USN-3621-2: Ruby regression

USN-3621-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Ruby. The update caused an issue due to an incomplete patch for CVE-2018-1000074. This update reverts the problematic patch pending further investigation. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Firefox regression (USN-3596-2)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3596-2 advisory. USN-3596-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update caused an issue where it was not possible to customize the toolbars when running Firefox in...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-3619-2)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3619-2 advisory. USN-3619-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enableme...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3620-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3620-1 advisory. It was discovered that the netlink 802.11 configuration interface in the Linux kernel did not properly validate some attributes passed from userspace. A...

USN-3616-1: Python Crypto vulnerability

It was discovered that Python Crypto incorrectly generated ElGamal key parameters. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : OpenJDK 7 vulnerabilities (USN-3614-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3614-1 advisory. It was discovered that a race condition existed in the cryptography implementation in OpenJDK. An attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive...

USN-3614-1: OpenJDK 7 vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the cryptography implementation in OpenJDK. An attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information. CVE-2018-2579 It was discovered that the LDAP implementation in OpenJDK did not properly encode login names. A remote attacker could...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Thunderbird vulnerabilities (USN-3545-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3545-1 advisory. Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Zsh vulnerabilities (USN-3608-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3608-1 advisory. Richard Maciel Costa discovered that Zsh incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Firefox vulnerability (USN-3609-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3609-1 advisory. A use-after-free was discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit th...

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...

ModSecurity For Nginx Use-After-Free

Hey, TL;DR: UAF in a "non-release" version of ModSecurity for Nginx. !RCE|DoS, no need to panic. Plus some old and even older exploitation vectors. / 1. Use-After-Free UAF / During one of the engagements my team tested a WAF running in production Nginx + ModSecurity + OWASP Core Rule Set 123. In...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : PHP vulnerabilities (USN-3600-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3600-1 advisory. It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain stream metadata. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to set arbitrary...

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...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3596-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 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 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Firefox vulnerabilities (USN-3596-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3596-1 advisory. Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3595-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 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 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerability (USN-3594-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3594-1 advisory. 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...