USN-2183-2 dpkg vulnerability

USN-2183-1 fixed a vulnerability in dpkg. Javier Serrano Polo discovered that the fix introduced a vulnerability in releases with an older version of the patch utility. This update fixes the problem. Original advisory details: Jakub Wilk discovered that dpkg incorrectly certain paths and symlinks...

USN-2189-1 thunderbird vulnerabilities

Bobby Holley, Carsten Book, Christoph Diehl, Gary Kwong, Jan de Mooij, Jesse Ruderman, Nathan Froyd and Christian Holler 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...

USN-2184-2 unity vulnerabilities

USN-2184-1 fixed lock screen vulnerabilities in Unity. Further testing has uncovered more issues which have been fixed in this update. This update also fixes a regression with the shutdown dialogue. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Frédéric Bardy discovered that Unit...

USN-2188-1 elfutils vulnerability

Florian Weimer discovered that the elfutils libdw library incorrectly handled malformed compressed debug sections in ELF files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted ELF file, applications linked against libdw could be made to crash, or possibly execute...

USN-2187-1 openjdk-7 vulnerabilities

Several 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-2014-0429, CVE-2014-0446, CVE-2014-0451, CVE-2014-0452,...

USN-2185-1 firefox vulnerabilities

Bobby Holley, Carsten Book, Christoph Diehl, Gary Kwong, Jan de Mooij, Jesse Ruderman, Nathan Froyd, John Schoenick, Karl Tomlinson, Vladimir Vukicevic and Christian Holler discovered multiple memory safety issues in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an...

USN-2184-1 unity vulnerabilities

Frédéric Bardy discovered that Unity incorrectly filtered keyboard shortcuts when the screen was locked. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to run commands, and unlock the current session. Giovanni Mellini discovered that Unity could display the Dash in certain conditions when the...

USN-2183-1 dpkg vulnerability

Jakub Wilk discovered that dpkg incorrectly certain paths and symlinks 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...

USN-2182-1 qemu, qemu-kvm vulnerabilities

Michael S. Tsirkin discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled vmxnet3 devices. A local guest could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 13.10 and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. CVE-2013-4544 Michael S. Tsirkin...

USN-2171-1 rsync vulnerability

Ryan Finnie discovered that the rsync daemon incorrectly handled invalid usernames. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause rsync to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service...

USN-2170-1 mysql-5.5 vulnerabilities

Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update includes a new upstream MySQL version to fix these issues. MySQL has been updated to 5.5.37. In addition to security fixes, the updated packages contain bug fixes, new features, and possibly incompatible changes. Please see the...

USN-2169-2 python-django regression

USN-2169-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Django. The upstream security patch for CVE-2014-0472 introduced a regression for certain applications. This update fixes the problem. Original advisory details: Benjamin Bach discovered that Django incorrectly handled dotted Python paths when using the reverse...

USN-2169-1 python-django vulnerabilities

Benjamin Bach discovered that Django incorrectly handled dotted Python paths when using the reverse function. An attacker could use this issue to cause Django to import arbitrary modules from the Python path, resulting in possible code execution. CVE-2014-0472 Paul McMillan discovered that Django...