USN-5380-1: Bash vulnerability

It was discovered that Bash did not properly drop privileges when the binary had the setuid bit enabled. An attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges...

USN-5378-3: XZ Utils vulnerability

USN-5378-2 fixed a vulnerability in XZ Utils. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Cleemy Desu Wayo discovered that Gzip incorrectly handled certain filenames. If a user or automated system were tricked into performing zgrep...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Django vulnerabilities (USN-5373-2)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5373-2 advisory. USN-5373-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Django. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Tenable has...

USN-5342-1: Python vulnerabilities

David Schwörer discovered that Python incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. CVE-2021-3426 It was discovered that Python incorrectly handled certain FTP requests. An attacker could...

USN-5343-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Yiqi Sun and Kevin Wang discovered that the cgroups implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict access to the cgroups v1 releaseagent feature. A local attacker could use this to gain administrative privileges. CVE-2022-0492 It was discovered that the aufs file system in the Linux...

USN-5333-2: Apache HTTP Server vulnerabilities

USN-5333-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Apache. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Chamal De Silva discovered that the Apache HTTP Server modlua module incorrectly handled certain crafted request bodies. A remote...

USN-5332-2 bind9 vulnerability

USN-5332-1 fixed a vulnerability in Bind. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Xiang Li, Baojun Liu, Chaoyi Lu, and Changgen Zou discovered that Bind incorrectly handled certain bogus NS records when using forwarders. ...

USN-5320-1: Expat vulnerabilities and regression

USN-5288-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Expat. For CVE-2022-25236 it caused a regression and an additional patch was required. This update address this regression and several other vulnerabilities. It was discovered that Expat incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use...

USN-5292-4: snapd regression

USN-5292-1 fixed a vulnerability in snapd. Unfortunately that update introduced a regression that could break the fish shell. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: James Troup discovered that snap did not properly manage the permissions for...

USN-5301-2: Cyrus SASL vulnerability

USN-5301-1 fixed a vulnerability in Cyrus. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that the Cyrus SASL SQL plugin incorrectly handled SQL input. A remote attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrar...

USN-5299-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Mathy Vanhoef discovered that the Linux kernel’s WiFi implementation could reassemble mixed encrypted and plaintext fragments. A physically proximate attacker could possibly use this issue to inject packets or exfiltrate selected fragments. CVE-2020-26147 It was discovered that the bluetooth...

USN-5260-3: Samba vulnerability

USN-5260-1 fixed a vulnerability in Samba. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Orange Tsai discovered that the Samba vfsfruit module incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A remote attacker could use this issu...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-5268-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 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-5252-2: PolicyKit vulnerability

USN-5252-1 fixed a vulnerability in policykit-1. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that the PolicyKit pkexec tool incorrectly handled command-line arguments. A local attacker could use this issue t...

USN-5243-2: AIDE vulnerability

USN-5243-1 fixed a vulnerability in aide. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: David Bouman discovered that AIDE incorrectly handled base64 operations. A local attacker could use this issue to cause AIDE to crash,...

USN-5227-2: Pillow vulnerabilities

USN-5227-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Pillow. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain image files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a...

USN-5225-1: lxml vulnerability

It was discovered that lxml incorrectly handled certain XML and HTML files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code...

USN-5212-2: Apache HTTP Server vulnerabilities

USN-5212-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Apache. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that the Apache HTTP Server incorrectly handled certain forward proxy requests. A remote attacker could use thi...

USN-5211-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

Nadav Amit discovered that the hugetlb implementation in the Linux kernel did not perform TLB flushes under certain conditions. A local attacker could use this to leak or alter data from other processes that use huge pages...

USN-5209-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Nadav Amit discovered that the hugetlb implementation in the Linux kernel did not perform TLB flushes under certain conditions. A local attacker could use this to leak or alter data from other processes that use huge pages. CVE-2021-4002 It was discovered that a race condition existed in the time...