Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1892-1)

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Ubuntu Update for ubuntu-release-upgrader USN-1892-1

Check for the Version of ubuntu-release-upgrader OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN18921.nasl 8466 2018-01-19 06:58:30Z teissa $ Ubuntu Update for ubuntu-release-upgrader USN-1892-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH,...

Ubuntu 12.10 : ubuntu-release-upgrader vulnerability (USN-1892-1)

It was discovered that ubuntu-release-upgrader would fail when a user requested an upgrade to Ubuntu 13.04. This would prevent a user from migrating easily to Ubuntu 13.04 before the Ubuntu 12.10 support period ended. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description bloc...

Ubuntu Update for update-manager USN-1284-2

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1284-2 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN12842.nasl 7960 2017-12-01 06:58:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for update-manager USN-1284-2 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.n...

[USN-76-1] Emacs vulnerability

=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-76-1 February 07, 2005 emacs21 vulnerability CAN-2005-0100 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 4.10 Warty Warthog The...

USN-76-1: Emacs vulnerability

Max Vozeler discovered a format string vulnerability in the "movemail" utility of Emacs. By sending specially crafted packets, a malicious POP3 server could cause a buffer overflow, which could have been exploited to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user and the "mail" group sinc...

[Full-Disclosure] [USN-74-1] Postfix vulnerability

=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-74-1 February 04, 2005 postfix vulnerability http://bugs.debian.org/267837 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 4.10 Warty...

USN-73-1: Python vulnerability

The Python developers discovered a flaw in the SimpleXMLRPCServer module. Python XML-RPC servers that used the registerinstance method to register an object, but do not have a dispatch method, allowed remote users to access or change function internals using the im and func attributes...

USN-63-1: MySQL client vulnerability

Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña noticed that the "mysqlaccess" program created temporary files in an insecure manner. This could allow a symbolic link attack to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user invoking the program...

USN-49-1: debmake vulnerability

Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña noticed that the debstd script from debmake, a deprecated helper package for Debian packaging, created temporary directories in an insecure manner. This could allow a symlink attack to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user invoking the...

USN-39-1: Linux amd64 kernel vulnerability

USN-30-1 fixed several flaws in the Linux ELF binary loader's handling of setuid binaries. Unfortunately it was found that these patches were not sufficient to prevent all possible attacks on 64-bit platforms, so previous amd64 kernel images were still vulnerable to root privilege escalation if...

USN-18-1: zip vulnerability

HexView discovered a buffer overflow in the zip package. The overflow is triggered by creating a ZIP archive of files with very long path names. This vulnerability might result in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user who calls zip. This flaw may lead to privilege escalation...