USN-5814-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Kyle Zeng discovered that the sysctl implementation in the Linux kernel contained a stack-based buffer overflow. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-4378 Tamás Koczka discovered that the Bluetooth L2CAP handshake...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-5811-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 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-5811-1 sudo vulnerabilities

Matthieu Barjole and Victor Cutillas discovered that Sudo incorrectly handled user-specified editors when using the sudoedit command. A local attacker that has permission to use the sudoedit command could possibly use this issue to edit arbitrary files. CVE-2023-22809 It was discovered that the...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-5807-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 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...

CVE-2023-23597

A compromised web child process could disable web security opening restrictions, leading to a new child process being spawned within the file:// context. Given a reliable exploit primitive, this new process could be exploited again leading to arbitrary file read. This vulnerability affects Firefo...

Sudoedit Extra Arguments Priv Esc

This exploit takes advantage of a vulnerability in sudoedit, part of the sudo package. The sudoedit aka sudo -e feature mishandles extra arguments passed in the user-provided environment variables SUDOEDITOR, VISUAL, and EDITOR, allowing a local attacker to append arbitrary entries to the list of...

USN-5810-1: Git vulnerabilities

Markus Vervier and Eric Sesterhenn discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain gitattributes. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-23521 Joern Schneeweisz discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain commands. An attacker could...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : libXpm vulnerabilities (USN-5807-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5807-1 advisory. Martin Ettl discovered that libXpm incorrectly handled certain XPM files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening...

USN-5799-1: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerability

Kyle Zeng discovered that the sysctl implementation in the Linux kernel contained a stack-based buffer overflow. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or execute arbitrary code...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-5798-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 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 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerability (USN-5799-1)

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5799-1 advisory. Kyle Zeng discovered that the sysctl implementation in the Linux kernel contained a stack-based buffer overflow. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel kmsbd multiple vulnerabilities

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host is running a ksmbd server that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities: - An unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in the ksmbd component of the Linux kernel. CVE-2022-47939 - An authenticated remote code execution vulnerability in the...

USN-5798-1: .NET 6 vulnerability

Johan Gorter discovered that .NET 6 incorrectly processed certain invalid HTTP requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service condition for an exposed endpoint...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-5797-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 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 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : WebKitGTK vulnerabilities (USN-5797-1)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5797-1 advisory. Several security issues were discovered in the WebKitGTK Web and JavaScript engines. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website,...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5792-2)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5792-2 advisory. Mingwei Zhang discovered that the KVM implementation for AMD processors in the Linux kernel did not properly handle cache coherency with Secu...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-5788-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 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-5786-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 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 / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Libksba vulnerability (USN-5787-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5787-1 advisory. It was discovered that Libksba incorrectly handled parsing CRL signatures. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Libksba to cras...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-5785-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 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...