Apport (Ubuntu 14.0414.1015.04) - Race Condition Privilege Escalation

Apport Ubuntu 14.0414.1015.04 - Race Condition Privilege Escalation / Exploit Title: apport/ubuntu local root race condition Date: 2015-05-11 Exploit Author: rebel Version: ubuntu 14.04, 14.10, 15.04 Tested on: ubuntu 14.04, 14.10, 15.04 CVE : CVE-2015-1325 ==============================...

USN-2618-1: python-dbusmock vulnerability

It was discovered that python-dbusmock incorrectly handled template loading from shared directories. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code...

Ubuntu 14.10 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2616-1)

Alexandre Oliva reported a race condition flaw in the btrfs file system's handling of extended attributes xattrs. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to bypass ACLs and potentially escalate privileges. CVE-2014-9710 A memory corruption issue was discovered in AES decryption when using the...

USN-2616-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Alexandre Oliva reported a race condition flaw in the btrfs file system's handling of extended attributes xattrs. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to bypass ACLs and potentially escalate privileges. CVE-2014-9710 A memory corruption issue was discovered in AES decryption when using the...

[USN-2608-1] QEMU vulnerabilities

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2608-1 May 13, 2015 qemu, qemu-kvm vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives...

USN-2608-1: QEMU vulnerabilities

Jason Geffner discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the virtual floppy driver. This issue is known as VENOM. A malicious guest could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host as the user running the QEMU process. In the default installation, wh...

[USN-2548-1] Batik vulnerability

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2548-1 March 25, 2015 batik vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubunt...

USN-2600-2: Linux kernel regression

USN-2600-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel, however an unrelated regression in the auditing of some path names was introduced. Due to the regression the system could crash under certain conditions. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2582-1)

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 vulnerability (USN-2600-1)

A race condition between chown and execve was discovered in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could exploit this race by using chown on a setuid-user-binary to gain administrative privileges. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubunt...

[USN-2591-1] curl vulnerabilities

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2591-1 April 30, 2015 curl vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubun...

[USN-2590-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2590-1 April 30, 2015 linux vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: -...

[USN-2579-1] autofs vulnerability

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2579-1 April 27, 2015 autofs vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubun...

Ubuntu 14.10 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2590-1)

Jan Beulich discovered the Xen virtual machine subsystem of the Linux kernel did not properly restrict access to PCI command registers. A local guest user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service host crash. CVE-2015-2150 A stack overflow was discovered in the the microcode loader for...

USN-2590-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Jan Beulich discovered the Xen virtual machine subsystem of the Linux kernel did not properly restrict access to PCI command registers. A local guest user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service host crash. CVE-2015-2150 A stack overflow was discovered in the the microcode loader for...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2579-1)

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 : autofs vulnerability (USN-2579-1)

It was discovered that autofs incorrectly filtered environment variables when using program maps. When program maps were configured, a local user could use this issue to escalate privileges. This update changes the default behaviour by adding a prefix to environment variables. Sites using program...

USN-2578-1: LibreOffice vulnerabilities

Alexander Cherepanov discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled certain RTF files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted RTF document, a remote attacker could cause LibreOffice to crash, and possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2014-9093 It was discovered that LibreOffice...

USN-2572-1: PHP vulnerabilities

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled cleanup when used with Apache 2.4. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2015-3330 It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled opening tar, zip or ph...

USN-2569-2: Apport vulnerability

USN-2569-1 fixed a vulnerability in Apport. Tavis Ormandy discovered that the fixed packages were still vulnerable to a privilege escalation attack. This update completely disables crash report handling for containers until a more complete solution is available. Original advisory details: Stéphan...