Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3747-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 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 18.04 LTS : base-files vulnerability (USN-3748-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3748-1 advisory. Sander Bos discovered that the MOTD update script incorrectly handled temporary files. A local attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or...

CVE-2018-6557

The MOTD update script in the base-files package in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS before 10.1ubuntu2.2, and Ubuntu 18.10 before 10.1ubuntu6 incorrectly handled temporary files. A local attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly escalate privileges if kernel symlink restrictions we...

Code injection

The MOTD update script in the base-files package in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS before 10.1ubuntu2.2, and Ubuntu 18.10 before 10.1ubuntu6 incorrectly handled temporary files. A local attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly escalate privileges if kernel symlink restrictions we...

CVE-2018-6557

The MOTD update script in the base-files package in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS before 10.1ubuntu2.2, and Ubuntu 18.10 before 10.1ubuntu6 incorrectly handled temporary files. A local attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly escalate privileges if kernel symlink restrictions we...

CVE-2018-6557 Insecure temporary file use in base-files

The MOTD update script in the base-files package in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS before 10.1ubuntu2.2, and Ubuntu 18.10 before 10.1ubuntu6 incorrectly handled temporary files. A local attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly escalate privileges if kernel symlink restrictions we...

USN-3747-1: OpenJDK 10 vulnerabilities

It was discovered that OpenJDK did not properly validate types in some situations. An attacker could use this to construct a Java class that could possibly bypass sandbox restrictions. CVE-2018-2825, CVE-2018-2826 It was discovered that the PatternSyntaxException class in OpenJDK did not properly...

UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6557

The MOTD update script in the base-files package in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS before 10.1ubuntu2.2, and Ubuntu 18.10 before 10.1ubuntu6 incorrectly handled temporary files. A local attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly escalate privileges if kernel symlink restrictions we...

PT-2018-17632 · Canonical · Ubuntu +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: base-files package in Ubuntu versions 18.04 before 10.1ubuntu2.2 base-files package in Ubuntu versions 18.10 before 10.1ubuntu6 Description: The MOTD update script in the base-files package incorrectly handled temporary files. A local attacke...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : OpenJDK 10 vulnerabilities (USN-3747-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3747-1 advisory. It was discovered that OpenJDK did not properly validate types in some situations. An attacker could use this to construct a Java class that could possib...

CVE-2018-6557

The MOTD update script in the base-files package in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS before 10.1ubuntu2.2, and Ubuntu 18.10 before 10.1ubuntu6 incorrectly handled temporary files. A local attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly escalate privileges if kernel symlink restrictions we...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : APT vulnerability (USN-3746-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3746-1 advisory. It was discovered that APT incorrectly handled the mirror method mirror://. If a remote attacker were able to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack, this flaw...

USN-3745-1: wpa_supplicant and hostapd vulnerability

It was discovered that wpasupplicant and hostapd incorrectly handled certain messages. An attacker could possibly use this to access sensitive information...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : WebKitGTK+ vulnerabilities (USN-3743-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3743-1 advisory. A large number of security issues were discovered in the WebKitGTK+ Web and JavaScript engines. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicio...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : PostgreSQL vulnerabilities (USN-3744-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3744-1 advisory. Andrew Krasichkov discovered that the PostgreSQL client library incorrectly reset its internal state between connections. A remot...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3743-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 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-3744-1: PostgreSQL vulnerabilities

Andrew Krasichkov discovered that the PostgreSQL client library incorrectly reset its internal state between connections. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass certain client-side connection security features. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3740-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 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 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3740-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3740-1 advisory. It was discovered that memory present in the L1 data cache of an Intel CPU core may be exposed to a malicious process that is executing on the CPU core...

USN-3740-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that memory present in the L1 data cache of an Intel CPU core may be exposed to a malicious process that is executing on the CPU core. This vulnerability is also known as L1 Terminal Fault L1TF. A local attacker in a guest virtual machine could use this to expose sensitive...