Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4904-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4904-1 advisory. Ben Harris discovered that the Linux kernel would strip extended privilege attributes of files when performing a failed unprivileged system call. A local...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4907-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4907-1 advisory. Wen Xu discovered that the xfs file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the number of extents in an inode. An...

USN-4907-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Wen Xu discovered that the xfs file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the number of extents in an inode. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious xfs image that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2018-13095 It was discover...

USN-4906-1: Nettle vulnerability

It was discovered that Nettle incorrectly handled signature verification. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Nettle to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly force invalid signatures...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-4561-2)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 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-4899-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 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 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : OpenEXR vulnerabilities (USN-4900-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4900-1 advisory. It was discovered that OpenEXR incorrectly handled certain malformed EXR image files. If a user were tricked into opening a craft...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Pygments vulnerability (USN-4897-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4897-1 advisory. Ben Caller discovered that Pygments incorrectly handled parsing certain files. If a user or automated system were tricked into parsing a...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Firefox vulnerabilities (USN-4893-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4893-1 advisory. Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website, an attacker...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4890-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4890-1 advisory. Piotr Krysiuk discovered that the BPF subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly compute a speculative execution limit on pointer...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4876-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4876-1 advisory. Olivier Benjamin and Pawel Wieczorkiewicz discovered a race condition the Xen paravirt block backend in the Linux kernel, leading to a use-after-free...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Pygments vulnerability (USN-4885-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4885-1 advisory. It was discovered that Pygments incorrectly handled parsing SML files. If a user or automated system were tricked into parsing a specially...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : OpenJPEG vulnerabilities (USN-4880-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4880-1 advisory. It was discovered that OpenJPEG incorrectly handled certain image data. An attacker could use this issue to cause OpenJPEG to crash, leading to a denial ...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Ruby vulnerabilities (USN-4882-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4882-1 advisory. It was discovered that the Ruby JSON gem incorrectly handled certain JSON files. If a user or automated system were tricked into...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Jackson vulnerabilities (USN-4741-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4741-1 advisory. It was discovered that Jackson Databind incorrectly handled deserialization. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. Tenable...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Pillow vulnerabilities (USN-4763-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4763-1 advisory. It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain Tiff image files. If a user or automated system were tricked into openi...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Firefox vulnerabilities (USN-4756-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4756-1 advisory. Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website, an attacker...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Python regression (USN-4754-2)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4754-2 advisory. USN-4754-1 fixed a vulnerability in Python. The fix for CVE-2021-3177 introduced a regression in Python 2.7. This update reverts the security fix...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Bind vulnerability (USN-4737-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4737-1 advisory. It was discovered that Bind incorrectly handled GSSAPI security policy negotiation. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Bind t...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : OpenSSL vulnerabilities (USN-4738-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4738-1 advisory. Paul Kehrer discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled certain input lengths in EVP functions. A remote attacker could possibly...