USN-4171-1: Apport vulnerabilities

Kevin Backhouse discovered Apport would read its user-controlled settings file as the root user. This could be used by a local attacker to possibly crash Apport or have other unspecified consequences. CVE-2019-11481 Sander Bos discovered a race-condition in Apport during core dump creation. This...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Samba vulnerabilities (USN-4167-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4167-1 advisory. Michael Hanselmann discovered that the Samba client code incorrectly handled path separators. If a user were tricked into connecting to a...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : libarchive vulnerability (USN-4169-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4169-1 advisory. It was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled certain archive files. An attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code. Tenable has extracted...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-4167-1)

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...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Apport vulnerabilities (USN-4171-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4171-1 advisory. Kevin Backhouse discovered Apport would read its user-controlled settings file as the root user. This could be used by a local attacker to...

USN-4169-1: libarchive vulnerability

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

USN-4163-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the ARC EMAC ethernet driver for the Linux kernel, resulting in a use-after-free vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2016-10906 It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Serial...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4163-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4163-1 advisory. It was discovered that a race condition existed in the ARC EMAC ethernet driver for the Linux kernel, resulting in a use-after-free vulnerability. An...

USN-4158-1: LibTIFF vulnerabilities

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain malformed images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges...

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...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : OpenEXR vulnerabilities (USN-4148-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4148-1 advisory. It was discovered that OpenEXR incorrectly handled certain malformed EXR image files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted EXR image...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : ClamAV vulnerabilities (USN-4146-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4146-1 advisory. It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled unpacking ZIP files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-4142-1)

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...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : SDL 2.0 vulnerabilities (USN-4143-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4143-1 advisory. It was discovered that SDL 2.0 mishandled crafted image files resulting in an integer overflow. If a user were tricked into opening a malicio...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4145-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4145-1 advisory. It was discovered that a race condition existed in the GFS2 file system in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial o...

USN-4142-1: e2fsprogs vulnerability

It was discovered that e2fsprogs incorrectly handled certain ext4 partitions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code...

USN-4115-2: Linux kernel regression | Cloud Foundry

Severity Medium Vendor Canonical Ubuntu Versions Affected Canonical Ubuntu 16.04 Description USN 4115-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux 4.15 kernel for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Unfortunately, as part of the update, a regression was introduced that caused a kernel crash when...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Firefox vulnerability (USN-4140-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4140-1 advisory. It was discovered that no user notification was given when pointer lock is enabled. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, ...

USN-4140-1: Firefox vulnerability

It was discovered that no user notification was given when pointer lock is enabled. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to hijack the mouse pointer and confuse users...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : LibreOffice vulnerability (USN-4138-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4138-1 advisory. It was discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled embedded scripts in document files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted...