USN-4171-6 apport regression

USN-4171-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Apport. The update caused a regression when handling configuration files. This update fixes the problem, and also introduces further hardening measures. Original advisory details: Kevin Backhouse discovered Apport would read its user-controlled settings file as...

USN-4622-2 openldap vulnerability

USN-4622-1 fixed a vulnerability in OpenLDAP. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that OpenLDAP incorrectly handled certain network packets. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause OpenLDAP t...

USN-4630-1 raptor2 vulnerability

Hanno Böck discovered that Raptor incorrectly handled certain memory operations. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted document in an application linked against Raptor, an attacker could cause the application to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute...

USN-4629-1 moin vulnerabilities

Michael Chapman discovered that MoinMoin incorrectly handled certain cache actions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. CVE-2020-25074 Catarina Leite discovered that MoinMoin incorrectly handled certain SVG files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execu...

USN-4628-1 intel-microcode vulnerabilities

Moritz Lipp, Michael Schwarz, Andreas Kogler, David Oswald, Catherine Easdon, Claudio Canella, and Daniel Gruss discovered that the Intel Running Average Power Limit RAPL feature of some Intel processors allowed a side- channel attack based on power consumption measurements. A local attacker coul...

USN-4627-1 linux, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-4.15, linux-gcp-5.4, linux-gke-4.15, linux-gke-5.3, linux-hwe, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-oem, linux-oem-osp1, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.4 vulnerability

Moritz Lipp, Michael Schwarz, Andreas Kogler, David Oswald, Catherine Easdon, Claudio Canella, and Daniel Gruss discovered that the Intel Running Average Power Limit RAPL driver in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict access to power data. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose...

USN-4623-1 pacemaker vulnerability

Ken Gaillot discovered that Pacemaker incorrectly handled IPC communications permissions. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass ACL restrictions and execute arbitrary code as root...

USN-4622-1 openldap vulnerability

It was discovered that OpenLDAP incorrectly handled certain network packets. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause OpenLDAP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-4599-3 firefox regressions

USN-4599-1 and USN-4599-2 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The updates introduced various minor regressions. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a...

USN-4620-1 phpldapadmin vulnerability

It was discovered that phpLDAPadmin didn't properly sanitize before being echoed to the user. A remote attacker could inject arbitrary HTML/Javascript code in a user's context and cause a crash, resulting in denial of service or potential execution of arbitrary code...

USN-4619-1 dom4j vulnerability

Mário Areias discovered that dom4j did not properly validate XML document elements. An attacker could exploit this with a crafted XML file to cause dom4j to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2018-1000632...

USN-4618-1 tmux vulnerability

Sergey Nizovtsev discovered that tmux incorrectly handled some inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code...

USN-4617-1 spice-vdagent vulnerabilities

Matthias Gerstner discovered that SPICE vdagent incorrectly handled the activexfers hash table. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause SPICE vdagent to consume memory, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2020-25650 Matthias Gerstner discovered that SPICE vdagent incorrectly...

USN-4615-1 libytnef vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Yerase's TNEF had null pointer dereferences, infinite loop, buffer overflow, out of bounds reads, directory traversal issues and other vulnerabilities. An attacker could use those issues to cause a crash and consequently a denial of service. CVE-2017-6298, CVE-2017-6299,...

USN-4614-1 gdm3 vulnerability

Kevin Backhouse discovered that GDM incorrectly launched the initial setup tool when the accountsservice daemon was not reachable. A local attacker able to cause accountsservice to crash or stop responding could trick GDM into launching the initial setup tool and create a privileged user...

USN-4613-1 python-cryptography vulnerability

Hubert Kario discovered that python-cryptography incorrectly handled certain decryption. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information...

USN-4611-1 samba vulnerabilities

Steven French discovered that Samba incorrectly handled ChangeNotify permissions. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain file name information. CVE-2020-14318 Bas Alberts discovered that Samba incorrectly handled certain winbind requests. A remote attacker could possibly use th...

USN-4610-1 fastd vulnerability

It was discovered that fastd did not properly handle receive buffers under certain circumstances. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a memory leak, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2020-27638...

USN-4609-1 gosa vulnerabilities

Fabian Henneke discovered that GOsa incorrectly handled client cookies. An authenticated user could exploit this with a crafted cookie to perform file deletions in the context of the user account that runs the web server. CVE-2019-14466 It was discovered that GOsa incorrectly handled user access...

USN-4552-3 pam-python regression

USN-4552-1 and USN-4552-2 fixed a vulnerability in Pam-python. The update introduced a regression which prevented PAM modules written in Python from importing python modules from site-specific directories. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Malte Kraus discovered that...

USN-4608-1 ca-certificates update

The ca-certificates package contained outdated CA certificates. This update refreshes the included certificates to those contained in the 2.44 version of the Mozilla certificate authority bundle...

USN-3081-2 tomcat6 vulnerability

Dawid Golunski discovered that the Tomcat init script incorrectly handled creating log files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain root privileges...

USN-4603-1 mariadb-10.1, mariadb-10.3 vulnerabilities

It was discovered that MariaDB didn't properly validate the content of a packet received from a server. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to sent a specialy crafted file to cause a denial of service. CVE-2020-13249 It was discovered that MariaDB has other security issues. An attacker...

USN-4602-2 perl vulnerabilities

USN-4602-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Perl. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: ManhND discovered that Perl incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. In environments where untrusted regular expressions ar...

