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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel (FIPS) vulnerabilities (USN-7990-2)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7990-2 advisory. Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities (USN-8098-8)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8098-8 advisory. Qualys discovered that several vulnerabilities existed in the AppArmor Linux kernel Security Module LSM. An unprivileged local attacker could use these...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel (FIPS) vulnerabilities (USN-7754-2)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7754-2 advisory. Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel (FIPS) vulnerabilities (USN-7516-8)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7516-8 advisory. Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in...

USN-8044-2: alsa-lib vulnerability

USN-8044-1 fixed a vulnerability in alsa-lib. This update provides the corresponding fix for alsa-lib on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that alsa-lib incorrectly handled the topology mixer control decoder. A local attacker could use a specially crafted topology fil...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-8389-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8389-1 advisory. It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly handle shared page fragments during socket buffer operations, collectively known as...

USN-8382-1 exim4 vulnerabilities

Timo Longin discovered that Exim incorrectly handled certain SMTP messages in PIPELINING/CHUNKING configurations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform SMTP smuggling. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. CVE-2023-51766 It was discovered that Exim incorrectly handled...

USN-8130-2: GStreamer Base Plugins vulnerability

USN-8130-1 fixed a vulnerability in GStreamer Base Plugins. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that GStreamer Base Plugins incorrectly handled certain AVI media files. A remote attacker could use th...

USN-8130-2 gst-plugins-base1.0 vulnerability

USN-8130-1 fixed a vulnerability in GStreamer Base Plugins. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that GStreamer Base Plugins incorrectly handled certain AVI media files. A remote attacker could use th...

USN-8055-2: Evolution Data Server vulnerability

USN-8055-1 fixed a vulnerability in Evolution Data Server. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Evolution Data Server incorrectly handled removing local cache files. An attacker could possibly us...

USN-8055-2 evolution-data-server vulnerability

USN-8055-1 fixed a vulnerability in Evolution Data Server. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Evolution Data Server incorrectly handled removing local cache files. An attacker could possibly us...

USN-8229-2: sed vulnerability

USN-8229-1 fixed a vulnerability in sed. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Original advisory details: Michał Majchrowicz and Marcin Wyczechowski discovered that sed incorrectly handled symbolic links when performing in-place edits. A local...

USN-8167-2: xdg-dbus-proxy vulnerability

USN-8167-1 fixed a vulnerability in xdg-dbus-proxy. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that xdg-dbus-proxy incorrectly handled eavesdropping in policy rules. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to intercept...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities (USN-8297-1)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8297-1 advisory. Stonejiajia, Shir Tamari and Sagi Tzadik discovered that the OverlayFS implementation in the Ubuntu Linux kernel did not properly perform permission chec...

ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2004-CVE-2024-10041 CVE-2024-10041 in rootio-pam - Patched by Root

Root has patched CVE-2024-10041 in the rootio-pam package for Root:Ubuntu:20.04. Multiple fixed versions available...

USN-8217-1 node-follow-redirects vulnerabilities

It was discovered that follow-redirects did not properly protect sensitive user information during redirects. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. CVE-2022-0155 It was discovered that...

USN-8199-1: OpenStack Glance vulnerabilities

Martin Kaesberger discovered that OpenStack Glance's image processing could return the contents of arbitrary files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to exfiltrate sensitive data. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. CVE-2024-32498 Hyeongeun Ji and Abhishek Keka...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-8188-1)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8188-1 advisory. Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in...

USN-8138-2 rust-tar vulnerability

USN-8138-1 fixed a vulnerability in tar-rs. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that tar-rs incorrectly handled symlinks when unpacking a tar archive. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a speciall...