LSN-0080-1: Kernel Live Patch Security Notice

Andy Nguyen discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel contained an out-of-bounds write in its setsockopt implementation. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.CVE-2021-22555...

USN-4995-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information, spoof the UI, bypass security restrictions, or...

USN-4737-2: Bind vulnerability

USN-4737-1 fixed a vulnerability in Bind. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Bind incorrectly handled GSSAPI security policy negotiation. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Bind to...

USN-4586-1: PHP ImageMagick vulnerability

It was discovered that PHP ImageMagick extension didn't check the address used by an array. An attacker could use this issue to cause PHP ImageMagick to crash, resulting in a denial of service...

USN-4522-1: noVNC vulnerability

It was discovered that noVNC did not properly manage certain messages, resulting in the remote VNC server injecting arbitrary HTML into the noVNC web page. An attacker could use this issue to conduct cross-site scripting XSS attacks. CVE-2017-18635...

USN-4412-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Matthew Sheets discovered that the SELinux network label handling implementation in the Linux kernel could be coerced into de-referencing a NULL pointer. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2020-10711 It was discovered that the SCSI generic sg driver in...

USN-4182-4: Intel Microcode regression

USN-4182-2 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-4065-2: Squid vulnerabilities

USN-4065-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Squid. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Squid incorrectly handled Digest authentication. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to crash,...

USN-3930-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Mathias Payer and Hui Peng discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ALSA subsystem. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2018-19824 Shlomi Oberman, Yuli Shapiro, and Ran Menscher discovered an...

USN-7252-1: OpenJDK 11 vulnerability

It was discovered that the Hotspot component of OpenJDK 11 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-7207-1: Git vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain URLs when asking for credentials. An attacker could possibly use this issue to mislead the user into typing passwords for trusted sites that would then be sent to untrusted sites instead. CVE-2024-50349 It was discovered that git incorrectly...

USN-6893-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Bluetooth subsystem in the Linux kernel when modifying certain settings values through debugfs. A privileged local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. CVE-2024-24857, CVE-2024-24858, CVE-2024-24859 Several security issues we...

USN-5321-1: 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, spoof the browser UI, bypass security restrictions, obtain sensitive information, or execute arbitrary...

USN-5300-3: PHP vulnerabilities

USN-5300-1 fixed vulnerabilities in PHP. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 21.10. Original advisory details: It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain scripts. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. CVE-2015-9253, CVE-2017-8923...

USN-5091-3: Linux kernel (Azure) regression

USN-5091-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Linux 5.4-based kernels. Unfortunately, for Linux kernels intended for use within Microsoft Azure environments, that update introduced a regression that could cause the kernel to fail to boot in large Azure instance types. This update fixes the problem. We...

USN-4335-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information, bypass security restrictions, bypass same-origin...

USN-4191-2: QEMU vulnerabilities

USN-4191-2 fixed a vulnerability in QEMU. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that the LSI SCSI adapter emulator implementation in QEMU did not properly validate executed scripts. A local attacker could use this to cause...

USN-4058-1: Bash vulnerability

It was discovered that Bash incorrectly handled the restricted shell. An attacker could possibly use this issue to escape restrictions and execute any command...

USN-4052-1: Whoopsie vulnerability

Kevin Backhouse discovered Whoopsie incorrectly handled very large crash reports. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or expose sensitive information...

USN-3991-2: Firefox regression

USN-3991-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update caused a regression which resulted in issues when upgrading between Ubuntu releases. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user...

USN-3932-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the f2fs file system implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. CVE-2017-18249 Wen Xu discovered that the f2fs file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate metadat...

USN-3898-1: NSS vulnerability

Hanno Böck and Damian Poddebniak discovered that NSS incorrectly handled certain CMS functions. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause NSS to crash, resulting in a denial of service...

USN-7219-1: Python vulnerability

It was discovered that Python incorrectly handled asyncio write buffers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Python to consume memory, leading to a denial of service...

USN-5579-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Roger Pau Monné discovered that the Xen virtual block driver in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize memory pages to be used for shared communication with the backend. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information guest kernel memory. CVE-2022-26365 Roger Pau Monné...

USN-5487-2: Apache HTTP Server regression

USN-5487-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Apache. Unfortunately, that update introduced a regression when proxying balancer manager connections in some configurations on Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. This update reverts those changes till further fix. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory...

