USN-3339-1: OpenVPN vulnerabilities

Karthikeyan Bhargavan and Gaëtan Leurent discovered that 64-bit block ciphers are vulnerable to a birthday attack. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to recover cleartext data. Fixing this issue requires a configuration change to switch to a different cipher. This update adds a warni...

USN-3260-1: 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 read uninitialized memory, obtain sensitive information, spoof the addressbar contents or other UI elements, escape the sandbox to...

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-2695-1: HTML Tidy vulnerabilities

Fernando Muñoz discovered that HTML Tidy incorrectly handled memory. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing specially crafted data, applications linked against HTML Tidy could be made to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-1236-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Auerswald usb driver incorrectly handled lengths of the USB string descriptors. A local attacker with physical access could insert a specially crafted USB device and gain root privileges. CVE-2009-4067 It was discovered that the Stream Control Transmission Protocol SCTP...

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-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-6916-1: Lua vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Lua did not properly generate code when "ENV" is constant. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary unstrusted lua code. CVE-2022-28805 It was discovered that Lua did not properly handle C stack overflows during error...

USN-6370-1: ModSecurity vulnerabilities

It was discovered that ModSecurity incorrectly handled certain nested JSON objects. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. CVE-2021-42717 It was discovered that ModSecurity incorrect...

USN-5834-1: Apache HTTP Server vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Apache HTTP Server moddav module did not properly handle specially crafted request headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the process to crash, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2006-20001 It was discovered that the Apache HTTP Server...

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-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...

LSN-0083-1: Kernel Live Patch Security Notice

The BPF subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.17 mishandles situations with a long jump over an instruction sequence where inner instructions require substantial expansions into multiple BPF instructions, leading to an overflow. This affects kernel/bpf/core.c and net/core/filter.c.CVE-2018-25020...

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-5042-1: HAProxy vulnerabilities

It was discovered that HAProxy incorrectly handled the HTTP/2 protocol. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass restrictions...

USN-4757-2: wpa_supplicant and hostapd vulnerability

USN-4757-1 fixed a vulnerability in wpasupplicant and hostapd. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that wpasupplicant did not properly handle P2P Wi-Fi Direct provision discovery requests in some situations. A physically...

USN-4531-1: BusyBox vulnerability

It was discovered that the BusyBox wget applet incorrectly validated SSL certificates. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to intercept secure communications...

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-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-4186-3: Linux kernel vulnerability

USN-4186-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. It was discovered that the kernel fix for CVE-2019-0155 i915 missing Blitter Command Streamer check was incomplete on 64-bit Intel x86 systems. This update addresses the issue. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details:...

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-3945-1: Ruby vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain RubyGems. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands. CVE-2019-8320 It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code...

USN-3938-1: systemd vulnerability

Jann Horn discovered that pamsystemd created logind sessions using some parameters from the environment. A local attacker could exploit this in order to spoof the active session and gain additional PolicyKit privileges...

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-3904-1: NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerability

It was discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers incorrectly handled the GPU performance counters. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to access the application data processed on the GPU...

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-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-3419-2: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3419-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 17.04. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 17.04 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. It was discovered that a buffer overflow existed in the Bluetooth stack of the Linux kernel wh...

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-1558-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerability

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Reliable Datagram Sockets RDS protocol implementation. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service. CVE-2012-2372 Mathias Krause discovered an information leak in the Linux kernel's TUN/TAP device driver. A local user could...

USN-1202-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

Dan Rosenberg discovered that several network ioctls did not clear kernel memory correctly. A local user could exploit this to read kernel stack memory, leading to a loss of privacy. CVE-2010-3296, CVE-2010-3297 Brad Spengler discovered that stack memory for new a process was not correctly...

USN-319-2: Linux kernel vulnerability

USN-319-1 fixed a Linux kernel vulnerability in Ubuntu 6.06 LTS. This followup advisory provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 5.04 and 5.10. For reference, these are the details of the original USN: A race condition has been discovered in the file permission handling of the /proc file...

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-5498-1: Vim vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory when opening certain files. If an attacker could trick a user into opening a specially crafted file, it could cause Vim to crash, or possible execute arbitrary code...

USN-5464-1: e2fsprogs vulnerability

Nils Bars discovered that e2fsprogs incorrectly handled certain file systems. A local attacker could use this issue with a crafted file system image to possibly execute arbitrary code...

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-5304-1: PolicyKit vulnerability

Kevin Backhouse discovered that PolicyKit incorrectly handled file descriptors. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PolicyKit to crash, resulting in a denial of service...

USN-5292-3: snapd vulnerabilities

USN-5292-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in snapd. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: James Troup discovered that snap did not properly manage the permissions for the snap directories. A local attacker could possibly...

USN-5275-1: BlueZ vulnerability

Ziming Zhang discovered that BlueZ incorrectly handled memory write operations in its gatt server. A remote attacker could possibly use this to cause BlueZ to crash leading to a denial of service, or potentially remotely execute code. CVE-2022-0204...

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-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-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-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-5085-1: SQL parse vulnerability

It was discovered that SQL parse incorrectly handled certain regular expression. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a 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-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-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...