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USN-3380-1 freerdp vulnerabilities
It was discovered that FreeRDP incorrectly handled certain width and height values. A malicious server could use this issue to cause FreeRDP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. CVE-2014-0250 It was discovered...
USN-3378-2 linux-lts-xenial vulnerabilities
USN-3378-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Fan Wu and Shixiong Zhao discovered a race condition between inotify events and vfs...
USN-3377-2 linux-hwe vulnerabilities
USN-3377-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 17.04. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 17.04 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Fan Wu and Shixiong Zhao discovered a race condition between inotify events and vfs rename...
USN-3344-1 linux, linux-aws, linux-gke, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities
USN 3328-1 fixed a vulnerability in the Linux kernel. However, that fix introduced regressions for some Java applications. This update addresses the issue. We apologize for the inconvenience. Roee Hay discovered that the parallel port printer driver in the Linux kernel did not properly bounds che...
USN-3281-1 fop vulnerability
Pierre Ernst discovered that Apache Fop incorrectly handled XML external entities. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive files from the filesystem, or cause a denial of service...
USN-3271-1 libxslt vulnerabilities
Holger Fuhrmannek discovered an integer overflow in the xsltAddTextString function in Libxslt. An attacker could use this to craft a malicious document that, when opened, could cause a denial of service application crash or possible execute arbitrary code. CVE-2017-5029 Nicolas Gregoire discovere...
USN-3260-1 firefox vulnerabilities
Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to read uninitialized memory, obtain sensitive information, spoof the addressbar contents or other UI elements, escape the sandbox to...
USN-3246-1 eject vulnerability
Ilja Van Sprundel discovered that dmcrypt-get-device incorrectly checked setuid and setgid return values. A local attacker could use this issue to execute code as an administrator...
USN-3228-1 libevent vulnerabilities
Guido Vranken discovered that libevent incorrectly handled memory when processing certain data. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue with an application that uses libevent to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...
USN-3185-1 libxpm vulnerability
It was discovered that libXpm incorrectly handled certain XPM files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted XPM file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause libXpm to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...
USN-3175-1 firefox vulnerabilities
Multiple memory safety issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. CVE-2017-5373, CVE-2017-5374 JIT code allocation c...
USN-3169-1 linux vulnerabilities
Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize the Code Segment CS in certain error cases. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information kernel memory. CVE-2016-9756 Andrey Konovalov discovered that signed integer overflows...
USN-3130-1 openjdk-7 vulnerabilities
It was discovered that OpenJDK did not restrict the set of algorithms used for Jar integrity verification. An attacker could use this to modify without detection the content of a JAR file, affecting system integrity. CVE-2016-5542 It was discovered that the JMX component of OpenJDK did not...
USN-3016-1 linux vulnerabilities
Jesse Hertz and Tim Newsham discovered that the Linux netfilter implementation did not correctly perform validation when handling 32 bit compatibility IPTSOSETREPLACE events on 64 bit platforms. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or execute...
USN-2970-1 linux-lts-vivid vulnerabilities
Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the Aiptek Tablet USB device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the endpoints reported by the device. An attacker with physical access could cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2015-7515 Ben Hawkes discovered that the Linux kernel's AIO...
USN-2965-1 linux vulnerabilities
Jann Horn discovered that the extended Berkeley Packet Filter eBPF implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly reference count file descriptors, leading to a use-after-free. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to gain administrative privileges. CVE-2016-4557 Ralf Spenneberg...
USN-2917-3 firefox regressions
USN-2917-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update caused several web compatibility regressions. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Francis Gabriel discovered a buffer overflow during ASN.1 decoding in NSS. If a user were tricked in...
USN-2917-1 firefox vulnerabilities
Francis Gabriel discovered a buffer overflow during ASN.1 decoding in NSS. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user...
