USN-3430-1: Dnsmasq vulnerabilities

Felix Wilhelm, Fermin J. Serna, Gabriel Campana and Kevin Hamacher discovered that Dnsmasq incorrectly handled DNS requests. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Dnsmasq to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2017-14491 Felix Wilhelm, Fermin...

USN-3255-1: LightDM vulnerability

It was discovered that LightDM incorrectly handled home directory creation for guest users. A local attacker could use this issue to gain ownership of arbitrary directory paths and possibly gain administrative privileges...

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-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-6819-2: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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 a denial of service system crash. CVE-2023-6356, CVE-2023-6535, CVE-2023-6536 Chenyuan...

USN-5380-1: Bash vulnerability

It was discovered that Bash did not properly drop privileges when the binary had the setuid bit enabled. An attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges...

USN-5334-1: man-db vulnerability

It was discovered that man-db incorrectly handled permission changing operations in its daily cron job, and was therefore affected by a race condition. An attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code...

USN-5325-1: Zsh vulnerabilities

Sam Foxman discovered that Zsh incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to regain dropped privileges. CVE-2019-20044 It was discovered that Zsh incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. CVE-2021-45...

LSN-0084-1: Kernel Live Patch Security Notice

William Liu and Jamie Hill-Daniel discovered that the file system context functionality in the Linux kernel contained an integer underflow vulnerability, leading to an out-of-bounds write. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or execute arbitrary...

USN-5235-1: Ruby vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain HTML files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 21.04, and Ubuntu 21.10. CVE-2021-41816 It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. An...

USN-5211-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

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...

USN-5114-1: Linux kernel 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 It was discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation in the Linux kernel did not proper...

USN-4996-2: OpenEXR vulnerabilities

USN-4996-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in OpenEXR. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that OpenEXR incorrectly handled certain malformed EXR image files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted EXR image file, a...

USN-4688-1: JasPer vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Jasper incorrectly certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash. CVE-2018-18873 It was discovered that Jasper incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. CVE-2018-19542 It was...

USN-4592-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Andy Nguyen discovered that the Bluetooth L2CAP implementation in the Linux kernel contained a type-confusion error. A physically proximate remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2020-12351 Andy Nguyen discovered that the...

USN-4215-1: NSS vulnerability

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

USN-5357-2: Linux kernel vulnerability

It was discovered that the IPsec implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly allocate enough memory when performing ESP transformations, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code...

LSN-0085-1: Kernel Live Patch Security Notice

Yiqi Sun and Kevin Wang discovered that the cgroups implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict access to the cgroups v1 releaseagent feature. A local attacker could use this to gain administrative privileges.CVE-2022-0492 Nick Gregory discovered that the Linux kernel incorrectly...

USN-4989-2: BlueZ vulnerabilities

USN-4989-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in BlueZ. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that BlueZ incorrectly checked certain permissions when pairing. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to impersonate device...

USN-4926-1: 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, trick the user into disclosing confidential...

USN-4714-1: XStream vulnerabilities

Zhihong Tian and Hui Lu found that XStream was vulnerable to remote code execution. A remote attacker could run arbitrary shell commands by manipulating the processed input stream. CVE-2020-26217 It was discovered that XStream was vulnerable to server-side forgery attacks. A remote attacker could...

USN-4702-1: Pound vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Pound incorrectly handled certain HTTP requests A remote attacker could use it to retrieve some sensitive information. CVE-2016-10711, CVE-2018-21245...

USN-4684-1: EDK II vulnerabilities

Laszlo Ersek discovered that EDK II incorrectly validated certain signed images. An attacker could possibly use this issue with a specially crafted image to cause EDK II to hang, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS...

USN-4392-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Marvell WiFi-Ex Driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate status lengths in messages received from an access point, leading to a buffer overflow. A physically proximate attacker controlling an access point could use this to construct messages that could...

USN-4318-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Al Viro discovered that the vfs layer 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 expose sensitive information kernel memory. CVE-2020-8428 Gustavo Romero and Paul Mackerras discovered that th...

USN-4109-1: OpenJPEG vulnerabilities

It was discovered that OpenJPEG incorrectly handled certain PGX files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or possibly remote code execution. CVE-2017-17480 It was discovered that OpenJPEG incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this...

USN-4060-2: NSS vulnerabilities

USN-4060-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in nss. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Henry Corrigan-Gibbs discovered that NSS incorrectly handled importing certain curve25519 private keys. An attacker could use this...

USN-6119-1: OpenSSL vulnerabilities

Matt Caswell discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled certain ASN.1 object identifiers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause OpenSSL to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2023-2650 Anton Romanov discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled AES-XTS ciphe...

