USN-2549-1 libarchive vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the libarchive bsdcpio utility extracted absolute paths by default without using the --insecure flag, contrary to expectations. If a user or automated system were tricked into extracting cpio archives containing absolute paths, a remote attacker may be able to write to...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2541-1)

The Linux kernel's splice system call did not correctly validate its parameters. A local, unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2014-7822 A flaw was discovered in how Thread Local Storage TLS is handled by the task switching function in the Linux...

USN-2543-1: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

Eric Windisch discovered flaw in how the Linux kernel's XFS file system replaces remote attributes. A local access with access to an XFS file system could exploit this flaw to escalate their privileges. CVE-2015-0274 A flaw was discovered in the automatic loading of modules in the crypto subsyste...

USN-2542-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

The Linux kernel's splice system call did not correctly validate its parameters. A local, unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2014-7822 A flaw was discovered in how Thread Local Storage TLS is handled by the task switching function in the Linux...

USN-2541-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

The Linux kernel's splice system call did not correctly validate its parameters. A local, unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2014-7822 A flaw was discovered in how Thread Local Storage TLS is handled by the task switching function in the Linux...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2537-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 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 12.04 LTS : libav vulnerabilities (USN-2534-1)

It was discovered that Libav incorrectly handled certain malformed media files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted media file, an attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. Not...

[USN-2535-1] PHP vulnerabilities

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2535-1 March 18, 2015 php5 vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubun...

[USN-2534-1] Libav vulnerabilities

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2534-1 March 17, 2015 libav vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: -...

USN-2534-1: Libav vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Libav incorrectly handled certain malformed media files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted media file, an attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program...

[USN-2523-1] Apache HTTP Server vulnerabilities

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2523-1 March 10, 2015 apache2 vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: -...

USN-2527-1: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerability

It was discovered that the Linux kernel's Infiniband subsystem did not properly sanitize its input parameters while registering memory regions from userspace. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or to potentially gain administrative privileges...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux vulnerability (USN-2526-1)

It was discovered that the Linux kernel's Infiniband subsystem did not properly sanitize its input parameters while registering memory regions from userspace. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or to potentially gain administrative privileges. Note that...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-trusty vulnerability (USN-2527-1)

It was discovered that the Linux kernel's Infiniband subsystem did not properly sanitize its input parameters while registering memory regions from userspace. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or to potentially gain administrative privileges. Note that...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : icu vulnerabilities (USN-2522-3)

USN-2522-1 fixed vulnerabilities in ICU. On Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, the font patches caused a regression when using LibreOffice Calc. The patches have now been updated to fix the regression. We apologize for the inconvenience. It was discovered that ICU incorrectly handled memory operations when...

USN-2522-3: ICU vulnerabilities

USN-2522-1 fixed vulnerabilities in ICU. On Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, the font patches caused a regression when using LibreOffice Calc. The patches have now been updated to fix the regression. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that ICU incorrectly handled...

USN-2523-1: Apache HTTP Server vulnerabilities

Martin Holst Swende discovered that the modheaders module allowed HTTP trailers to replace HTTP headers during request processing. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass RequestHeaders directives. CVE-2013-5704 Mark Montague discovered that the modcache module incorrectly handl...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : icu regression (USN-2522-2)

USN-2522-1 fixed vulnerabilities in ICU. On Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, the font patches caused a regression when using LibreOffice Calc. The patches have been temporarily backed out until the regression is investigated. We apologize for the inconvenience. It was discovered that ICU incorrectly handled...

[USN-2522-1] ICU vulnerabilities

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2522-1 March 05, 2015 icu vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubunt...

USN-2522-2: ICU regression

USN-2522-1 fixed vulnerabilities in ICU. On Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, the font patches caused a regression when using LibreOffice Calc. The patches have been temporarily backed out until the regression is investigated. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that...