USN-6821-4: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the ATA over Ethernet AoE driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2023-6270 It was discovered that the Atheros 802.11ac...

USN-6534-3: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the USB subsystem in the Linux kernel contained a race condition while handling device descriptors in certain situations, leading to a out-of-bounds read vulnerability. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2023-37453 Lin Ma...

USN-5475-1: 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, spoof the browser UI, conduct cross-site scripting XSS attacks, bypass...

USN-5378-1: Gzip vulnerability

Cleemy Desu Wayo discovered that Gzip incorrectly handled certain filenames. If a user or automated system were tricked into performing zgrep operations with specially crafted filenames, a remote attacker could overwrite arbitrary files...

USN-5229-1: 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 across domains, or execu...

LSN-0083-1: Kernel Live Patch Security Notice

The BPF subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.17 mishandles situations with a long jump over an instruction sequence where inner instructions require substantial expansions into multiple BPF instructions, leading to an overflow. This affects kernel/bpf/core.c and net/core/filter.c.CVE-2018-25020...

USN-5204-1: Django vulnerabilities

Chris Bailey discovered that Django incorrectly handled evaluating submitted passwords. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2021-45115 Dennis Brinkrolf discovered that Django incorrectly handled the dictsort template filter. ...

USN-5024-1: WebKitGTK vulnerabilities

A large number of security issues were discovered in the WebKitGTK Web and JavaScript engines. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote attacker could exploit a variety of issues related to web browser security, including cross-site scripting attacks, denial of service...

USN-4935-1: NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the NVIDIA GPU display driver for the Linux kernel incorrectly performed access control. A local attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, expose sensitive information, or escalate privileges. CVE-2021-1076 It was discovered that the NVIDIA GPU display...

USN-4732-1: SQLite vulnerability

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain sub-queries. An attacker could use this issue to cause SQLite to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-4689-1: NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the NVIDIA GPU display driver for the Linux kernel contained a vulnerability that allowed user-mode clients to access legacy privileged APIs. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or escalate privileges. CVE-2021-1052 It was discovered that the NVIDIA...

USN-4677-1: p11-kit vulnerabilities

David Cook discovered that p11-kit incorrectly handled certain memory operations. An attacker could use this issue to cause p11-kit to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-4604-1: MySQL vulnerabilities

Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update includes new upstream MySQL versions to fix these issues. MySQL has been updated to 8.0.22 in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.10. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS have been updated to MySQL 5.7.32. In addition to security fixes...

USN-4576-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Hadar Manor discovered that the DCCP protocol implementation in the Linux kernel improperly handled socket reuse, leading to 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-2020-16119 Jay Shin...

USN-4279-2: PHP regression

USN-4279-1 fixed vulnerabilities in PHP. The updated packages caused a regression. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain scripts. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a...

USN-4275-1: Qt vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Qt incorrectly handled certain PPM images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted PPM file, a remote attacker could cause Qt to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS...

USN-4232-1: GraphicsMagick vulnerabilities

It was discovered that GraphicsMagick incorrectly handled certain image files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact...

USN-4183-2: Linux kernel vulnerability

USN-4183-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. It was discovered that the kernel fix for CVE-2019-0155 i915 missing Blitter Command Streamer check was incomplete on 64-bit Intel x86 systems. This update addresses the issue. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details:...

USN-4160-1: UW IMAP vulnerability

It was discovered that UW IMAP incorrectly handled inputs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary OS commands...

USN-4128-1: Tomcat vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Tomcat 8 SSI printenv command echoed user provided data without escaping it. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform an XSS attack. CVE-2019-0221 It was discovered that Tomcat 8 did not address HTTP/2 connection window exhaustion on write while addressing...

USN-4059-1: Squid vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain SNMP packets. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause memory consumption, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. CVE-2018-19132 It was discovered that Squid incorrect...

USN-3981-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Ke Sun, Henrique Kawakami, Kekai Hu, Rodrigo Branco, Giorgi Maisuradze, Dan Horea Lutas, Andrei Lutas, Volodymyr Pikhur, Stephan van Schaik, Alyssa Milburn, Sebastian Österlund, Pietro Frigo, Kaveh Razavi, Herbert Bos, Cristiano Giuffrida, Moritz Lipp, Michael Schwarz, and Daniel Gruss discovered...

USN-3727-1: Bouncy Castle vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Bouncy Castle incorrectly handled certain crypto algorithms. A remote attacker could possibly use these issues to obtain sensitive information, including private keys...

USN-3600-1: PHP vulnerabilities

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain stream metadata. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to set arbitrary metadata. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. CVE-2016-10712 It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled the PHAR 404 error page. A remote attacker...

USN-1680-1: MoinMoin vulnerabilities

It was discovered that MoinMoin did not properly sanitize its input when processing AnyWikiDraw and TWikiDraw actions. A remote attacker with write access could exploit this to overwrite arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code with the priviliges of the web server user 'www-data'. It was...

USN-5353-1: Linux kernel (OEM) 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...

