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-4182-4: 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-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-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-7253-1: OpenJDK 17 vulnerability

It was discovered that the Hotspot component of OpenJDK 17 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-7240-1: libxml2 vulnerabilities

It was discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause libxml2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-49043 It was discovered that the libxml2 xmllint tool incorrectly handled...

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-6386-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Jana Hofmann, Emanuele Vannacci, Cedric Fournet, Boris Kopf, and Oleksii Oleksenko discovered that some AMD processors could leak stale data from division operations in certain situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information. CVE-2023-20588 It was discovered...

USN-5432-1: libpng vulnerabilities

It was discovered that libpng incorrectly handled memory when parsing certain PNG files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted PNG file, an attacker could use this issue to cause libpng to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possible execute arbitrary...

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-5115-1: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Atheros Ath9k WiFi driver in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information WiFi network traffic. CVE-2020-3702 Ofek Kirzner, Adam Morrison, Benedict Schlueter, and Piotr Krysiuk discovered that the BPF...

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-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-4909-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Loris Reiff discovered that the BPF implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate attributes in the getsockopt BPF hook. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2021-20194 Olivier Benjamin, Norbert Manthey, Martin Mazein, and Jan H...

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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-4526-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the AMD Cryptographic Coprocessor device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly deallocate memory in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service memory exhaustion. CVE-2019-18808 It was discovered that the Conexant 23885 TV card device...

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-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-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-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-5402-2: OpenSSL vulnerabilities

USN-5402-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in OpenSSL. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Elison Niven discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled the crehash script. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary...

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-4547-2: SSVNC vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the LibVNCClient vendored in SSVNC incorrectly handled certain packet lengths. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. CVE-2018-20020, CVE-2018-20021, CVE-2018-20022, CVE-2018-202...

USN-4151-1: Python vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Python incorrectly parsed certain email addresses. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to trick Python applications into accepting email addresses that should be denied. CVE-2019-16056 It was discovered that the Python documentation XML-RPC server incorrectly...

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-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-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-5488-1: OpenSSL vulnerability

Chancen and Daniel Fiala discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled the crehash script. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands when crehash is run...

USN-5484-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly restrict access to the kernel debugger when booted in secure boot environments. A privileged attacker could use this to bypass UEFI Secure Boot restrictions. CVE-2022-21499 It was discovered that a race condition existed in the network...

USN-5383-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

David Bouman discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly validate passed user register indices. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-1015 Brendan Dolan-Gavitt discovered that the Marvell WiFi-Ex...

USN-5361-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the VFIO PCI driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle attempts to access disabled memory spaces. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2020-12888 Mathy Vanhoef discovered that the Linux kernel’s WiFi implementation did not...

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-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-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-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-4211-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-4211-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Zhipeng Xie discovered that an infinite loop could be triggered in the CFS Linux kerne...

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...