Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4094-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4094-1 advisory. It was discovered that the alarmtimer implementation in the Linux kernel contained an integer overflow vulnerability. A local attacker could...

USN-4094-1 linux, linux-hwe, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-gke-4.15, linux-kvm, linux-oem, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the alarmtimer implementation in the Linux kernel contained an integer overflow vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. CVE-2018-13053 Wen Xu discovered that the XFS filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly track...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3932-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3932-1 advisory. It was discovered that a race condition existed in the f2fs file system implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a...

USN-3785-1 imagemagick vulnerabilities

Due to a large number of issues discovered in GhostScript that prevent it from being used by ImageMagick safely, this update includes a default policy change that disables support for the Postscript and PDF formats in ImageMagick. This policy can be overridden if necessary by using an alternate...

USN-3752-3 linux-azure, linux-oem, linux-gcp vulnerabilities

It was discovered that, when attempting to handle an out-of-memory situation, a null pointer dereference could be triggered in the Linux kernel in some circumstances. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2018-1000200 Wen Xu discovered that the XFS...

CVE-2017-1000122

The UNIX IPC layer in WebKit, including WebKitGTK+ prior to 2.16.3, does not properly validate certain message metadata, allowing a compromised secondary process to cause a denial of service release assertion of the UI process. This vulnerability does not affect Apple products...

CVE-2014-4461

The kernel in Apple iOS before 8.1.1 and Apple TV before 7.0.2 does not properly validate IOSharedDataQueue object metadata, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted application...

CVE-2014-4418

IOKit in Apple iOS before 8 and Apple TV before 7 does not properly validate IODataQueue object metadata, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via an application that provides crafted values in unspecified metadata fields, a different vulnerability than...