USN-6532-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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. CVE-2023-20593 Yu Hao discovered that the UBI driver in the Linux kernel did not properly check...

USN-6401-1: FreeRDP vulnerabilities

It was discovered that FreeRDP did not properly manage certain inputs. A malicious server could use this issue to cause FreeRDP clients to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive information. CVE-2023-39350, CVE-2023-39351, CVE-2023-39353, CVE-2023-39354,...

USN-6289-1: WebKitGTK vulnerabilities

Several 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 attacks, and...

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-5613-1: Vim vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Vim was not properly performing bounds checks when executing spell suggestion commands. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-0943 It was discovered that Vim was using freed memory when dealing with regula...

USN-5442-2: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Kyle Zeng discovered that the Network Queuing and Scheduling subsystem of 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 execute arbitrary code...

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-5254-1: shadow vulnerabilities

It was discovered that shadow incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or expose sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. CVE-2017-12424 It was discovered that shadow incorrectly handled certain...

USN-5121-1: Mailman vulnerabilities

Andre Protas, Richard Cloke, and Andy Nuttall discovered that Mailman did not properly associate cross-site request forgery CSRF tokens to specific accounts. A remote attacker could use this to perform a CSRF attack to gain access to another account. CVE-2021-42097 Andre Protas, Richard Cloke, an...

USN-5077-2: Apport vulnerabilities

USN-5077-1 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 and Stephen Röttger discovered that Apport incorrectly handled certain information gathering operations. A local...

USN-4800-1: Lynx vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Lynx incorrectly handled certain URLs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information or other unspecified impact. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. CVE-2016-9179 It was discovered that Lynx incorrectly handled certain HTML files. A...

USN-4668-4: python-apt vulnerability

USN-4668-1 fixed a vulnerability in python-apt. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Kevin Backhouse discovered that python-apt incorrectly handled resources. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause python-apt to consume...

USN-4611-1: Samba vulnerabilities

Steven French discovered that Samba incorrectly handled ChangeNotify permissions. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain file name information. CVE-2020-14318 Bas Alberts discovered that Samba incorrectly handled certain winbind requests. A remote attacker could possibly use th...

USN-4557-1: Tomcat vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Tomcat realm implementations incorrectly handled passwords when a username didn't exist. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to enumerate usernames. CVE-2016-0762 Alvaro Munoz and Alexander Mirosh discovered that Tomcat incorrectly limited use of a certain...

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-4474-2: Firefox regressions

USN-4474-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update introduced various minor regressions. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted...

USN-4330-2: PHP vulnerabilities

USN-4330-1 fixed vulnerabilities in PHP. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain EXIF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information or cause a crash...

USN-4344-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Intel Wi-Fi driver in the Linux kernel did not properly check for errors in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2019-16234 It was discovered that the Intel WiMAX 2400 driver in the Linux kernel did not...

USN-4303-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

Paulo Bonzini discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation in the Linux kernel could improperly let a nested level 2 guest access the resources of a parent level 1 guest in certain situations. An attacker could use this to expose sensitive information...

USN-4230-2: ClamAV vulnerability

USN-4230-1 fixed a vulnerability in ClamAV. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled certain MIME messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV ...

USN-4223-1: OpenJDK vulnerabilities

Jan Jancar, Petr Svenda, and Vladimir Sedlacek discovered that a side- channel vulnerability existed in the ECDSA implementation in OpenJDK. An Attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. CVE-2019-2894 It was discovered that the Socket implementation in OpenJDK did not properly...

USN-4185-1: 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-4132-1: Expat vulnerability

It was discovered that Expat incorrectly handled certain XML files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information...

USN-4070-2: MariaDB vulnerabilities

USN-4070-1 fixed multiple vulnerabilities in MySQL. This update provides the corresponding fixes for CVE-2019-2737, CVE-2019-2739, CVE-2019-2740, CVE-2019-2805 in MariaDB 10.1. Ubuntu 18.04 LTS has been updated to MariaDB 10.1.41. In addition to security fixes, the updated package contain bug...

