USN-2670-1: libwmf vulnerabilities

Fernando Muñoz and Stefan Cornelius discovered that libwmf incorrectly handled certain malformed images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted image file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2669-1)

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 14.10 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2666-1)

A race condition was discovered in the Linux kernel's filehandle size verification. A local user could exploit this flaw to read potentially sensative memory locations. CVE-2015-1420 A underflow error was discovered in the Linux kernel's Ozmo Devices USB over WiFi host controller driver. A remote...

USN-2659-1: cups-filters vulnerabilities

Petr Sklenar discovered that the cups-filters texttopdf filter incorrectly handled line sizes. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code as the lp user. CVE-2015-3258, CVE-2015-3279...

USN-2652-1: Oxide vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Chromium did not properly consider the scheme when determining whether a URL is associated with a WebUI SiteInstance. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to bypass security restrictions. CVE-2015-1266 ...

USN-2651-1 patch vulnerabilities

Jakub Wilk discovered that GNU patch did not correctly handle file paths in patch files. An attacker could specially craft a patch file that could overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user invoking the program. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. CVE-2010-4651 László...

USN-2646-2: Linux kernel regression

The Fix for CVE-2015-1328 introduced a regression into the Linux kernel's overlayfs file system. The removal of a directory that only exists on the lower layer results in a kernel panic. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Philip Pettersson discovered a privilege...

Ubuntu 12.04 / 14.04 / 14.10 / 15.04 overlayfs Local Root Exploit

The overlayfs filesystem does not correctly check file permissions when creating new files in the upper filesystem directory. This can be exploited by an unprivileged process in kernels with CONFIGUSERNS=y and where overlayfs has the FSUSERNSMOUNT flag, which allows the mounting of overlayfs insi...

CVE-2015-1323

The simulate dbus method in aptdaemon before 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu3.1 as packaged in Ubuntu 15.04, before 1.1.1+bzr980-0ubuntu1.1 as packaged in Ubuntu 14.10, before 1.1.1-1ubuntu5.2 as packaged in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, before 0.43+bzr805-0ubuntu10 as packaged in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS allows local users to...

Ubuntu 12.04 / 14.04 / 14.10 / 15.04 overlayfs Local Root

The overlayfs filesystem does not correctly check file permissions when creating new files in the upper filesystem directory. This can be exploited by an unprivileged process in kernels with CONFIGUSERNS=y and where overlayfs has the FSUSERNSMOUNT flag, which allows the mounting of overlayfs insi...

Linux Kernel 3.13.0 < 3.19 (Ubuntu 12.04/14.04/14.10/15.04) - 'overlayfs' Local Privilege Escalation

/ Exploit Title: ofs.c - overlayfs local root in ubuntu Date: 2015-06-15 Exploit Author: rebel Version: Ubuntu 12.04, 14.04, 14.10, 15.04 Kernels before 2015-06-15 Tested on: Ubuntu 12.04, 14.04, 14.10, 15.04 CVE : CVE-2015-1328...

USN-2646-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

Philip Pettersson discovered a privilege escalation when using overlayfs mounts inside of user namespaces. A local user could exploit this flaw to gain administrative privileges on the system...

[USN-2630-1] QEMU vulnerabilities

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2630-1 June 10, 2015 qemu, qemu-kvm vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivative...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2629-1)

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...

USN-2637-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Xiong Zhou discovered a bug in the way the EXT4 filesystem handles fallocate zero range functionality when the page size is greater than the block size. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2015-0275 Wen Xu discovered a use-after-free flaw in the...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2616-1)

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: Security Advisory (USN-2621-1)

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: Security Advisory (USN-2608-1)

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: Security Advisory (USN-2607-1)

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...

USN-2627-1: t1utils vulnerability

Jakub Wilk discovered that t1utils incorrectly handled certain malformed fonts. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted font, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges...