Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : AIDE vulnerability (USN-5243-2)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5243-2 advisory. USN-5243-1 fixed a vulnerability in aide. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Tenable has extracted the...

USN-5244-1: DBus vulnerability

Daniel Onaca discovered that DBus contained a use-after-free vulnerability, caused by the incorrect handling of usernames sharing the same UID. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause DBus to crash, resulting in a denial of service...

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-5021-2: curl vulnerability

USN-5021-1 fixed vulnerabilities in curl. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Harry Sintonen and Tomas Hoger discovered that curl incorrectly handled TELNET connections when the -t option was used on the command line. Uninitialized data...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : curl vulnerability (USN-5021-2)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5021-2 advisory. USN-5021-1 fixed vulnerabilities in curl. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Tenable has extracted the preceding...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : DBus vulnerability (USN-5244-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5244-1 advisory. Daniel Onaca discovered that DBus contained a use-after-free vulnerability, caused by the incorrect handling of usernames sharing the same UID. An attacker could...

USN-5236-1: pngcrush vulnerability

Brian Carpenter discovered that pngcrush incorrectly handled specially crafted file. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Byobu vulnerability (USN-5234-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5234-1 advisory. Sander Bos discovered that Byobu incorrectly handled certain Apport data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. Tenable has...

USN-5234-1: Byobu vulnerability

Sander Bos discovered that Byobu incorrectly handled certain Apport data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Ruby vulnerabilities (USN-5235-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5235-1 advisory. It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain HTML files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a 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...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Pillow vulnerabilities (USN-5227-2)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5227-2 advisory. USN-5227-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Pillow. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Tenable has...

USN-5224-2: Ghostscript vulnerabilities

USN-5224-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Ghostscript. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain PostScript files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Ghostscript vulnerabilities (USN-5224-2)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5224-2 advisory. USN-5224-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Ghostscript. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Tenable has extracted the...

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-5215-1: NLTK vulnerability

Srikantha Prathi discovered that NLTK incorrectly handled specially crafted input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service...

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...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Apache HTTP Server vulnerabilities (USN-5212-2)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5212-2 advisory. USN-5212-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Apache. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Tenable has...

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...