USN-7000-2: Expat vulnerabilities

USN-7000-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Expat. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Original advisory details: Shang-Hung Wan discovered that Expat did not properly handle certain function calls when a negative input length was provided. An attacker could use this issu...

USN-5299-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Mathy Vanhoef discovered that the Linux kernel’s WiFi implementation could reassemble mixed encrypted and plaintext fragments. A physically proximate attacker could possibly use this issue to inject packets or exfiltrate selected fragments. CVE-2020-26147 It was discovered that the bluetooth...

USN-5106-1: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities

Valentina Palmiotti discovered that the iouring subsystem in the Linux kernel could be coerced to free adjacent memory. A local attacker could use this to execute arbitrary code. CVE-2021-41073 It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly enforce certain types of entries in the Secure...

USN-5071-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Maxim Levitsky and Paolo Bonzini discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation for AMD processors in the Linux kernel allowed a guest VM to disable restrictions on VMLOAD/VMSAVE in a nested guest. An attacker in a guest VM could use this to read or write portions of the host's physical memory...

USN-5013-1: systemd vulnerabilities

It was discovered that systemd incorrectly handled certain mount paths. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause systemd to crash, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2021-33910 Mitchell Frank discovered that systemd incorrectly handled DHCP FORCERENEW packets. A remote attacker...

USN-4997-2: Linux kernel (KVM) vulnerabilities

USN-4997-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 21.04. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux KVM kernel for Ubuntu 21.04. Norbert Slusarek discovered a race condition in the CAN BCM networking protocol of the Linux kernel leading to multiple use-after-free...

USN-4563-2: NTP vulnerability

USN-4563-1 fixed a vulnerability in NTP. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.10. Original advisory details: It was discovered that the fix for CVE-2018-7182 introduced a NULL pointer dereference into NTP. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cau...

USN-4880-1: OpenJPEG vulnerabilities

It was discovered that OpenJPEG incorrectly handled certain image data. An attacker could use this issue to cause OpenJPEG to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-3883-1: LibreOffice vulnerabilities

It was discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled certain document files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could cause LibreOffice to crash, and possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2018-10119, CVE-2018-10120, CVE-2018-11790 It was discovere...

USN-3455-1: wpa_supplicant and hostapd vulnerabilities

Mathy Vanhoef discovered that wpasupplicant and hostapd incorrectly handled WPA2. A remote attacker could use this issue with key reinstallation attacks to obtain sensitive information. CVE-2017-13077, CVE-2017-13078, CVE-2017-13079, CVE-2017-13080, CVE-2017-13081, CVE-2017-13082, CVE-2017-13086,...

USN-7182-1: Ceph vulnerability

It was discovered that Ceph incorrectly handled unsupported JWT algorithms in the RadosGW gateway. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass certain authentication checks and restrictions...

USN-7176-1: GStreamer Good Plugins vulnerabilities

Antonio Morales discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins incorrectly handled certain malformed media files. An attacker could use these issues to cause GStreamer Good Plugins to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-5515-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Eric Biederman discovered that the cgroup process migration implementation in the Linux kernel did not perform permission checks correctly in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to gain administrative privileges. CVE-2021-4197 Jann Horn discovered that the FUSE file system i...

USN-5377-1: Linux kernel (BlueField) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the network traffic control implementation in the Linux kernel contained a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-1055 Yiqi Sun and Kevin Wang discovered that the...

USN-5320-1: Expat vulnerabilities and regression

USN-5288-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Expat. For CVE-2022-25236 it caused a regression and an additional patch was required. This update address this regression and several other vulnerabilities. It was discovered that Expat incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use...

USN-5083-1: Python vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Python incorrectly handled certain RFCs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. CVE-2021-3733 It was discovered that Python incorrectly handled certain server responses. An attacker could possibly u...

USN-4913-2: Underscore vulnerability

USN-4913-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Underscore. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 21.04. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Underscore incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to inject arbitrary code...

USN-4385-2: Intel Microcode regression

USN-4385-1 provided updated Intel Processor Microcode. Unfortunately, that update prevented certain processors in the Intel Skylake family 064EH from booting successfully. Additonally, on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, late loading of microcode was enabled, which could lead to system instability. This update...

USN-4182-3: Intel Microcode regression

USN-4182-1 provided updated Intel Processor Microcode. A regression was discovered that caused some Skylake processors to hang after a warm reboot. This update reverts the microcode for that specific processor family. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Stephan van...

USN-4192-1: ImageMagick vulnerabilities

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain malformed image files. If a user or automated system using ImageMagick were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute code with the privileges of th...

USN-3817-2: Python vulnerabilities

USN-3817-1 fixed a vulnerability in Python. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Python incorrectly handled large amounts of data. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Python to crash, resulting in a denia...

USN-7228-1: LibreOffice vulnerabilities

Thomas Rinsma discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled paths when processing embedded font files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted LibreOffice file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to create arbitrary files ending with ".ttf"...

USN-5545-1: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerability

Arthur Mongodin discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly perform data validation. A local attacker could use this to escalate privileges in certain situations...

USN-5294-2: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Packet network protocol implementation in the Linux kernel contained a double-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2021-22600 Szymon Heidrich discovered that the USB Gadget...

