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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-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-4729-1: Open vSwitch vulnerability
Joakim Hindersson discovered that Open vSwitch incorrectly parsed certain network packets. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly alter packet classification...
USN-4721-1: Flatpak vulnerability
Simon McVittie discovered that flatpak-portal service allowed sandboxed applications to execute arbitrary code on the host system a sandbox escape. A malicious user could create a Flatpak application that set environment variables, trusted by the Flatpak "run" command, and use it to execute...
USN-4485-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Timothy Michaud discovered that the i915 graphics driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate user memory locations for the i915gemexecbuffer2ioctl. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. CVE-2018-20669 It was discovered that the...
USN-4334-1: Git vulnerability
Carlo Arenas discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain URLs containing newlines, empty hosts, or lacking a scheme. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to trick Git into returning credential information for a wrong host...
USN-3898-2: NSS vulnerability
USN-3898-1 fixed a vulnerability in NSS. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Hanno Böck and Damian Poddebniak discovered that NSS incorrectly handled certain CMS functions. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause NSS to...
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-3852-1: Exiv2 vulnerabilities
It was discovered that Exiv2 incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. CVE-2017-9239 only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. CVE-2017-11591, CVE-2017-11683, CVE-2017-14859, CVE-2017-14862, CVE-2017-14864, CVE-2017-17669...
USN-3708-1: OpenSLP vulnerabilities
It was discovered that OpenSLP incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause OpenSLP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...
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-3617-3: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities
It was discovered that a race condition leading to a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the ALSA PCM subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2017-0861 It was discovered that a...
USN-3582-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Mohamed Ghannam discovered that the IPv4 raw socket implementation in the Linux kernel contained a race condition leading to uninitialized pointer usage. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2017-17712 Laurent Guerby discovered that...
USN-3521-1: NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerability
Jann Horn discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized memory reads via sidechannel attacks. This flaw is known as Spectre. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information, including kernel memory. This update provide...
USN-3311-2: libnl vulnerability
USN-3311-1 fixed a vulnerability in libnl. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that libnl incorrectly handled memory when performing certain operations. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libnl to...
USN-2984-1: PHP vulnerabilities
It was discovered that the PHP Fileinfo component incorrectly handled certain magic files. An attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. CVE-2015-8865 Hans Jerry Illikainen...
USN-2953-1: MySQL vulnerabilities
Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update includes new upstream MySQL versions to fix these issues. MySQL has been updated to 5.5.49 in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Ubuntu 15.10 has been updated to MySQL 5.6.30. In addition to security fixes, the updated packages...
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-2363-2: Bash vulnerability
USN-2363-1 fixed a vulnerability in Bash. Due to a build issue, the patch for CVE-2014-7169 didn't get properly applied in the Ubuntu 14.04 LTS package. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Tavis Ormandy discovered that the security fix for...
USN-1069-1: Mailman vulnerabilities
It was discovered that Mailman did not properly sanitize certain fields, resulting in cross-site scripting XSS vulnerabilities. With cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, if a user were tricked into viewing server output during a crafted server request, a remote attacker could exploit this to...
USN-839-1: Samba vulnerabilities
J. David Hester discovered that Samba incorrectly handled users that lack home directories when the automated homes share is enabled. An authenticated user could connect to that share name and gain access to the whole filesystem. CVE-2009-2813 Tim Prouty discovered that the smbd daemon in Samba...
USN-713-1: openjdk-6 vulnerabilities
It was discovered that Java did not correctly handle untrusted applets. If a user were tricked into running a malicious applet, a remote attacker could gain user privileges, or list directory contents. CVE-2008-5347, CVE-2008-5350 It was discovered that Kerberos authentication and RSA public key...
USN-525-1: libsndfile vulnerability
Robert Buchholz discovered that libsndfile did not correctly validate the size of its memory buffers. If a user were tricked into playing a specially crafted FLAC file, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges...
USN-349-1: gzip vulnerabilities
Tavis Ormandy discovered that gzip did not sufficiently verify the validity of gzip or compress archives while unpacking. By tricking an user or automated system into unpacking a specially crafted compressed file, this could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges...
USN-7324-1: Linux kernel vulnerability
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: - Media drivers; CVE-2024-53104...
USN-6927-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ziming Zhang discovered that the DRM driver for VMware Virtual GPU did not properly handle certain error conditions, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. A local attacker could possibly trigger this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. CVE-2022-38096 Gui-Dong Han discovered that the...
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-6317-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Daniel Moghimi discovered that some IntelR Processors did not properly clear microarchitectural state after speculative execution of various instructions. A local unprivileged user could use this to obtain to sensitive information. CVE-2022-40982 Tavis Ormandy discovered that some AMD processors...
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-6238-1: Samba vulnerabilities
It was discovered that Samba incorrectly handled Winbind NTLM authentication responses. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Samba to crash, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2022-2127 Andreas Schneider discovered that Samba incorrectly enforced SMB2 packet signing. A remote...
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-5968-1: GitPython vulnerability
It was discovered that GitPython did not properly sanitize user inputs for remote URLs in the clone command. By injecting a maliciously crafted remote URL, an attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands on the host...
USN-5880-2: Firefox regressions
USN-5880-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update introduced several minor regressions. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Christian Holler discovered that Firefox did not properly manage memory when using PKCS 12 Safe Bag attribute...
USN-5465-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly restrict access to the kernel debugger when booted in secure boot environments. A privileged attacker could use this to bypass UEFI Secure Boot restrictions. CVE-2022-21499 Aaron Adams discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux...
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-5366-1: FriBidi vulnerabilities
It was discovered that FriBidi incorrectly handled processing of input strings resulting in memory corruption. An attacker could use this issue to cause FriBidi to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or potentially execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-25308 It was discovered that FriBidi...
USN-5250-1: strongSwan vulnerability
Zhuowei Zhang discovered that stringSwan incorrectly handled EAP authentication. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause strongSwan to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly bypass client and server authentication...
USN-5224-1: Ghostscript vulnerabilities
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 cause Ghostscript to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execut...
USN-5213-1: 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-4965-2: Apport vulnerabilities
USN-4965-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Apport. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Maik Münch discovered that Apport incorrectly handled certain information gathering operations. A local attacker could use these...
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...
USN-4602-1: Perl vulnerabilities
ManhND discovered that Perl incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. In environments where untrusted regular expressions are evaluated, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Perl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...
USN-4515-1: Pure-FTPd vulnerability
Antonio Norales discovered that Pure-FTPd incorrectly handled directory aliases. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information. CVE-2020-9274...
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-4433-1: OpenJDK vulnerabilities
Johannes Kuhn discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly handled access control contexts. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. CVE-2020-14556 It was discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly handled memory allocation when reading TIFF image files. An attacker could possibly use...
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-3974-1: VCFtools vulnerabilities
It was discovered that VCFtools improperly handled certain input. If a user was tricked into opening a crafted input file, VCFtools could be made to crash. CVE-2018-11099, CVE-2018-11129, CVE-2018-11130...
USN-3943-1: Wget vulnerabilities
It was discovered that Wget incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.10. CVE-2018-20483 Kusano Kazuhiko discovered that Wget incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacke...
USN-3878-2: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
It was discovered that a race condition existed in the vsock address family implementation of the Linux kernel that could lead to a use-after-free condition. A local attacker in a guest virtual machine could use this to expose sensitive information host machine kernel memory. CVE-2018-14625 Cfir...
USN-3829-1: Git vulnerabilities
It was discovered that Git incorrectly handled layers of tree objects. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. CVE-2017-15298 It was discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker...