered a race condition in the Linux kernel's ptrace syscall. An unprivileged local attacker could exploit this flaw to run programs as an administrator. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1733-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 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: Security Advisory (USN-1739-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 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 10.04 LTS : linux vulnerability (USN-1736-1)

Suleiman Souhlal, Salman Qazi, Aaron Durbin and Michael Davidson discovered a race condition in the Linux kernel's ptrace syscall. An unprivileged local attacker could exploit this flaw to run programs as an administrator. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1730-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 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: Security Advisory (USN-1734-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 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: Security Advisory (USN-1728-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 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: Security Advisory (USN-1735-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 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...