USN-2913-4 gnutls26 update
USN-2913-1 removed 1024-bit RSA CA certificates from the ca-certificates package. This update adds support for alternate certificate chains to the GnuTLS package to properly handle the removal. Original advisory details: The ca-certificates package contained outdated CA certificates. This update...
USN-2912-1 libssh vulnerabilities
Mariusz Ziulek discovered that libssh incorrectly handled certain packets. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libssh to crash, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2015-3146 Aris Adamantiadis discovered that libssh incorrectly generated ephemeral secret keys of 128 bits...
USN-2910-1 linux-lts-vivid vulnerabilities
halfdog discovered that OverlayFS, when mounting on top of a FUSE mount, incorrectly propagated file attributes, including setuid. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to gain privileges. CVE-2016-1576 halfdog discovered that OverlayFS in the Linux kernel incorrectly propagated security...
USN-2903-1 nss vulnerability
Hanno Böck discovered that NSS incorrectly handled certain division functions, possibly leading to cryptographic weaknesses. CVE-2016-1938 This update also refreshes the NSS package to version 3.21 which includes the latest CA certificate bundle, and removes the SPI CA...
USN-2884-1 openjdk-7 vulnerabilities
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to information disclosure, data integrity, and availability. An attacker could exploit these to cause a denial of service, expose sensitive data over the network, or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2016-0483, CVE-2016-0494 A...
USN-2849-1 linux-lts-utopic vulnerabilities
Felix Wilhelm discovered a race condition in the Xen paravirtualized drivers which can cause double fetch vulnerabilities. An attacker in the paravirtualized guest could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service crash the host or potentially execute arbitrary code on the host. CVE-2015-8550...
USN-2788-2 unzip regression
USN-2788-1 fixed vulnerabilities in unzip. One of the security patches caused a regression when extracting 0-byte files. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Gustavo Grieco discovered that unzip incorrectly handled certain password protecte...
USN-2681-1 linux vulnerabilities
A flaw was discovered in the user space memory copying for the pipe iovecs in the Linux kernel. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or potentially escalate their privileges. CVE-2015-1805 A flaw was discovered in the kvm kernel virtual...
USN-2643-1 linux vulnerability
Philip Pettersson discovered a privilege escalation when using overlayfs mounts inside of user namespaces. A local user could exploit this flaw to gain administrative privileges on the system...
USN-2626-1 qt4-x11, qtbase-opensource-src vulnerabilities
Wolfgang Schenk discovered that Qt incorrectly handled certain malformed GIF images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted GIF image, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause Qt to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only applied to...
USN-2624-1 openssl update
As a security improvement, this update removes the export cipher suites from the default cipher list to prevent their use in possible downgrade attacks...
USN-2592-1 libxml-libxml-perl vulnerability
Tilmann Haak discovered that XML::LibXML incorrectly handled the expandentities parameter in certain situations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information...
USN-2588-1 linux vulnerabilities
A stack overflow was discovered in the the microcode loader for the intel x86 platform. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service kernel crash or to potentially execute code with kernel privileges. CVE-2015-2666 It was discovered that the Linux kernel's IPv6 networking...
USN-2545-1 linux-lts-utopic vulnerabilities
A flaw was discovered in the automatic loading of modules in the crypto subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local user could exploit this flaw to load installed kernel modules, increasing the attack surface and potentially using this to gain administrative privileges. CVE-2013-7421 A flaw was...
USN-2476-1 oxide-qt vulnerabilities
Several memory corruption bugs were discovered in ICU. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via renderer crash or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the sandboxed render process...
USN-2447-2 linux-lts-utopic regression
USN-2447-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. Due to an unrelated regression TCP Throughput drops to zero for several drivers after upgrading. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: An information leak in the Linux kernel was discover...
USN-2439-1 qemu, qemu-kvm vulnerabilities
Michael S. Tsirkin discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled certain parameters during ram load while performing a migration. An attacker able to manipulate savevm data could use this issue to possibly execute arbitrary code on the host. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS,...