USN-4604-1 mysql-5.7, mysql-8.0 vulnerabilities

Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update includes new upstream MySQL versions to fix these issues. MySQL has been updated to 8.0.22 in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.10. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS have been updated to MySQL 5.7.32. In addition to security fixes...

USN-4602-1 perl vulnerabilities

ManhND discovered that Perl incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. In environments where untrusted regular expressions are evaluated, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Perl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-4599-1 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 cause a denial of service, spoof the prompt for opening an external application, obtain sensitive information, or execute arbitrary...

USN-4600-1 netty-3.9 vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Netty had HTTP request smuggling vulnerabilities. A remote attacker could used it to extract sensitive information. CVE-2019-16869, CVE-2019-20444, CVE-2019-20445, CVE-2020-7238...

USN-4598-1 libetpan vulnerability

It was discovered that LibEtPan incorrectly handled STARTTLS when using IMAP, SMTP and POP3. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a response injection attack. CVE-2020-15953...

USN-4597-1 libapache2-mod-auth-mellon vulnerabilities

François Kooman discovered that modauthmellon incorrectly handled cookies. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a Cross-Site Session Transfer attack. CVE-2017-6807 It was discovered that modauthmellon incorrectly handled certain requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to...

USN-4552-2 pam-python vulnerability

Malte Kraus discovered that Pam-python mishandled certain environment variables. A local attacker could potentially use this vulnerability to execute programs as root...

USN-4595-1 grunt vulnerability

It was discovered that Grunt did not properly load yaml files. An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code. CVE-2020-7729...

USN-4594-1 quassel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Quassel incorrectly handled Qdatastream protocol. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. CVE-2018-1000178 It was discovered that Quassel incorrectly handled certain login requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ...

USN-4593-1 freetype vulnerability

Sergei Glazunov discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges...

USN-4592-1 linux-oem-osp1, linux-raspi2-5.3 vulnerabilities

Andy Nguyen discovered that the Bluetooth L2CAP implementation in the Linux kernel contained a type-confusion error. A physically proximate remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2020-12351 Andy Nguyen discovered that the...

USN-4588-1 flightgear vulnerability

It was discovered that FlightGear could write arbitrary files if received a special nasal script. A remote attacker could exploit this with a crafted file to execute arbitrary code...

USN-4590-1 collabtive vulnerability

It was discovered that Collabtive did not properly validate avatar image file uploads. An authenticated user could exploit this with a crafted file to cause Collabtive to execute arbitrary code. CVE-2015-0258...

USN-4585-1 newsbeuter vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Newsbeuter didn't handle the command line input properly. An remote attacker could use it to ran remote code by crafting a special input file. CVE-2017-12904 It was discovered that Newsbeuter didn't handle metacharacters in its filename properly. An remote attacker could us...

USN-4589-2 docker.io vulnerability

USN-4589-1 fixed a vulnerability in containerd. This update provides the corresponding update for docker.io. Original advisory details: It was discovered that containerd could be made to expose sensitive information when processing URLs in container image manifests. A remote attacker could use th...

USN-4589-1 containerd vulnerability

It was discovered that containerd could be made to expose sensitive information when processing URLs in container image manifests. A remote attacker could use this to trick the user and obtain the user's registry credentials...

USN-4583-1 php5, php7.0, php7.2, php7.4 vulnerabilities

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain encrypt ciphers. An attacker could possibly use this issue to decrease security or cause incorrect encryption data. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. CVE-2020-7069 It was discorevered that PHP incorrectly handled...

USN-4582-1 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 16.04 LTS. CVE-2017-17087 It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled restricted mode. A local attacker...

USN-4581-1 python2.7, python3.4, python3.5, python3.6 vulnerability

It was discovered that Python incorrectly handled certain character sequences. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform CRLF injection...

USN-4575-1 dom4j vulnerability

It was discovered that dom4j incorrectly handled reading XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this with a crafted XML file to expose sensitive data or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2020-10683...

USN-4574-1 golang-github-seccomp-libseccomp-golang vulnerability

It was discovered that libseccomp-golang did not properly generate BPFs. If a process were running under a restrictive seccomp filter that specified multiple syscall arguments, the application could potentially bypass the intended restrictions put in place by seccomp...

USN-4573-1 vino vulnerabilities

Nicolas Ruff discovered that Vino incorrectly handled large ClientCutText messages. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the server to crash, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2014-6053 It was discovered that Vino incorrectly handled certain packet lengths. A remote attacker could...

USN-4572-1 spice vulnerability

Frediano Ziglio discovered that Spice incorrectly handled QUIC image decoding. A remote attacker could use this to cause Spice to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-4566-1 cyrus-imapd vulnerabilities

It was dicovered that Cyrus IMAP Server could execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTTP PUT operation for an event with a long iCalendar property name. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2019-11356 It was discovered that the Cyrus IMA...

USN-4567-1 opendmarc vulnerability

It was discovered that OpenDMARC is prone to a signature-bypass vulnerability with multiple "From:" addresses. An attacker could use it to bypass spam and abuse filters...

USN-4569-1 yaws vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Yaws did not properly sanitize XML input. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to execute an XML External Entity XXE injection attack. CVE-2020-24379 It was discovered that Yaws mishandled certain input when running CGI scripts. A remote attacker could use this...