USN-1681-2: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

USN-1681-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update provides the corresponding updates for Thunderbird. Original advisory details: Christoph Diehl, Christian Holler, Mats Palmgren, Chiaki Ishikawa, Bill Gianopoulos, Benoit Jacob, Gary Kwong, Robert O'Callahan, Jesse Ruderman, and Julian Sewa...

USN-6839-1: MariaDB vulnerability

A security issue was discovered in MariaDB and this update includes new upstream MariaDB versions to fix the issue. MariaDB has been updated to 10.6.18 in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and to 10.11.8 in Ubuntu 23.10 and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. In addition to security fixes, the updated packages contain bug fixes, n...

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-5564-1: Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities

Zhenpeng Lin discovered that the network packet scheduler implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly remove all references to a route filter before freeing it in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or execute arbitrary code...

USN-5514-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the implementation of the 6pack and mkiss protocols in the Linux kernel did not handle detach events properly in some situations, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2022-1195...

USN-5400-2: MySQL vulnerabilities

USN-5400-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in MySQL. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update includes new upstream MySQL versions to fix these issues. MySQL has been updated in...

USN-5260-3: Samba vulnerability

USN-5260-1 fixed a vulnerability in Samba. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Orange Tsai discovered that the Samba vfsfruit module incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A remote attacker could use this issu...

USN-5064-1: GNU cpio vulnerability

Maverick Chung and Qiaoyi Fang discovered that cpio incorrectly handled certain pattern files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause cpio to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-5008-2: Avahi vulnerability

USN-5008-1 fixed a vulnerability in avahi. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Thomas Kremer discovered that Avahi incorrectly handled termination signals on the Unix socket. A local attacker could possibly use this...

USN-5008-1: Avahi vulnerabilities

Thomas Kremer discovered that Avahi incorrectly handled termination signals on the Unix socket. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Avahi to hang, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.10. CVE-2021-3468 It...

USN-4964-1: Exiv2 vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Exiv2 incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.10 and Ubuntu 21.04. CVE-2021-29463 It was discovered that Exiv2 incorrectly handled certain files. An...

USN-4941-1: Exiv2 vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Exiv2 incorrectly handled certain images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or cause a crash. CVE-2021-29457 It was discovered that Exiv2 incorrectly handled certain images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of...

USN-4922-2: Ruby vulnerability

USN-4922-1 fixed a vulnerability in Ruby. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 21.04. Original advisory details: Juho Nurminen discovered that the REXML gem bundled with Ruby incorrectly parsed and serialized XML documents. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to...

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-4886-1: Privoxy vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Privoxy incorrectly handled CGI requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or obtain sensitive information. CVE-2020-35502, CVE-2021-20209, CVE-2021-20210, CVE-2021-20213, CVE-2021-20215, CVE-2021-20216, CVE-2021-20217, CVE-2021-20272,...

USN-4696-1: HTMLDOC vulnerability

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

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-4286-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-4286-1 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. It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly clear data structures on...

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-3923-1: QEMU vulnerabilities

Michael Hanselmann discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the Media Transfer Protocol MTP. An attacker inside the guest could use this issue to read or write arbitrary files and cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.10. CVE-2018-16867...

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-3657-1: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the netlink subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict observations of netlink messages to the appropriate net namespace. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information kernel netlink traffic. CVE-2017-17449 Tuba Yavuz discovered that a...

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-3485-3: Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the ALSA subsystem of the Linux kernel when creating and deleting a port via ioctl. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2017-15265 Eric Biggers discovered that the key...

USN-6821-3: Linux kernel (AWS) 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-5253-1: Rack vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Rack insecurely handled session ids. An unauthenticated remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a timing attack and hijack sessions. CVE-2019-16782 It was discovered that Rack was incorrectly handling cookies during parsing, not validating them or performin...

USN-5408-1: Dnsmasq vulnerability

Petr Menšík and Richard Johnson discovered that Dnsmasq incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or expose sensitive information...

USN-5372-1: Subversion vulnerabilities

Evgeny Kotkov discovered that Subversion servers did not properly follow path-based authorization rules in certain cases. An attacker could potentially use this issue to retrieve information about private paths. CVE-2021-28544 Thomas Weißschuh discovered that Subversion servers did not properly...

USN-5357-1: 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...

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-5081-1: Qt vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Qt incorrectly handled certain XBM image files. 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. CVE-2020-17507 It was discovered that Qt incorrectly handled...

USN-5048-1: Inetutils vulnerability

It was discovered that Inetutils telnet server allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via short writes or urgent data. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a DoS or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-4993-1: Dovecot vulnerabilities

Kirin discovered that Dovecot incorrectly escaped kid and azp fields in JWT tokens. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to validate tokens using arbitrary keys. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.10 and Ubuntu 21.04. CVE-2021-29157 Fabian Ising and Damian Poddebniak discovered that...

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-4928-1: GStreamer Good Plugins vulnerabilities

It was discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause access sensitive information or cause a crash. CVE-2021-3497 It was discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could...

USN-4924-1: Dnsmasq vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Dnsmasq incorrectly handled certain wildcard synthesized NSEC records. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to prove the non-existence of hostnames that actually exist. CVE-2017-15107 It was discovered that Dnsmasq incorrectly handled certain large DNS packets. A...

USN-4899-1: SpamAssassin vulnerability

Damian Lukowski discovered that SpamAssassin incorrectly handled certain CF files. If a user or automated system were tricked into using a specially- crafted CF file, a remote attacker could possibly run arbitrary code...

LSN-0074-1: Kernel Live Patch Security Notice

Elena Petrova discovered that the pin controller device tree implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle string references. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information kernel memory. CVE-2020-0427 Andy Nguyen discovered that the Bluetooth A2MP implementation in...

USN-4689-3: 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-4660-2: Linux kernel regression

USN-4660-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. Unfortunately, that update introduced a regression in the software raid10 driver when used with fstrim that could lead to data corruption. This update fixes the problem. Original advisory details: It was discovered that a race condition existe...

USN-4593-2: FreeType vulnerability

USN-4593-1 fixed a vulnerability in FreeType. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Sergei Glazunov discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font...

USN-4580-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

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...

USN-4389-1: 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-4394-1: SQLite vulnerabilities

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain corruped schemas. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. CVE-2018-8740 It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain SELECT statements. An attacker cou...

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-4078-1: OpenLDAP vulnerabilities

It was discovered that OpenLDAP incorrectly handled rootDN delegation. A database administrator could use this issue to request authorization as an identity from another database, contrary to expectations. CVE-2019-13057 It was discovered that OpenLDAP incorrectly handled SASL authentication and...

USN-4057-1: Zipios vulnerability

Mike Salvatore discovered that Zipios mishandled certain malformed ZIP files. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service or consume system resources. CVE-2019-13453...

USN-3988-1: MediaInfoLib vulnerabilities

It was discovered that MediaInfoLib contained multiple security issues when handling certain multimedia files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted multimedia file, an attacker could cause MediaInfoLib to crash, resulting in a denial of service...

USN-3931-2: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3931-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 18.04 LTS for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and for the Linux Azure kernel for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. M. Vefa Bicakci and Andy Lutomirsk...

USN-3697-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a null pointer dereference vulnerability existed in the DCCP protocol implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2018-1130 Jann Horn discovered that the 32 bit adjtimex syscall implementation for 64 bit...