USN-4213-1: Squid vulnerabilities

Jeriko One and Kristoffer Danielsson discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain URN requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass access checks and access restricted servers. This issue was only addressed in Ubuntu 19.04 and Ubuntu 19.10. CVE-2019-12523 Jeriko One...

USN-4187-1: 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-3835-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Jann Horn discovered that the procfs file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict the ability to inspect the kernel stack of an arbitrary task. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. CVE-2018-17972 Jann Horn discovered that the mremap system...

USN-3740-2: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3740-1 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. It was discovered that memory present in the L1 data cache of an Intel CPU core may be...

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-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-3181-1: OpenSSL vulnerabilities

Guido Vranken discovered that OpenSSL used undefined behaviour when performing pointer arithmetic. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause OpenSSL to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS as other releases were...

USN-3077-1: OpenJDK 6 vulnerabilities

A vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to data integrity. An attacker could exploit this to expose sensitive data over the network or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2016-3458 Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to availability. An attacker...

USN-2956-1: ubuntu-core-launcher vulnerability

Zygmunt Krynicki discovered that ubuntu-core-launcher did not properly sanitize its input and contained a logic error when determining the mountpoint of bind mounts when using snaps on Ubuntu classic systems eg, traditional desktop and server. If a user were tricked into installing a malicious sn...

USN-2943-1: PCRE vulnerabilities

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

USN-853-2: Firefox and Xulrunner regression

USN-853-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox and Xulrunner. The upstream changes introduced regressions that could lead to crashes when processing certain malformed GIF images, fonts and web pages. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Alin Ra...

USN-6605-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Lin Ma discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly validate network family support while creating a new netfilter table. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2023-6040 It was discovered that the CIFS...

USN-6588-1: PAM vulnerability

Matthias Gerstner discovered that the PAM pamnamespace module incorrectly handled special files when performing directory checks. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PAM to stop responding, resulting in a denial of service...

USN-6510-1: Apache HTTP Server vulnerability

David Shoon discovered that the Apache HTTP Server modmacro module incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the server to crash, resulting in a denial of service...

USN-6030-1: Linux kernel (Qualcomm Snapdragon) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Traffic-Control Index TCINDEX implementation 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-2023-1281 It was discovered that the System V IPC...

USN-5980-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the System V IPC implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle large shared memory counts. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service memory exhaustion. CVE-2021-3669 It was discovered that the KVM VMX implementation in the Linux kernel did no...

USN-5493-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

It was discovered that the 8 Devices USB2CAN interface implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle certain error conditions, leading to a double-free. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service system crash...

USN-5378-4: Gzip vulnerability

USN-5378-1 fixed a vulnerability in Gzip. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Cleemy Desu Wayo discovered that Gzip incorrectly handled certain filenames. If a user or automated system were tricked into performing zgrep...

USN-5329-1: tar vulnerability

It was discovered that tar incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause tar to crash, resulting in a denial of service...

USN-5291-1: libarchive vulnerabilities

It was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled symlinks. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted archive, an attacker could possibly use this issue to change modes, times, ACLs, and flags on arbitrary files. CVE-2021-23177, CVE-2021-31566 It was...

USN-5270-2: MySQL vulnerabilities

USN-5270-1 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 to...

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-5125-1: PHP vulnerability

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

USN-5116-1: 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 Alois Wohlschlager discovered that the overlay file system in the Linux kernel did not...

USN-5102-1: Mercurial vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Mercurial mishandled symlinks in subrepositories. An attacker could use this issue to write arbitrary files to the target’s filesystem. CVE-2019-3902 It was discovered that Mercurial incorrectly handled certain manifest files. An attacker could use this issue to cause a...

USN-5026-1: QPDF vulnerabilities

It was discovered that QPDF incorrectly handled certain malformed PDF files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause QPDF to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. CVE-2018-18020 It was discovered that QPDF incorrectly handled certa...

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-4690-1: coTURN vulnerability

It was discovered that coTURN allowed peers to connect and relay packets to loopback addresses in the range of 127.x.x.x. A malicious user could use this vulnerability to insert packages into the loopback interface...

