USN-5147-1: Vim vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled permissions on the .swp file. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. CVE-2017-17087 It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled restricted mode. A local attacker...

USN-5138-1: python-py vulnerability

The py.path.svnwc component of py aka python-py through v1.9.0 contains a regular expression with an ambiguous subpattern that is susceptible to catastrophic backtracing. This could be used by attackers to cause a compute-time denial of service attack by supplying malicious input to the blame...

USN-5136-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the f2fs file system in the Linux kernel did not properly validate metadata in some situations. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious f2fs image that, when mounted and operated on, could cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-5130-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Jann Horn discovered a race condition in the tty subsystem of the Linux kernel in the locking for the TIOCSPGRP ioctl, leading to a use-after- free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2020-29661 Jann Horn...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5136-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5136-1 advisory. It was discovered that the f2fs file system in the Linux kernel did not properly validate metadata in some situations. An attacker could use...

USN-5133-1: ICU vulnerability

It was discovered that ICU contains a use after free issue. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service with crafted input...

USN-5126-2: Bind vulnerability

USN-5126-1 fixed a vulnerability in Bind. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Kishore Kumar Kothapalli discovered that Bind incorrectly handled the lame cache when processing responses. A remote attacker could possibl...

USN-5122-2: Apport vulnerability

USN-5122-1 fixed a vulnerability in Apport. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Apport could be tricked into writing core files as root into arbitrary directories in certain scenarios. A local...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : MySQL vulnerabilities (USN-5123-2)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5123-2 advisory. USN-5123-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in MySQL. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Tenable has extracted the precedin...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Apport vulnerability (USN-5122-2)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5122-2 advisory. USN-5122-1 fixed a vulnerability in Apport. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Tenable has extracted the...

USN-5123-2: MySQL vulnerabilities

USN-5123-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in MySQL. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update includes new upstream MySQL versions to fix these issues. MySQL has been updated to...

USN-5121-1: Mailman vulnerabilities

Andre Protas, Richard Cloke, and Andy Nuttall discovered that Mailman did not properly associate cross-site request forgery CSRF tokens to specific accounts. A remote attacker could use this to perform a CSRF attack to gain access to another account. CVE-2021-42097 Andre Protas, Richard Cloke, an...

USN-5119-1: libcaca vulnerabilities

It was discovered that libcaca incorrectly handled certain images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash. CVE-2021-30498, CVE-2021-30499...

USN-5116-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Atheros Ath9k WiFi driver in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information WiFi network traffic. CVE-2020-3702 Alois Wohlschlager discovered that the overlay file system in the Linux kernel did not...

USN-5111-2: strongSwan vulnerability

USN-5111-1 fixed a vulnerability in strongSwan. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that strongSwan incorrectly handled replacing certificates in the cache. A remote attacker could use this issue to...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : nginx vulnerability (USN-5109-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5109-1 advisory. It was discovered that nginx incorrectly handled files with certain modification dates. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of servi...

USN-5022-3: MySQL vulnerabilities

USN-5022-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in MySQL. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update includes new upstream MySQL versions to fix these issues. MySQL has been updated to...

USN-5104-1: Squid vulnerability

Lyu discovered that Squid incorrectly handled WCCP protocol data. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive information...

USN-5103-1: docker.io vulnerability

Lei Wang and Ruizhi Xiao discovered that the Moby Docker engine in Docker incorrectly allowed the docker cp command to make permissions changes in the host filesystem in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use to this to expose sensitive information or gain administrative privileges...

USN-5102-1: Mercurial vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Mercurial mishandled symlinks in subrepositories. An attacker could use this issue to write arbitrary files to the target’s filesystem. CVE-2019-3902 It was discovered that Mercurial incorrectly handled certain manifest files. An attacker could use this issue to cause a...