USN-4614-1: GDM vulnerability

Kevin Backhouse discovered that GDM incorrectly launched the initial setup tool when the accountsservice daemon was not reachable. A local attacker able to cause accountsservice to crash or stop responding could trick GDM into launching the initial setup tool and create a privileged user...

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-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-4156-1: SDL vulnerabilities

It was discovered that SDL incorrectly handled certain images. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted image file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause SDL to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-4131-1: VLC vulnerabilities

It was discovered that VLC incorrectly handled certain media files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause VLC to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-3969-1: wpa_supplicant and hostapd vulnerability

It was discovered that wpasupplicant and hostapd incorrectly handled unexpected fragments when using EAP-pwd. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service...

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-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-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-3867-1: MySQL vulnerabilities

Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update includes a new upstream MySQL version to fix these issues. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 18.10 have been updated to MySQL 5.7.25. In addition to security fixes, the updated packages contain bug fixes, new features,...

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-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-2706-1: OpenJDK 6 vulnerabilities

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to information disclosure, data integrity, and availability. An attacker could exploit these to cause a denial of service or expose sensitive data over the network. CVE-2015-2590, CVE-2015-2628, CVE-2015-4731, CVE-2015-4732,...

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-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-6766-2: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Open vSwitch implementation in the Linux kernel could overflow its stack during recursive action operations under certain conditions. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2024-1151 Sander Wiebing, Alvise de Faveri Tron, Herbert...

USN-6653-3: Linux kernel (Low Latency) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode subsystem of the Linux kernel, 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-2023-51780 It was...

USN-6244-1: AMD Microcode vulnerability

Tavis Ormandy discovered that some AMD processors did not properly handle speculative execution of certain vector register instructions. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information...

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-5416-1: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities

Qiuhao Li, Gaoning Pan and Yongkang Jia discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly perform guest page table updates in some situations. An attacker in a guest vm could possibly use this to crash the host OS. CVE-2022-1158 It was discovered that the implementation ...

USN-5352-1: Libtasn1 vulnerability

It was discovered that Libtasn1 incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service...

USN-5027-2: PEAR vulnerability

USN-5027-1 fixed a vulnerability in PEAR. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that PEAR incorrectly handled symbolic links in archives. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code...

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-4672-1: unzip vulnerabilities

Rene Freingruber discovered that unzip incorrectly handled certain specially crafted password protected ZIP archives. If a user or automated system using unzip were tricked into opening a specially crafted zip file, an attacker could exploit this to cause a crash, resulting in a denial of service...

USN-4497-1: OpenJPEG vulnerabilities

It was discovered that OpenJPEG incorrectly handled certain image files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. CVE-2016-9112 It was discovered that OpenJPEG did not properly handle certain input. If OpenJPEG were supplied with specially crafted input, it...

USN-4414-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the network block device nbd implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly check for error conditions in some situations. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2019-16089 It was discovered that the btrfs file system...

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-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-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-3933-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3933-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. It was discovered that an information leak vulnerability existed in the Bluetooth...

USN-3895-1: LDB vulnerability

It was discovered that LDB incorrectly handled certain search expressions. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the Samba LDAP process to crash, resulting in a denial of service...

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-3696-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that an integer overflow existed in the perf subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2017-18255 Wei Fang discovered an integer overflow in the F2FS filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attack...

USN-3021-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Andrey Konovalov discovered that the CDC Network Control Model USB driver in the Linux kernel did not cancel work events queued if a later error occurred, resulting in a use-after-free. An attacker with physical access could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2016-3951 Kangji...

USN-2466-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

A null pointer dereference flaw was discovered in the the Linux kernel's SCTP implementation when ASCONF is used. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash via a malformed INIT chunk. CVE-2014-7841 A race condition with MMIO and PIO transactions in the KV...

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-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-1193-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Timo Warns discovered that the GUID partition parsing routines did not correctly validate certain structures. A local attacker with physical access could plug in a specially crafted block device to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2011-1577 Phil Oester discovered that the...

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-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-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-5981-1: 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 a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the SGI GRU...

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-5793-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the iouring subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly perform reference counting in some situations, 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-2022-3910 ...

USN-5130-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Jann Horn discovered a race condition in the tty subsystem of the Linux kernel in the locking for the TIOCSPGRP ioctl, 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-2020-29661 Jann Horn...

USN-5076-1: Git vulnerability

It was discovered that Git allowed newline characters in certain repository paths. An attacker could potentially use this issue to perform cross-protocol requests...

USN-5074-1: 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, bypass mixed content blocking, or execute arbitrary code...

USN-4603-1: MariaDB vulnerabilities

It was discovered that MariaDB didn't properly validate the content of a packet received from a server. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to sent a specialy crafted file to cause a denial of service. CVE-2020-13249 It was discovered that MariaDB has other security issues. An attacker...

USN-4583-2: PHP vulnerabilities

USN-4583-1 fixed vulnerabilities in PHP. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 20.10. Original advisory details: It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain encrypt ciphers. An attacker could possibly use this issue to decrease security or cause incorrect encryption...