USN-6762-1 eglibc, glibc vulnerabilities

It was discovered that GNU C Library incorrectly handled netgroup requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. CVE-2014-9984 It was discovered that GNU C Library might allow context-dependent attackers t...

USN-6762-1: GNU C Library vulnerabilities

It was discovered that GNU C Library incorrectly handled netgroup requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. CVE-2014-9984 It was discovered that GNU C Library might allow context-dependent attackers t...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : GNU C Library vulnerabilities (USN-6762-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6762-1 advisory. It was discovered that GNU C Library incorrectly handled netgroup requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a...

USN-6739-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the instruction emulator of the Linux kernel on Arm 64-bit systems. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2022-20422 Wei Chen discovered that a race condition existed in the TIPC protocol implementation in...

USN-6730-1: Apache Maven Shared Utils vulnerability

It was discovered that Apache Maven Shared Utils did not handle double-quoted strings properly, allowing shell injection attacks. This could allow an attacker to run arbitrary code...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-6721-2)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 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...

USN-6721-2: X.Org X Server regression

USN-6721-1 fixed vulnerabilities in X.Org X Server. That fix was incomplete resulting in a regression. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that X.Org X Server incorrectly handled certain data. An attacker could possibly u...

USN-6722-1: Django vulnerability

Simon Charette discovered that the password reset functionality in Django used a Unicode case insensitive query to retrieve accounts associated with an email address. An attacker could possibly use this to obtain password reset tokens and hijack accounts...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-6721-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 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...

USN-6588-2: PAM vulnerability

USN-6588-1 fixed a vulnerability in PAM. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Original advisory details: Matthias Gerstner discovered that the PAM pamnamespace module incorrectly handled special files when performing director...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-6699-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 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-6698-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 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...

USN-6699-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Reima Ishii discovered that the nested KVM implementation for Intel x86 processors in the Linux kernel did not properly validate control registers in certain situations. An attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service guest crash. CVE-2023-30456 It was discovered that the...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-6587-5)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 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...

USN-6587-5: X.Org X Server vulnerabilities

USN-6587-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in X.Org. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Original advisory details: Jan-Niklas Sohn discovered that the X.Org X Server incorrectly handled memory when processing the RRChangeOutputProperty and RRChangeProviderProperty...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : X.Org X Server vulnerabilities (USN-6587-5)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6587-5 advisory. USN-6587-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in X.Org. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Tenable has extracted the precedin...

USN-6658-2: libxml2 vulnerability

USN-6658-1 fixed a vulnerability in libxml2. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain XML documents. A remote attacker could possibly use this...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-6647-2)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 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...

USN-6647-2: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode subsystem of the Linux kernel, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2023-51780 It was...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerability (USN-6645-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6645-1 advisory. It was discovered that the netfilter connection tracker for netlink in the Linux kernel did not properly perform reference counting in some error conditions. A...