USN-5192-2: Apache Log4j 2 vulnerability

USN-5192-1 fixed a vulnerability in Apache Log4j 2. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Chen Zhaojun discovered that Apache Log4j 2 allows remote attackers to run programs via a special crafted input. An attacker could use this...

USN-4905-2: X.Org X Server vulnerability

USN-4905-1 fixed a vulnerability in X.Org. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Jan-Niklas Sohn discovered that the X.Org X Server incorrectly handled certain lengths of XInput extension ChangeFeedbackControl requests. An attacker could us...

USN-4905-1: X.Org X Server vulnerability

Jan-Niklas Sohn discovered that the X.Org X Server incorrectly handled certain lengths of XInput extension ChangeFeedbackControl requests. An attacker could use this issue to cause the server to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-4896-2: lxml vulnerability

USN-4896-1 fixed a vulnerability in lxml. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that lxml incorrectly handled certain HTML attributes. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform cross-site scripting XSS...

USN-4900-1: OpenEXR vulnerabilities

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 remote attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-4897-1: Pygments vulnerability

Ben Caller discovered that Pygments incorrectly handled parsing certain files. If a user or automated system were tricked into parsing a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could cause Pygments to hang or consume resources, resulting in a denial of service...

USN-4773-1: Drupal vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Drupal did not properly process certain input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or completely compromise a Drupal site. CVE-2018-7600, CVE-2018-7602 It was discovered that password reset URLs in Drupal could be forged. An attacker could use...

USN-4648-1: 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-4303-2: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerability

USN-4303-1 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. Paulo Bonzini discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation in the Linux kernel...

USN-4278-2: Firefox vulnerabilities

USN-4278-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Original advisory details: Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit...

USN-4264-1: Django vulnerability

Simon Charette discovered that Django incorrectly handled input in the PostgreSQL module. A remote attacker could possibly use this to perform SQL injection attacks...

USN-4142-2: e2fsprogs vulnerability

USN-4142-1 fixed a vulnerability in e2fsprogs. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that e2fsprogs incorrectly handled certain ext4 partitions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute...

USN-4058-2: Bash vulnerability

USN-4058-1 fixed a vulnerability in bash. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Bash incorrectly handled the restricted shell. An attacker could possibly use this issue to escape restrictions and...

USN-4007-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

Federico Manuel Bento discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly apply Address Space Layout Randomization ASLR in some situations for setuid a.out binaries. A local attacker could use this to improve the chances of exploiting an existing vulnerability in a setuid a.out binary. As a hardeni...

USN-3947-1: Libxslt vulnerability

It was discovered that Libxslt incorrectly handled certain documents. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information...

USN-3321-1: 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, read uninitialized memory, obtain sensitive information or execute arbitrary...

USN-1186-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Dan Rosenberg discovered that IPC structures were not correctly initialized on 64bit systems. A local attacker could exploit this to read kernel stack memory, leading to a loss of privacy. CVE-2010-4073 Steve Chen discovered that setsockopt did not correctly check MSS values. A local attacker cou...

USN-5486-1: Intel Microcode vulnerabilities

It was discovered that some Intel processors did not implement sufficient control flow management. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. CVE-2021-0127 Joseph Nuzman discovered that some Intel processors did not properly initialise shared resources. A local attacker could u...

USN-5305-1: MariaDB vulnerabilities

Several security issues were discovered in MariaDB and this update includes new upstream MariaDB versions to fix these issues. MariaDB has been updated to 10.3.34 in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and to 10.5.15 in Ubuntu 21.10. In addition to security fixes, the updated packages contain bug fixes, new feature...

USN-5267-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Bluetooth subsystem 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 execute arbitrary code. CVE-2021-3640 Likang Luo discovered that a race condition existed in the...

USN-5227-2: Pillow vulnerabilities

USN-5227-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Pillow. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain image files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a...

USN-5137-2: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the f2fs file system in the Linux kernel did not properly validate metadata in some situations. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious f2fs image that, when mounted and operated on, could cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-5136-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the f2fs file system in the Linux kernel did not properly validate metadata in some situations. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious f2fs image that, when mounted and operated on, could cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-5068-1: GD library vulnerabilities

It was discovered that GD Graphics Library incorrectly handled certain GD and GD2 files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or expose sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. CVE-2017-6363 I...

