USN-2829-2 linux-lts-vivid vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the SCTP protocol implementation in the Linux kernel performed an incorrect sequence of protocol-initialization steps. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2015-5283 Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the Linux kernel's keyring handler...

USN-2828-1 qemu, qemu-kvm vulnerabilities

Jason Wang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the virtio-net device. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause guest network consumption, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2015-7295 Qinghao Tang and Ling Liu discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the pcnet driver when used in...

USN-2824-1 linux-lts-utopic vulnerability

Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the Linux kernel's keyring handler attempted to garbage collect incompletely instantiated keys. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash...

USN-2823-1 linux vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the SCTP protocol implementation in the Linux kernel performed an incorrect sequence of protocol-initialization steps. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2015-5283 Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the Linux kernel's keyring handler...

USN-2819-1 thunderbird vulnerabilities

Christian Holler, David Major, Jesse Ruderman, Tyson Smith, Boris Zbarsky, Randell Jesup, Olli Pettay, Karl Tomlinson, Jeff Walden, and Gary Kwong discovered multiple memory safety issues in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted message, an attacker could potential...

USN-2821-1 gnutls26 vulnerability

It was discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly validated the first byte of padding in CBC modes. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a padding oracle attack...

USN-2820-1 dpkg vulnerability

Hanno Boeck discovered that the dpkg-deb tool incorrectly handled certain old style Debian binary packages. If a user or an automated system were tricked into unpacking a specially crafted binary package, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code...

USN-2818-1 openjdk-7 vulnerability

It was discovered that rebinding of the receiver of a DirectMethodHandle may allow a protected method to be accessed. Am attacker could use this to expose sensitive information or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-2817-1 icedtea-web vulnerabilities

It was discovered that IcedTea Web incorrectly handled applet URLs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to inject applets into the .appletTrustSettings configuration file and bypass user approval. CVE-2015-5234 Andrea Palazzo discovered that IcedTea Web incorrectly determined the orig...

USN-2816-1 python-django vulnerability

Ryan Butterfield discovered that Django incorrectly handled the date template filter. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain secrets from application settings...

USN-2815-1 libpng vulnerabilities

Mikulas Patocka discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain large fields. If a user or automated system using libpng were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause libpng to crash, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu...

USN-2814-1 nvidia-graphics-drivers-304, nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates, nvidia-graphics-drivers-340, nvidia-graphics-drivers-340-updates, nvidia-graphics-drivers-352, nvidia-graphics-drivers-352-updates vulnerability

It was discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers incorrectly sanitized user mode inputs. A local attacker could use this issue to possibly gain root privileges...

USN-2812-1 libxml2 vulnerabilities

Florian Weimer discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain XML data. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, an attacker could possibly cause resource consumption, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS,...

USN-2811-1 strongswan vulnerability

It was discovered that the strongSwan eap-mschapv2 plugin incorrectly handled state. A remote attacker could use this issue to bypass authentication...

USN-2810-1 krb5 vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Kerberos kpasswd service incorrectly handled certain UDP packets. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause resource consumption, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. CVE-2002-2443 It was discovered that Kerberos...

USN-2807-1 linux-lts-wily vulnerability

Ben Serebrin discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly catch Alignment Check exceptions. An attacker in a guest virtual machine could use this to cause a denial of service system crash in the host OS...

USN-2808-1 wpa vulnerabilities

It was discovered that wpasupplicant incorrectly handled WMM Sleep Mode Response frame processing. A remote attacker could use this issue to perform broadcast/multicast packet injections, or cause a denial of service. CVE-2015-5310 It was discovered that wpasupplicant and hostapd incorrectly...

USN-2806-1 linux-lts-vivid vulnerability

Ben Serebrin discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly catch Alignment Check exceptions. An attacker in a guest virtual machine could use this to cause a denial of service system crash in the host OS...

USN-2805-1 linux-lts-utopic vulnerability

Ben Serebrin discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly catch Alignment Check exceptions. An attacker in a guest virtual machine could use this to cause a denial of service system crash in the host OS...

USN-2801-1 linux vulnerability

Ben Serebrin discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly catch Alignment Check exceptions. An attacker in a guest virtual machine could use this to cause a denial of service system crash in the host OS...

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-2798-1 linux-lts-vivid vulnerabilities

It was discovered that in certain situations, a directory could be renamed outside of a bind mounted location. An attacker could use this to escape bind mount containment and gain access to sensitive information. CVE-2015-2925 Moein Ghasemzadeh discovered that the USB WhiteHEAT serial driver...

USN-2797-1 linux-lts-utopic vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not check if a new IPv6 MTU set by a user space application was valid. A remote attacker could forge a route advertisement with an invalid MTU that a user space daemon like NetworkManager would honor and apply to the kernel, causing a denial of service...

USN-2794-1 linux vulnerabilities

It was discovered that in certain situations, a directory could be renamed outside of a bind mounted location. An attacker could use this to escape bind mount containment and gain access to sensitive information. CVE-2015-2925 Moein Ghasemzadeh discovered that the USB WhiteHEAT serial driver...

USN-2793-1 libreoffice vulnerabilities

Federico Scrinzi discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled documents inserted into Writer or Calc via links. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could possibly obtain the contents of arbitrary files. CVE-2015-4551 It was discovered that...