USN-5368-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the BPF verifier in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict pointer types in certain situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-23222 It was discovered that the network traffic contro...

USN-5139-1: Linux kernel (OEM 5.10) vulnerabilities

Ilja Van Sprundel discovered that the SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly perform size validations on incoming packets in some situations. An attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information kernel memory. CVE-2021-3655 It was discovered that the AMD...

USN-5095-1: Apache Commons IO vulnerability

It was discovered that Apache Commons IO incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information...

USN-5080-2: Libgcrypt vulnerabilities

USN-5080-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Libgcrypt. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Libgcrypt incorrectly handled ElGamal encryption. An attacker could possibly use this issue to recover sensitive information...

USN-5062-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

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...

USN-5006-2: PHP vulnerabilities

USN-5006-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in PHP. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain PHAR files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PHP to...

USN-4968-1: LZ4 vulnerability

It was discovered that LZ4 incorrectly handled certain memory operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into uncompressing a specially- crafted LZ4 file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause LZ4 to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-4931-1: 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-4895-1: Squid vulnerabilities

Alex Rousskov and Amit Klein discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain Content-Length headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform an HTTP request smuggling attack, resulting in cache poisoning. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. CVE-2020-15049 Jianjun Chen...

USN-4689-4: Linux kernel update

USN-4689-3 fixed vulnerabilities in the NVIDIA server graphics drivers. This update provides the corresponding updates for the NVIDIA Linux DKMS kernel modules. Original advisory details: It was discovered that the NVIDIA GPU display driver for the Linux kernel contained a vulnerability that...

USN-4694-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

It was discovered that the LIO SCSI target implementation in the Linux kernel performed insufficient identifier checking in certain XCOPY requests. An attacker with access to at least one LUN in a multiple backstore environment could use this to expose sensitive information or modify data...

USN-4671-1: 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, obtain sensitive information, bypass the CSS sanitizer, bypass security restrictions, spoof the URL bar, ...

USN-4387-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the F2FS file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly perform bounds checking on xattrs in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information kernel memory. CVE-2020-0067 It was discovered that memory contents...

USN-3903-2: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3903-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 18.10. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 18.10 for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Jason Wang discovered that the vhost net driver in the Linux kernel contained an out of bounds...

USN-3880-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the CIFS client implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle setup negotiation during session recovery, leading to a NULL pointer exception. An attacker could use this to create a malicious CIFS server that caused a denial of service client system crash...

USN-3856-1: GNOME Bluetooth vulnerability

Chris Marchesi discovered that BlueZ incorrectly handled disabling Bluetooth visibility. A remote attacker could possibly pair to devices, contrary to expectations. This update adds a workaround to GNOME Bluetooth to fix the issue...

USN-1467-1: MySQL vulnerabilities

It was discovered that certain builds of MySQL incorrectly handled password authentication on certain platforms. A remote attacker could use this issue to authenticate with an arbitrary password and establish a connection. CVE-2012-2122 MySQL has been updated to 5.5.24 in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Ubuntu...

USN-7213-1: poppler vulnerability

It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled memory when opening certain PDF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause denial of service or obtain sensitive information...

Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities

Releases Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Packages linux-oem-6.5 - Linux kernel for OEM systems Details Alon Zahavi discovered that the NVMe-oF/TCP subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly validate H2C PDU data, leading to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. A remote attacker could use this to cause ...

USN-5688-1: Libksba vulnerability

It was discovered that an integer overflow could be triggered in Libksba when decoding certain data. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service application crash or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-5346-1: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerability

It was discovered that the ICMPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly deallocate memory in certain situations. A remote attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service memory exhaustion...

USN-5292-4: snapd regression

USN-5292-1 fixed a vulnerability in snapd. Unfortunately that update introduced a regression that could break the fish shell. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: James Troup discovered that snap did not properly manage the permissions for...

USN-5268-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Keyu Man discovered that the ICMP implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle received ICMP error packets. A remote attacker could use this to facilitate attacks on UDP based services that depend on source port randomization. CVE-2021-20322 It was discovered that the Bluetooth...

USN-4735-1: PostgreSQL vulnerability

Heikki Linnakangas discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly leaked values of denied columns when handling certain errors. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information...

USN-4712-1: Linux kernel regression

USN-4576-1 fixed a vulnerability in the overlay file system implementation in the Linux kernel. Unfortunately, that fix introduced a regression that could incorrectly deny access to overlay files in some situations. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original...