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...

USN-320-1: PHP vulnerabilities

The phpinfo PHP function did not properly sanitize long strings. A remote attacker could use this to perform cross-site scripting attacks against sites that have publicly-available PHP scripts that call phpinfo. Please note that it is not recommended to publicly expose phpinfo. CVE-2006-0996 An...

USN-6445-2: Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel contained a high rate of hash collisions in connection lookup table. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service excessive CPU consumption. CVE-2023-1206 Daniel Trujillo, Johannes Wikner, and Kaveh Razavi...

USN-6237-1: curl vulnerabilities

Hiroki Kurosawa discovered that curl incorrectly handled validating certain certificate wildcards. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to spoof certain website certificates using IDN hosts. CVE-2023-28321 Hiroki Kurosawa discovered that curl incorrectly handled callbacks when certain...

USN-5898-1: OpenJDK vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Serialization component of OpenJDK did not properly handle the deserialization of some CORBA objects. An attacker could possibly use this to bypass Java sandbox restrictions. CVE-2023-21830 Markus Loewe discovered that the Java Sound subsystem in OpenJDK did not properl...

USN-5537-2: MySQL vulnerability

USN-5537-1 fixed a vulnerability 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 to 5.7.39 in...

USN-5347-1: OpenVPN vulnerability

It was discovered that OpenVPN incorrectly handled certain configurations with multiple authentication plugins. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass authentication using incomplete credentials...

USN-5306-1: 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...

LSN-0082-1: Kernel Live Patch Security Notice

Jann Horn discovered that the tty subsystem of the Linux kernel did not use consistent locking in some situations, leading to a read-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly expose sensitive information kernel...

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-5053-1: libssh vulnerability

It was discovered that libssh incorrectly handled rekeying. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause libssh to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-5033-1: Perl vulnerability

It was discovered that the Perl Encode library incorrectly handled paths. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to trick the library into executing arbitrary code from the current working directory...

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-4970-1: GUPnP vulnerability

It was discovered that GUPnP incorrectly filtered local requests. If a user were tricked into visiting a malicious website, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform actions against local UPnP services such as obtaining or altering sensitive information...

USN-4942-1: Firefox vulnerability

A race condition was discovered in Web Render Components. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to execute arbitrary code...

USN-4918-3: ClamAV regression

USN-4918-1 fixed vulnerabilities in ClamAV. The updated package could fail to properly scan in some situations. This update fixes the problem. Original advisory details: It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing Excel documents. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to...

USN-4914-1: NetworkManager vulnerability

It was discovered that NetworkManager incorrectly handled certain profiles. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause NetworkManager to crash, resulting in a denial of service...

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-4703-1: Mutt vulnerability

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

USN-4697-2: Pillow vulnerabilities

USN-4697-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Pillow. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain PCX image files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted...

USN-4393-1: 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-4337-1: OpenJDK vulnerabilities

It was discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service while processing a specially crafted regular expression. CVE-2020-2754, CVE-2020-2755 It was discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly handled class...

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-4315-1: Apport vulnerabilities

Maximilien Bourgeteau discovered that the Apport lock file was created with insecure permissions. This could allow a local attacker to escalate their privileges via a symlink attack. CVE-2020-8831 Maximilien Bourgeteau discovered a race condition in Apport when setting crash report permissions...

USN-4088-1: PHP vulnerability

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information, cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code...

USN-4027-1: PostgreSQL vulnerability

Alexander Lakhin discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled authentication. An authenticated attacker or a rogue server could use this issue to cause PostgreSQL to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. The default compiler options for affected releases...

USN-3968-1: Sudo vulnerabilities

Florian Weimer discovered that Sudo incorrectly handled the noexec restriction when used with certain applications. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass configured restrictions and execute arbitrary commands. CVE-2016-7076 It was discovered that Sudo did not properly parse the...

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-3914-1: NTFS-3G vulnerability

A heap buffer overflow was discovered in NTFS-3G when executing it with a relative mount point path that is too long. A local attacker could potentially exploit this to execute arbitrary code as the administrator...

USN-3732-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

Juha-Matti Tilli discovered that the TCP implementation in the Linux kernel performed algorithmically expensive operations in some situations when handling incoming packets. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service...

USN-3212-1: LibTIFF vulnerabilities

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain malformed images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges...

USN-3119-1: Bind vulnerability

Tony Finch and Marco Davids discovered that Bind incorrectly handled certain responses containing a DNAME answer. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Bind to crash, resulting in a denial of service...

USN-1628-1: Qt vulnerability

Juliano Rizzo and Thai Duong discovered a flaw in the Transport Layer Security TLS protocol when it is used with data compression. If an attacker were able to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could be exploited to view sensitive information. This update disables TLS data...

USN-1093-1: Linux Kernel vulnerabilities (Marvell Dove)

Dan Rosenberg discovered that the RDS network protocol did not correctly check certain parameters. A local attacker could exploit this gain root privileges. CVE-2010-3904 Nelson Elhage discovered several problems with the Acorn Econet protocol driver. A local user could cause a denial of service...

USN-7387-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems: - ARM64 architecture; - MIPS architecture; - PowerPC architecture; - RISC-V architecture; - S390 architecture; - Supe...

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-6127-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Patryk Sondej and Piotr Krysiuk discovered that a race condition existed in the netfilter subsystem of the Linux kernel when processing batch requests, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrar...

USN-5906-1: PostgreSQL vulnerability

Jacob Champion discovered that the PostgreSQL client incorrectly handled Kerberos authentication. If a user or automated system were tricked into connecting to a malicious server, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information...

USN-5232-1: Fail2ban vulnerability

Jakub Żoczek discovered that certain Fail2ban actions handled whois responses in an insecure way. If Fail2ban was configured to use certain mail actions like 'mail-whois' on a target system, a remote attacker who was able to control whois responses to this target system could possibly execute...

USN-5404-1: Rsyslog vulnerability

Pieter Agten discovered that Rsyslog incorrectly handled certain requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash...

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-5168-3: NSS vulnerability

USN-5168-1 fixed a vulnerability in NSS. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Tavis Ormandy discovered that NSS incorrectly handled verifying DSA/RSA-PSS signatures. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause NSS ...

USN-5140-1: Linux kernel (OEM 5.14) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the AMD Cryptographic Coprocessor CCP driver in the Linux kernel did not properly deallocate memory in some error conditions. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service memory exhaustion. CVE-2021-3744, CVE-2021-3764 It was discovered that an integer...

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-5075-1: Ghostscript vulnerability

It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain PostScript files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to access arbitrary files, execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of service...

USN-4955-1: Please vulnerabilities

Matthias Gerstner discovered that Please contained multiple security issues. A local attacker could use these issues to cause Please to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly escalate privileges...

USN-4467-3: QEMU regression

USN-4467-1 fixed vulnerabilities in QEMU. The fix for CVE-2020-13754 introduced a regression in certain environments. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Ren Ding, Hanqing Zhao, Alexander Bulekov, and Anatoly Trosinenko discovered that the...

USN-4570-1: urllib3 vulnerability

It was discovered that urllib3 incorrectly handled certain character sequences. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform CRLF injection...

USN-4321-1: HAProxy vulnerability

Felix Wilhelm discovered that HAProxy incorrectly handled certain HTTP/2 requests. An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code...

USN-4252-1: tcpdump vulnerabilities

Multiple security issues were discovered in tcpdump. A remote attacker could use these issues to cause tcpdump to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...