USN-2785-1 firefox vulnerabilities

Christian Holler, David Major, Jesse Ruderman, Tyson Smith, Boris Zbarsky, Randell Jesup, Olli Pettay, Karl Tomlinson, Jeff Walden, Gary Kwong, Andrew McCreight, Georg Fritzsche, and Carsten Book discovered multiple memory safety issues in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially...

USN-2791-1 nss vulnerabilities

Tyson Smith and David Keeler discovered that NSS incorrectly handled decoding certain ASN.1 data. An remote attacker could use this issue to cause NSS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-2790-1 nspr vulnerability

Ryan Sleevi discovered that NSPR incorrectly handled memory allocation. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause NSPR to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-2788-1 unzip vulnerabilities

Gustavo Grieco discovered that unzip incorrectly handled certain password protected archives. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted zip archive, an attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2015-7696 Gustavo Grieco discovered that unzip incorrect...

USN-2787-1 audiofile vulnerability

Fabrizio Gennari discovered that audiofile incorrectly handled changing both the sample format and the number of channels. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted file, audiofile could be made to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute...

USN-2786-1 php5 vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the PHP phar extension incorrectly handled certain files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2015-7803, CVE-2015-7804...

USN-2784-1 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 or expose sensitive data over the network. CVE-2015-4805, CVE-2015-4835, CVE-2015-4843, CVE-2015-4844,...

USN-2783-1 ntp vulnerabilities

Aleksis Kauppinen discovered that NTP incorrectly handled certain remote config packets. In a non-default configuration, a remote authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to cause NTP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2015-5146 Miroslav Lichvar discovered that NTP...

USN-2782-1 apport vulnerability

Gabriel Campana discovered that Apport incorrectly handled Python module imports. A local attacker could use this issue to elevate privileges...

USN-2781-1 mysql-5.5, mysql-5.6 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 5.5.46 in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Ubuntu 15.04 and Ubuntu 15.10 have been updated to MySQL 5.6.27. In addition to security fixes, th...

USN-2780-1 miniupnpc vulnerability

Aleksandar Nikolic discovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in the XML parser functionality of the MiniUPnP library. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service application crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user running an application that uses th...

USN-2770-1 oxide-qt vulnerabilities

It was discovered that ContainerNode::parserInsertBefore in Blink would incorrectly proceed with a DOM tree insertion in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to bypass same origin restrictions. CVE-2015-67...

USN-2778-1 linux-lts-vivid vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not check if a new IPv6 MTU set by a user space application was valid. A remote attacker could forge a route advertisement with an invalid MTU that a user space daemon like NetworkManager would honor and apply to the kernel, causing a denial of service...

USN-2777-1 linux-lts-utopic vulnerabilities

It was discovered that virtio networking in the Linux kernel did not handle fragments correctly, leading to kernel memory corruption. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute code with administrative privileges. CVE-2015-5156 Benjamin Randazzo...

USN-2776-1 linux vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not check if a new IPv6 MTU set by a user space application was valid. A remote attacker could forge a route advertisement with an invalid MTU that a user space daemon like NetworkManager would honor and apply to the kernel, causing a denial of service...

USN-2768-1 firefox vulnerability

Abdulrahman Alqabandi and Ben Kelly discovered that the fetch API did not correctly implement the Cross Origin Resource Sharing CORS specification. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain sensitive information from oth...

USN-2772-1 postgresql-9.1, postgresql-9.3, postgresql-9.4 vulnerabilities

Josh Kupershmidt discovered the pgCrypto extension could expose several bytes of server memory if the crypt function was provided a too-short salt. An attacker could use this flaw to read private data. CVE-2015-5288 Oskari Saarenmaa discovered that the json and jsonb handlers could exhaust...

USN-2771-1 click vulnerability

It was discovered that click did not properly perform input sanitization during click package installation. If a user were tricked into installing a crafted click package, a remote attacker could exploit this to escalate privileges by tricking click into installing lenient security policy for the...

USN-2709-2 pollinate update

USN-2709-1 updated pollinate's certificate for entropy.ubuntu.com but did not include a new certificate authority certificate. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: The pollinate package bundles the certificate for entropy.ubuntu.com. This...

USN-2769-1 commons-httpclient vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Apache Commons HttpClient did not properly verify the Common Name or subjectAltName fields of X.509 certificates. An attacker could exploit this to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack to view sensitive information or alter encrypted communications. This issue only affect...

USN-2767-1 gdk-pixbuf vulnerabilities

Gustavo Grieco discovered that the GDK-PixBuf library did not properly handle scaling tga image files, leading to a heap overflow. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a tga image file, a remote attacker could use this flaw to cause GDK-PixBuf to crash, resulting in a denial of...

USN-2766-1 spice vulnerabilities

Frediano Ziglio discovered multiple buffer overflows, undefined behavior signed integer operations, race conditions, memory leaks, and denial of service issues in Spice. A malicious guest operating system could potentially exploit these issues to escape virtualization. CVE-2015-5260, CVE-2015-526...

USN-2753-3 lxc regression

USN-2753-1 fixed a vulnerability in LXC. The update caused a regression that prevented some containers from starting. This regression only affected containers that had a path that contained a '/./' directory specified as a bind mount target in their configuration file. This update fixes the...

USN-2765-1 linux-lts-vivid vulnerability

Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly initialize IPC object state in certain situations. A local attacker could use this to escalate their privileges, expose confidential information, or cause a denial of service system crash...

USN-2764-1 linux-lts-utopic vulnerability

Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly initialize IPC object state in certain situations. A local attacker could use this to escalate their privileges, expose confidential information, or cause a denial of service system crash...