USN-5208-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Nadav Amit discovered that the hugetlb implementation in the Linux kernel did not perform TLB flushes under certain conditions. A local attacker could use this to leak or alter data from other processes that use huge pages. CVE-2021-4002 It was discovered that a race condition existed in the...

USN-5094-2: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly perform reference counting in some situations, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. An attacker who could start and control a VM could possibly use this to expose sensitive information or execute...

LSN-0081-1: Kernel Live Patch Security Notice

Maxim Levitsky discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation for AMD processors in the Linux kernel did not properly prevent a guest VM from enabling AVIC in nested guest VMs. An attacker in a guest VM could use this to write to portions of the host's physical memory.CVE-2021-3653 Maxim...

USN-5030-1: Perl DBI module vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Perl DBI module incorrectly opened files outside of the folder specified in the data source name. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. CVE-2014-10402 It was discovered that the Perl DBI module incorrectly handled certain long...

USN-5028-1: Exiv2 vulnerability

It was discovered that Exiv2 incorrectly handled certain images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service...

USN-5011-1: Firefox vulnerabilities

Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, overlay text over another domain, or execute arbitrary code...

USN-4983-1: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities

Piotr Krysiuk discovered that the eBPF implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly enforce limits for pointer operations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2021-33200 Piotr Krysiuk and Benedict Schlueter...

USN-4934-2: Exim vulnerabilities

USN-4934-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Exim. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. CVE-2020-28026 only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Exim contained multiple security issues. An attacker could us...

USN-4911-1: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Nouveau GPU driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle error conditions in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2020-25639 Jan Beulich discovered that the Xen netback backend in the Linux kernel did not...

USN-4685-1: OpenJPEG vulnerabilities

It was discovered that OpenJPEG incorrectly handled certain image data. An attacker could use this issue to cause OpenJPEG to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-4135-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Peter Pi discovered a buffer overflow in the virtio network backend vhostnet implementation in the Linux kernel. An attacker in a guest may be able to use this to cause a denial of service host OS crash or possibly execute arbitrary code in the host OS. CVE-2019-14835 It was discovered that the...

USN-7251-1: HarfBuzz vulnerability

It was discovered that HarfBuzz incorrectly handled shaping certain fonts. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause HarfBuzz to consume resources, leading to a denial of service...

USN-7210-1: .NET vulnerabilities

It was discovered that .NET did not properly handle input provided to its Convert.TryToHexString method. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. CVE-2025-21171 It was discovered that .NET did not properly handle an integer overflow when processing certain specially...

USN-7174-1: GStreamer vulnerability

Antonio Morales discovered that GStreamer incorrectly handled allocating memory for certain buffers. An attacker could use this issue to cause GStreamer to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-5021-2: curl vulnerability

USN-5021-1 fixed vulnerabilities in curl. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Harry Sintonen and Tomas Hoger discovered that curl incorrectly handled TELNET connections when the -t option was used on the command line. Uninitialized data...

USN-4607-2: OpenJDK regressions

USN-4607-1 fixed vulnerabilities and added features in OpenJDK. Unfortunately, that update introduced a regression that could cause TLS connections with client certificate authentication to fail in some situations. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original adviso...

USN-4061-1: Redis vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Redis incorrectly handled the hyperloglog data structure. An attacker could use this issue to cause Redis to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-3989-1: LibRaw vulnerabilities

It was discovered that LibRaw incorrectly handled photo files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted photo file, a remote attacker could cause applications linked against LibRaw to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-3665-1: Tomcat vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly handled being configured with HTTP PUTs enabled. A remote attacker could use this issue to upload a JSP file to the server and execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 17.10. CVE-2017-12616,...

USN-7254-1: OpenJDK 21 vulnerability

It was discovered that the Hotspot component of OpenJDK 21 did not properly handle API access under certain circumstances. An unauthenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to access unauthorized resources and expose sensitive information...

USN-5294-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Packet network protocol implementation in the Linux kernel contained a double-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2021-22600 Szymon Heidrich discovered that the USB Gadget...

USN-5091-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Ofek Kirzner, Adam Morrison, Benedict Schlueter, and Piotr Krysiuk discovered that the BPF verifier in the Linux kernel missed possible mispredicted branches due to type confusion, allowing a side-channel attack. An attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. CVE-2021-33624 It was...

USN-5079-3: curl vulnerabilities

USN-5079-1 fixed vulnerabilities in curl. One of the fixes introduced a regression on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that curl incorrect handled memory when sending data to an MQTT server. A remote...

USN-5080-1: Libgcrypt vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Libgcrypt incorrectly handled ElGamal encryption. An attacker could possibly use this issue to recover sensitive information...

USN-5072-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Maxim Levitsky and Paolo Bonzini discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation for AMD processors in the Linux kernel allowed a guest VM to disable restrictions on VMLOAD/VMSAVE in a nested guest. An attacker in a guest VM could use this to read or write portions of the host's physical memory...

USN-5050-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the bluetooth subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly perform access control. An authenticated attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information. CVE-2020-26558, CVE-2021-0129 Michael Brown discovered that the Xen netback driver in the Linux kernel did...