USN-4182-2: Intel Microcode update

USN-4182-2 provided updates for Intel Microcode. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Stephan van Schaik, Alyssa Milburn, Sebastian Österlund, Pietro Frigo, Kaveh Razavi, Herbert Bos, Cristiano Giuffrida, Giorgi Maisuradze, Moritz Lipp, Michael Schwarz, Daniel Gruss...

USN-4176-1: GNU cpio vulnerability

Thomas Habets discovered that GNU cpio incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to privilege escalation...

USN-4171-4: Apport regression

USN-4171-1 fixed a vulnerability in Apport. The update caused a regression in the Python Apport library. This update fixes the problem for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Kevin Backhouse discovered Apport would read its user-controlled settings fil...

USN-4169-1: libarchive vulnerability

It was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled certain archive files. An attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-4167-2: Samba vulnerabilities

USN-4167-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Samba. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Michael Hanselmann discovered that the Samba client code incorrectly handled path separators. If a user were tricked into connecti...

USN-4163-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-4163-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. It was discovered that a race condition existed in the ARC EMAC ethernet driver for th...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-4155-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 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-4146-2: ClamAV vulnerabilities

USN-4146-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in ClamAV. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled unpacking ZIP files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause...

USN-4124-2: Exim vulnerability

USN-4124-1 fixed a vulnerability in Exim. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Exim incorrectly handled certain decoding operations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands...

USN-4132-2: Expat vulnerability

USN-4132-1 fixed a vulnerability in Expat. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Expat incorrectly handled certain XML files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive...

USN-4127-2: Python vulnerabilities

USN-4127-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Python. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Python incorrectly handled certain pickle files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to consume...

USN-4126-2: FreeType vulnerabilities

USN-4126-1 fixed a vulnerability in FreeType. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. It was discovered that FreeType incorrectly handled certain font files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information. CVE-2015-9381,...

USN-4110-2: Dovecot vulnerability

USN-4110-1 fixed a vulnerability in Dovecot. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Nick Roessler and Rafi Rubin discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled certain data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to caus...

USN-4097-2: PHP vulnerabilities

USN-4097-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in php5. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of servi...

USN-4095-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-4095-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Eli Biham and Lior Neumann discovered that the Bluetooth implementation in the Linux...

USN-4058-2: Bash vulnerability

USN-4058-1 fixed a vulnerability in bash. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Bash incorrectly handled the restricted shell. An attacker could possibly use this issue to escape restrictions and...

USN-3990-2: urllib3 vulnerability

USN-3990-1 fixed a vulnerability in urllib3. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that urllib3 incorrectly stripped certain characters from requests. A remote attacker could use this issue to perform CRLF injection...

Linux Kernel 4.4.0-21 < 4.4.0-51 (Ubuntu 14.04/16.04 x86-64) AF_PACKET Race Condition Privilege

Exploit for linux platform in category local exploits / chocoboroot.c linux AFPACKET race condition exploit for CVE-2016-8655. Includes KASLR and SMEP/SMAP bypasses. For Ubuntu 14.04 / 16.04 x8664 kernels 4.4.0 before 4.4.0-53.74. All kernel offsets have been tested on Ubuntu / Linux Mint. vroom...

Linux Kernel < 4.4.0/ < 4.8.0 (Ubuntu 14.04/16.04 / Linux Mint 17/18 / Zorin) Local Privilege

Exploit for linux platform in category local exploits // A proof-of-concept local root exploit for CVE-2017-1000112. // Includes KASLR and SMEP bypasses. No SMAP bypass. // Tested on: // - Ubuntu trusty 4.4.0 kernels // - Ubuntu xenial 4.4.0 and 4.8.0 kernels // - Linux Mint rosa 4.4.0 kernels //...

USN-4071-2: Patch vulnerabilities

USN-4071-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Patch. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Patch incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information. CVE-2019-136...