USN-4667-2: APT vulnerability

USN-4667-1 fixed a vulnerability in APT. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Kevin Backhouse discovered that APT incorrectly handled certain packages. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause APT to crash or stop responding...

USN-4546-1: Firefox vulnerabilities

Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, conduct cross-site scripting XSS attacks, spoof the site displayed in the download dialog, or execute...

USN-4367-2: Linux kernel regression

USN-4367-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the 5.4 Linux kernel. Unfortunately, that update introduced a regression in overlayfs. This update corrects the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that the btrfs implementation in the Linux kernel did not...

USN-4184-1: Linux kernel 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-4171-1: Apport vulnerabilities

Kevin Backhouse discovered Apport would read its user-controlled settings file as the root user. This could be used by a local attacker to possibly crash Apport or have other unspecified consequences. CVE-2019-11481 Sander Bos discovered a race-condition in Apport during core dump creation. This...

USN-4130-1: 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-4110-2: Dovecot vulnerability

USN-4110-1 fixed a vulnerability in Dovecot. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Nick Roessler and Rafi Rubin discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled certain data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to caus...

USN-4083-1: OpenJDK 11 vulnerabilities

It was discovered that OpenJDK did not sufficiently validate serial streams before deserializing suppressed exceptions in some situations. An attacker could use this to specially craft an object that, when deserialized, would cause a denial of service. CVE-2019-2762 It was discovered that in some...

USN-4033-1: libmysofa vulnerability

It was discovered that a libmysofa component does not properly validate multiplications and additions, and may crash with some specific input...

USN-3978-1: QEMU 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-3881-2: Dovecot vulnerability

USN-3881-1 fixed a vulnerability in Dovecot. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled client certificates. A remote attacker in possession of a valid certificate with an empty username field...

USN-3741-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that memory present in the L1 data cache of an Intel CPU core may be exposed to a malicious process that is executing on the CPU core. This vulnerability is also known as L1 Terminal Fault L1TF. A local attacker in a guest virtual machine could use this to expose sensitive...

USN-3566-1: PHP vulnerabilities

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled the PHAR 404 error page. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to conduct cross-site scripting XSS attacks. CVE-2018-5712 It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled memory when unserializing certain data. A remote attacker could use thi...

USN-3167-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize the Code Segment CS in certain error cases. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information kernel memory. Baozeng Ding discovered a race condition that could lead to a use-after-...

USN-3153-1: Oxide vulnerabilities

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Chromium. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to conduct cross-site scripting XSS attacks, read uninitialized memory, obtain sensitive information, spoof the webview URL, bypass...

USN-2299-1: Apache HTTP Server vulnerabilities

Marek Kroemeke discovered that the modproxy module incorrectly handled certain requests. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the server to stop responding, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. CVE-2014-0117 Giancarlo Pellegrino and Davide Balzarot...

USN-1126-1: PHP vulnerabilities

Stephane Chazelas discovered that the /etc/cron.d/php5 cron job for PHP 5.3.5 allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a directory under /var/lib/php5/. CVE-2011-0441 Raphael Geisert and Dan Rosenberg discovered that the PEAR installer allows local users to overwrite...

USN-255-1: openssh vulnerability

Tomas Mraz discovered a shell code injection flaw in scp. When doing local-to-local or remote-to-remote copying, scp expanded shell escape characters. By tricking an user into using scp on a specially crafted file name which could also be caught by using an innocuous wild card like '', an attacke...

USN-6795-1: Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities

Zheng Wang discovered that the Broadcom FullMAC WLAN driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition during device removal, leading to a use- after-free vulnerability. A physically proximate attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2023-47233 It was...

USN-5844-1: OpenSSL vulnerabilities

David Benjamin discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled X.400 address processing. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to read arbitrary memory contents or cause OpenSSL to crash, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2023-0286 Corey Bonnell discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handl...

USN-5805-1: Apache Maven vulnerability

It was discovered that Apache Maven followed repositories that are defined in a dependency’s Project Object Model pom even if the repositories weren't encryptedh http protocol. An attacker could use this vulnerability to take over a repository, execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service...

USN-5331-2: tcpdump vulnerabilities

USN-5331-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in tcpdump. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that tcpdump incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial o...