Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : GPT fdisk vulnerabilities (USN-5262-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5262-1 advisory. The potential for an out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check was discovered to impact the sgdisk utility of GPT fdisk. Exploitation requires th...

USN-5261-1: Phusion Passenger vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Phusion Passenger incorrectly handled a file path in the application root folder. An attacker could possibly use this issue to read arbitrary files. CVE-2017-16355 It was discovered that Phusion Passenger had a race condition in the nginx module that could be used to perfor...

USN-5260-2: Samba vulnerability

Orange Tsai discovered that the Samba vfsfruit module incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Samba to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code as root. CVE-2021-44142...

USN-5257-1: ldns vulnerabilities

It was discovered that ldns incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. CVE-2020-19860, CVE-2020-19861...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS : ldns vulnerabilities (USN-5257-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5257-1 advisory. It was discovered that ldns incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : GNU cpio vulnerability (USN-5064-2)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5064-2 advisory. USN-5064-1 fixed vulnerabilities in GNU cpio. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Tenable has extracted the preceding description...

USN-5064-2: GNU cpio vulnerability

USN-5064-1 fixed vulnerabilities in GNU cpio. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Maverick Chung and Qiaoyi Fang discovered that cpio incorrectly handled certain pattern files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause cpio to cras...

USN-5254-1 shadow vulnerabilities

It was discovered that shadow incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or expose sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. CVE-2017-12424 It was discovered that shadow incorrectly handled certain...

USN-5247-1: Vim vulnerabilities

It was discovered that vim incorrectly handled parsing of filenames in its search functionality. If a user was tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 21.10. CVE-2021-3973 It was...

USN-5252-2: PolicyKit vulnerability

USN-5252-1 fixed a vulnerability in policykit-1. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that the PolicyKit pkexec tool incorrectly handled command-line arguments. A local attacker could use this issue t...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : strongSwan vulnerability (USN-5250-2)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5250-2 advisory. USN-5250-1 fixed a vulnerability in strongSwan. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Tenable has extracted the...

USN-5250-2: strongSwan vulnerability

USN-5250-1 fixed a vulnerability in strongSwan. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Zhuowei Zhang discovered that stringSwan incorrectly handled EAP authentication. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause...

USN-5249-1: USBView vulnerability

It was discovered that USBView allowed unprivileged users to run usbview as root. A local attacker could use this vulnerability to gain administrative privileges or cause a denial of service...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : AIDE vulnerability (USN-5243-2)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5243-2 advisory. USN-5243-1 fixed a vulnerability in aide. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Tenable has extracted the...

USN-5021-2: curl vulnerability

USN-5021-1 fixed vulnerabilities in curl. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Harry Sintonen and Tomas Hoger discovered that curl incorrectly handled TELNET connections when the -t option was used on the command line. Uninitialized data...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : DBus vulnerability (USN-5244-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5244-1 advisory. Daniel Onaca discovered that DBus contained a use-after-free vulnerability, caused by the incorrect handling of usernames sharing the same UID. An attacker could...

USN-5241-1: QtSvg vulnerabilities

It was discovered that QtSvg incorrectly handled certain malformed SVG images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted image file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause QtSvg to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary co...

USN-5236-1: pngcrush vulnerability

Brian Carpenter discovered that pngcrush incorrectly handled specially crafted file. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service...

USN-5233-2: ClamAV vulnerability

USN-5233-1 fixed a vulnerability in ClamAV. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled memory when the CLSCANGENERALCOLLECTMETADATA scan option was enabled. A remote attacker...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : ClamAV vulnerability (USN-5233-2)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5233-2 advisory. USN-5233-1 fixed a vulnerability in ClamAV. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Tenable has extracted the...