USN-5056-1: APR vulnerability

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

USN-5023-1: Aspell vulnerability

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

USN-4975-2: Django vulnerability

USN-4975-1 fixed a vulnerability in Django. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Rasmus Lerchedahl Petersen and Rasmus Wriedt Larsen discovered that Django incorrectly handled path sanitation in admindocs. A remote attacker could possibly...

USN-4957-2: DjVuLibre vulnerabilities

USN-4957-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in DjVuLibre. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that DjVuLibre incorrectly handled certain memory operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a...

USN-4956-1: Eventlet vulnerability

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

USN-4930-1: Samba vulnerability

Peter Eriksson discovered that Samba incorrectly handled certain negative idmap cache entries. This issue could result in certain users gaining unauthorized access to files, contrary to expected behaviour...

USN-4885-1: Pygments vulnerability

It was discovered that Pygments incorrectly handled parsing SML files. If a user or automated system were tricked into parsing a specially crafted SML file, a remote attacker could cause Pygments to hang, resulting in a denial of service...

USN-4467-2: QEMU vulnerabilities

USN-4467-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in QEMU. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that the QEMU SD memory card implementation incorrectly handled certain memory operations. An attacker inside a guest could possibly u...

USN-4682-1: WavPack vulnerability

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

USN-4374-1: Unbound vulnerabilities

Lior Shafir, Yehuda Afek, and Anat Bremler-Barr discovered that Unbound incorrectly handled certain queries. A remote attacker could use this issue to perform an amplification attack directed at a target. CVE-2020-12662 It was discovered that Unbound incorrectly handled certain malformed answers....

USN-4331-1: WebKitGTK+ vulnerability

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-4319-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the IPMI message handler implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly deallocate memory in certain situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service kernel memory exhaustion. CVE-2019-19046 Al Viro discovered that the vfs layer in the Linux...

USN-4257-1: OpenJDK vulnerabilities

It was discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly handled exceptions during deserialization in BeanContextSupport. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact. CVE-2020-2583 It was discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly validated properties of SASL...

USN-4199-1: libvpx vulnerabilities

It was discovered that libvpx did not properly handle certain malformed WebM media files. If an application using libvpx opened a specially crafted WebM file, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-3985-1: libvirt update

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-3976-1: Samba vulnerability

Isaac Boukris and Andrew Bartlett discovered that Samba incorrectly checked S4U2Self packets. In certain environments, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges...

USN-3966-1: GNOME Shell vulnerability

It was discovered that the GNOME Shell incorrectly handled certain keyboard inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to invoke keyboard shortcuts, and potentially other actions while the workstation was locked...

USN-3948-1: 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-3916-1: libsolv vulnerabilities

It was discovered that libsolv incorrectly handled certain malformed input. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, applications that rely on libsolv could be made to crash, resulting in a denial of service...

USN-3655-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Jann Horn and Ken Johnson discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution of a memory read may allow unauthorized memory reads via a sidechannel attack. This flaw is known as Spectre Variant 4. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information, including kernel memor...

USN-3646-1: PHP vulnerabilities

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled opcache access controls when configured to use PHP-FPM. A local user could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information from another user's PHP applications. CVE-2018-10545 It was discovered that the PHP iconv stream filter incorrect handl...

USN-3386-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Andrey Konovalov discovered a race condition in the UDP Fragmentation Offload UFO code in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. CVE-2017-1000112 Andrey Konovalov discovered a race condition in AFPACKET socket option handling code...

USN-3141-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

Christian Holler, Jon Coppeard, Olli Pettay, Ehsan Akhgari, Gary Kwong, Tooru Fujisawa, and Randell Jesup discovered multiple memory safety issues in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted message, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of...

USN-2380-1: Bash vulnerabilities

Michal Zalewski discovered that Bash incorrectly handled parsing certain function definitions. If an attacker were able to create an environment variable containing a function definition with a very specific name, these issues could possibly be used to bypass certain environment restrictions and...

USN-1627-1: Apache HTTP Server vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the modnegotiation module incorrectly handled certain filenames, which could result in browsers becoming vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks when processing the output. With cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, if a user were tricked into viewing server output durin...

USN-852-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Solar Designer discovered that the z90crypt driver did not correctly check capabilities. A local attacker could exploit this to shut down the device, leading to a denial of service. Only affected Ubuntu 6.06. CVE-2009-1883 Michael Buesch discovered that the SGI GRU driver did not correctly check...