USN-6309-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Zheng Zhang discovered that the device-mapper implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle locking during tableclear operations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service kernel deadlock. CVE-2023-2269 It was discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed ...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6309-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6309-1 advisory. Zheng Zhang discovered that the device-mapper implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle locking during tableclear operations. A local...

Ubuntu 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 : JOSE for C/C++ vulnerability (USN-6307-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6307-1 advisory. It was discovered that JOSE for C/C++ AES GCM decryption routine incorrectly uses the Tag length from the actual Authentication Ta...

Ubuntu 22.04 ESM / 23.04 : Fast DDS vulnerabilities (USN-6306-1)

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 ESM / 23.04 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6306-1 advisory. It was discovered that Fast DDS incorrectly handled certain inputs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service...

USN-6303-2: ClamAV vulnerability

USN-6303-1 fixed a vulnerability in ClamAV. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing HFS+ files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue ...

Ubuntu 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Vim vulnerabilities (USN-6302-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6302-1 advisory. It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory when opening certain files. If an attacker could trick a user into opening ...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-6299-1)

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 ESM / 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6301-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6301-1 advisory. It was discovered that the netlink implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate policies when parsing attributes in some...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS : ZZIPlib vulnerabilities (USN-6298-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6298-1 advisory. Liu Zhu discovered that ZZIPlib incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a...

USN-6291-1: GStreamer vulnerability

Hanno Bock discovered that GStreamer incorrecly handled certain datetime strings. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or expose sensitive information...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : GStreamer vulnerability (USN-6291-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6291-1 advisory. Hanno Bock discovered that GStreamer incorrecly handled certain datetime strings. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or expose...

USN-4897-2: Pygments vulnerabilities

USN-4897-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Pygments. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Original advisory details: Ben Caller discovered that Pygments incorrectly handled parsing certain files. If a user or automated system were tricked into parsing a specially...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS : Go yaml vulnerabilities (USN-6287-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6287-1 advisory. Simon Ferquel discovered that the Go yaml package incorrectly handled certain YAML documents. If a user or an automated system we...

USN-6284-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the netlink implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate policies when parsing attributes in some situations. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service infinite recursion. CVE-2020-36691 Billy Jheng Bing Jhong discovered that the CIFS network...

USN-6280-1: PyPDF2 vulnerability

It was discovered that PyPDF2 incorrectly handled PDF files with certain markers. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to consume system resources, resulting in a denial of service...

USN-4336-3: GNU binutils vulnerabilities

USN-4336-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in GNU. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that GNU binutils contained a large number of security issues. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a...

USN-6279-1: OpenSSH update

It was discovered that OpenSSH has an observable discrepancy leading to an information leak in the algorithm negotiation. This update mitigates the issue by tweaking the client hostkey preference ordering algorithm to prefer the default ordering if the user has a key that matches the...

Ubuntu 18.04 ESM : Graphite-Web regression (USN-6243-2)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 ESM host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6243-2 advisory. USN-6243-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Graphite-Web. It was discovered that the applied fix was incomplete. This update fixes the problem. Tenable has extracted the...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS : OpenSSH update (USN-6279-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6279-1 advisory. It was discovered that OpenSSH has an observable discrepancy leading to an information leak in the algorithm negotiation. This update...

CVE-2023-38704

import-in-the-middle is a module loading interceptor specifically for ESM modules. The import-in-the-middle loader works by generating a wrapper module on the fly. The wrapper uses the module specifier to load the original module and add some wrapping code. Prior to version 1.4.2, it allows for...