USN-5494-1: SpiderMonkey JavaScript Library vulnerabilities

It was discovered that SpiderMonkey JavaScript Library incorrectly generated certain assembly code. An remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or expose sensitive information. CVE-2022-28285 It was discovered that SpiderMonkey JavaScript Library incorrectly generated certai...

USN-5330-1: LibreOffice vulnerability

It was discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled digital signatures. An attacker could possibly use this issue to create a specially crafted document that would display a validly signed indicator, contrary to expectations...

USN-5073-3: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities

Norbert Slusarek discovered that the CAN broadcast manger bcm protocol implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize memory in some situations. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information kernel memory. CVE-2021-34693 Murray McAllister discovered that the...

USN-4892-1: OpenJDK vulnerability

It was discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly verified Jar signatures. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass intended security restrictions when using Jar files signed with a disabled algorithm...

USN-4674-1: Dovecot vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled certain imap hibernation commands. A remote authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to access other users' email. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.10. CVE-2020-24386 Innokentii Sennovskiy...

USN-4317-1: Firefox vulnerabilities

Two use-after-free bugs were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could exploit these to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code...

USN-4269-1: systemd vulnerabilities

It was discovered that systemd incorrectly handled certain PIDFile files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to trick systemd into killing privileged processes. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. CVE-2018-16888 It was discovered that systemd incorrectly handled certain udevadm...

USN-3822-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Jim Mattson discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel mismanages the BP and OF exceptions. A local attacker in a guest virtual machine could use this to cause a denial of service guest OS crash. CVE-2016-9588 It was discovered that the generic SCSI driver in the Linux kernel did...

USN-3627-2: Apache HTTP Server vulnerabilities

USN-3627-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Apache HTTP Server. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Original advisory details: Alex Nichols and Jakob Hirsch discovered that the Apache HTTP Server modauthnzldap module incorrectly handled missing charset encoding headers. A...

USN-5792-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Mingwei Zhang discovered that the KVM implementation for AMD processors in the Linux kernel did not properly handle cache coherency with Secure Encrypted Virtualization SEV. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service host system crash. CVE-2022-0171 It was discovered th...

USN-5489-1: QEMU vulnerabilities

Alexander Bulekov discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled floppy disk emulation. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly leak sensitive information. CVE-2021-3507 It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly...

USN-5388-2: OpenJDK vulnerabilities

It was discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly verified ECDSA signatures. An attacker could use this issue to bypass the signature verification process. CVE-2022-21449 It was discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly limited memory when compiling a specially crafted XPath expression. An attacker could...

USN-5371-1: nginx vulnerabilities

It was discovered that nginx Lua module mishandled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform an HTTP Request Smuggling attack. This issue was fixed for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. CVE-2020-11724 It was discovered that nginx Lua module mishandled certain input...

USN-5328-1: OpenSSL vulnerability

Tavis Ormandy discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly parsed certain certificates. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause OpenSSH to stop responding, resulting in a denial of service...

USN-5301-2: Cyrus SASL vulnerability

USN-5301-1 fixed a vulnerability in Cyrus. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that the Cyrus SASL SQL plugin incorrectly handled SQL input. A remote attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrar...

USN-5051-4: OpenSSL regression

USN-5051-2 introduced a regression in OpenSSL that affected only Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. This update fix the regression. Original advisory details: Ingo Schwarze discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled certain ASN.1 strings. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause OpenSSL to crash, resultin...

USN-4976-1: Dnsmasq vulnerability

Petr Mensik discovered that Dnsmasq incorrectly randomized source ports in certain configurations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to facilitate DNS cache poisoning attacks...

USN-4746-1: xterm vulnerability

Tavis Ormandy discovered that xterm incorrectly handled certain character sequences. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause xterm to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-4004-2: Berkeley DB vulnerability

USN-4004-1 fixed a vulnerability in Berkeley DB. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Berkeley DB incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to read sensitive information...

USN-3942-1: OpenJDK 7 vulnerability

It was discovered that a memory disclosure issue existed in the OpenJDK Library subsystem. An attacker could use this to expose sensitive information and possibly bypass Java sandbox restrictions...

USN-3912-1: GDK-PixBuf vulnerability

It was discovered that the GDK-PixBuf library did not properly handle certain BMP images. If an user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted BMP file, a remote attacker could use this flaw to cause GDK-PixBuf to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execut...

USN-3382-1: PHP vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the PHP opcache created keys for files it cached based on their filepath. A local attacker could possibly use this issue in a shared hosting environment to obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. CVE-2015-8994 It was discovered that the PHP...