USN-2408-1 neutron vulnerability
Elena Ezhova discovered that OpenStack Neutron did not properly perform access control checks for attributes. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this to bypass intended access controls and reset admin-only attributes to default values...
USN-2319-3 openjdk-7 update
USN-2319-1 fixed vulnerabilities in OpenJDK 7. This update provides stability fixes for the arm64 and ppc64el architectures. Original advisory details: Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to information disclosure, data integrity and availability. An attacker could...
USN-2342-1 qemu, qemu-kvm vulnerabilities
Michael S. Tsirkin, Anthony Liguori, and Michael Roth discovered multiple issues with QEMU state loading after migration. An attacker able to modify the state data could use these issues to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2013-4148, CVE-2013-4149, CVE-2013-4150,...
USN-2326-1 oxide-qt vulnerabilities
A use-after-free was discovered in the SVG implementation in Blink. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via renderer crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the sandboxed render...
USN-2296-1 thunderbird vulnerabilities
Christian Holler, David Keeler and Byron Campen discovered multiple memory safety issues in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted message with scripting enabled, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or...
USN-2247-1 nova vulnerabilities
Darragh O'Reilly discovered that the Ubuntu packaging for OpenStack Nova did not properly set up its sudo configuration. If a different flaw was found in OpenStack Nova, this vulnerability could be used to escalate privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 13.10 and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS...
USN-2242-1 dpkg vulnerabilities
It was discovered that dpkg incorrectly handled certain patches when unpacking source packages. If a user or an automated system were tricked into unpacking a specially crafted source package, a remote attacker could modify files outside the target unpack directory, leading to a denial of service...
USN-2232-1 openssl vulnerabilities
Jüri Aedla discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled invalid DTLS fragments. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause OpenSSL to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 13.10, and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS...
USN-8887-2 linux-aws-7.0 vulnerabilities
It was discovered that some AMD processors did not properly perform Reverse Map Table RMP checks when the IOMMU accessed certain host buffers. A local attacker with hypervisor access could possibly use this to trigger an out-of-bounds condition and compromise the integrity of SEV-SNP guest memory...
USN-8887-1 linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-gke, linux-ibm, linux-oracle, linux-realtime vulnerabilities
It was discovered that some AMD processors did not properly perform Reverse Map Table RMP checks when the IOMMU accessed certain host buffers. A local attacker with hypervisor access could possibly use this to trigger an out-of-bounds condition and compromise the integrity of SEV-SNP guest memory...
USN-8875-1 linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.15, linux-aws-fips, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.15, linux-azure-fde-5.15, linux-azure-fips, linux-fips, linux-gke, linux-gkeop, linux-hwe-5.15, linux-ibm, linux-ibm-5.15, linux-intel-iot-realtime, linux-intel-iotg, linux-intel-iotg-5.15, linux-kvm, linux-lowlatency, linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15, linux-oracle, linux-realtime, linux-xilinx-zynqmp vulnerabilities
It was discovered that the i.MX clock driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle certain memory allocation failure conditions, leading to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2022-3114 Several...
USN-8878-1 linux-gcp-5.15 vulnerabilities
It was discovered that the i.MX clock driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle certain memory allocation failure conditions, leading to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2022-3114 It was...
USN-8870-1 aodh, watcher vulnerability
Chen YuXiang discovered that OpenStack Aodh did not correctly enforce project scoping in its alarm list API and that the OpenStack Watcher webhook trigger endpoint did not apply authorization. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive alarm metadata or trigger unauthorized...
USN-8850-1 linux-bluefield vulnerabilities
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems: - Network file system NFS server daemon; - OCFS2 file system; - IPv6 networking; - Netfilter; - SCTP protocol;...
USN-8849-1 linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 vulnerabilities
It was discovered that some Arm processors could complete a broadcast translation lookaside buffer TLB invalidation before memory writes made through the invalidated translation were globally observed. A local attacker could possibly use this to write to memory after permission to do so had been...