USN-5210-2: Linux kernel regression

USN-5210-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. Unfortunately, that update introduced a regression that caused failures to boot in environments with AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization SEV enabled. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details:...

USN-5057-1: Squashfs-Tools vulnerability

Etienne Stalmans discovered that Squashfs-Tools mishandled certain malformed SQUASHFS files. An attacker could use this vulnerability to write arbitrary files to the filesystem...

USN-5037-1: 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, trick a user into accepting unwanted permissions, or execute arbitrary code...

USN-5005-1: DjVuLibre vulnerability

It was discovered that DjVuLibre incorrectly handled certain djvu files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or cause a crash...

USN-4969-2: DHCP vulnerability

USN-4969-1 fixed a vulnerability in DHCP. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Jon Franklin and Pawel Wieczorkiewicz discovered that DHCP incorrectly handled lease file parsing. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue...

USN-4960-1: runC vulnerability

Etienne Champetier discovered that runC incorrectly checked mount targets. An attacker with a malicious container image could possibly mount the host filesystem into the container and escalate privileges...

USN-4902-1: Django vulnerability

Dennis Brinkrolf discovered that Django incorrectly handled certain filenames. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to create or overwrite files in unexpected directories...

USN-4579-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Hadar Manor discovered that the DCCP protocol implementation in the Linux kernel improperly handled socket reuse, leading to 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-2020-16119 Wen Xu discover...

USN-4575-1: dom4j vulnerability

It was discovered that dom4j incorrectly handled reading XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this with a crafted XML file to expose sensitive data or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2020-10683...

USN-4483-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Chuhong Yuan discovered that go7007 USB audio device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly deallocate memory in some failure conditions. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service memory exhaustion. CVE-2019-20810 Fan Yang discovered that the mremap...

USN-4330-1: PHP vulnerabilities

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain file uploads. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash. CVE-2020-7062 It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain PHAR archive files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information...

USN-4235-2: nginx vulnerability

USN-4235-1 fixed a vulnerability in nginx. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Bert JW Regeer and Francisco Oca Gonzalez discovered that nginx incorrectly handled certain errorpage configurations. A remote attacker could possibly use this...

USN-4188-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

Stephan van Schaik, Alyssa Milburn, Sebastian Österlund, Pietro Frigo, Kaveh Razavi, Herbert Bos, Cristiano Giuffrida, Giorgi Maisuradze, Moritz Lipp, Michael Schwarz, Daniel Gruss, and Jo Van Bulck discovered that Intel processors using Transactional Synchronization Extensions TSX could expose...

USN-4185-2: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities

Stephan van Schaik, Alyssa Milburn, Sebastian Österlund, Pietro Frigo, Kaveh Razavi, Herbert Bos, Cristiano Giuffrida, Giorgi Maisuradze, Moritz Lipp, Michael Schwarz, Daniel Gruss, and Jo Van Bulck discovered that Intel processors using Transactional Synchronization Extensions TSX could expose...

USN-4134-1: IBus vulnerability

Simon McVittie discovered that IBus did not enforce appropriate access controls on its private D-Bus socket. A local unprivileged user who discovers the IBus socket address of another user could exploit this to capture the key strokes of the other user...

USN-3889-1: WebKitGTK+ vulnerabilities

A large number of security issues were discovered in the WebKitGTK+ Web and JavaScript engines. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote attacker could exploit a variety of issues related to web browser security, including cross-site scripting attacks, denial of service...

USN-3270-1: NSS vulnerabilities

Karthik Bhargavan and Gaetan Leurent discovered that the DES and Triple DES ciphers were vulnerable to birthday attacks. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to obtain clear text data from long encrypted sessions. This update causes NSS to limit use of the same symmetric key...

USN-3257-1: WebKitGTK+ vulnerabilities

A large number of security issues were discovered in the WebKitGTK+ Web and JavaScript engines. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote attacker could exploit a variety of issues related to web browser security, including cross-site scripting attacks, denial of service...

USN-1041-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Louis Rilling and Matthieu Fertré reported a use after free error in the Linux kernel's futexwait function. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly gain privileges via a specially crafted application. CVE-2014-0205 Ben Hawkes discovered that the...

USN-6556-1: Budgie Extras vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Budgie Extras incorrectly handled certain temporary file paths. An attacker could possibly use this issue to inject false information or deny access to the application. CVE-2023-49342, CVE-2023-49343, CVE-2023-49347 Matthias Gerstner discovered that Budgie Extras incorrectl...

USN-5990-1: musl vulnerabilities

It was discovered that musl did not handle certain i386 math functions properly. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. CVE-2019-14697 It was...

USN-5741-1: Exim vulnerability

It was discovered that Exim incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. An attacker could use this issue to cause Exim to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-5312-1: HAProxy vulnerability

It was discovered that HAProxy incorrectly handled certain headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause HAProxy to stop responding, resulting in a denial of service...

USN-5292-1: snapd vulnerabilities

James Troup discovered that snap did not properly manage the permissions for the snap directories. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. CVE-2021-3155 Ian Johnson discovered that snapd did not properly validate content interfaces and layout paths. A local...