USN-4022-1: Gunicorn vulnerability

It was discovered that gunicorn improperly handled certain input. An attacker could potentially use this issue execute a cross-site scripting XSS attack...

USN-3983-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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-3949-1: OpenJDK 11 vulnerability

It was discovered that a memory disclosure issue existed in the OpenJDK Library subsystem. An attacker could use this to expose sensitive information and possibly bypass Java sandbox restrictions. CVE-2019-2422 Please note that with this update, the OpenJDK package in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS has...

USN-3678-2: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities

Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle corrupted meta data in some situations. An attacker could use this to specially craft an ext4 file system that caused a denial of service system crash when mounted. CVE-2018-1092 It was discovere...

USN-3516-1: Firefox vulnerabilities

It was discovered that speculative execution performed by modern CPUs could leak information through a timing side-channel attack, and that this could be exploited in web browser JavaScript engines. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially...

USN-3364-3: Linux kernel (AWS, GKE) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly initialize a Wake- on-Lan data structure. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information kernel memory. CVE-2014-9900 It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly restrict access to /proc/iomem. A local attacker...

USN-2289-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sasha Levin reported a flaw in the Linux kernel's point-to-point protocol PPP when used with the Layer Two Tunneling Protocol L2TP. A local user could exploit this flaw to gain administrative privileges. CVE-2014-4943 Michael S. Tsirkin discovered an information leak in the Linux kernel's...

USN-2055-1: PHP vulnerabilities

Stefan Esser discovered that PHP incorrectly parsed certificates. An attacker could use a malformed certificate to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2013-6420 It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled DateInterval objects. An attack...

USN-1080-2: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Thomas Pollet discovered that the RDS network protocol did not check certain iovec buffers. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system or possibly execute arbitrary code as the root user. CVE-2010-3865 Vasiliy Kulikov discovered that the Linux kernel X.25 implementation did not...

USN-112-1: PHP4 vulnerabilities

An integer overflow was discovered in the exifprocessIFDTAG function in PHP4's EXIF module. EXIF tags with a specially crafted "Image File Directory" IFD tag caused a buffer overflow which could have been exploited to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the PHP4 server. CAN-2005-1042 Th...

USN-6885-4: Apache HTTP Server regression

USN-6885-1 fixed a vulnerability in Apache. The patch for CVE-2024-38474 was incomplete and caused regressions. This update provides the fix for that issue. Original advisory details: Orange Tsai discovered that the Apache HTTP Server modrewrite module incorrectly handled certain substitutions. A...

USN-6123-1: Linux kernel (OEM) 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-5495-1: curl vulnerabilities

Harry Sintonen discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain cookies. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 21.10, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. CVE-2022-32205 Harry Sintonen discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain HTTP...

USN-5440-1: PostgreSQL vulnerability

Alexander Lakhin discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled the security restricted operation sandbox when a privileged user is maintaining another user's objects. An attacker having permission to create non-temp objects can use this issue to execute arbitrary commands as the superuser...

USN-5354-2: Twisted vulnerability

USN-5354-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Twisted. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Twisted incorrectly processed SSH handshake data on connection establishments. A remote attack...

USN-5327-1: rsh vulnerability

Hiroyuki Yamamori discovered that rsh incorrectly handled certain filenames. If a user or automated system were tricked into connecting to a malicious rsh server, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to modify directory permissions...

USN-5244-1: DBus vulnerability

Daniel Onaca discovered that DBus contained a use-after-free vulnerability, caused by the incorrect handling of usernames sharing the same UID. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause DBus to crash, resulting in a denial of service...

USN-5119-1: libcaca vulnerabilities

It was discovered that libcaca incorrectly handled certain images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash. CVE-2021-30498, CVE-2021-30499...

USN-5066-1: PySAML2 vulnerability

Brian Wolff discovered that PySAML2 incorrectly validated cryptographic signatures. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to alter SAML documents...

USN-5034-2: c-ares vulnerability

USN-5034-1 fixed a vulnerability in c-ares. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Philipp Jeitner and Haya Shulman discovered that c-ares incorrectly validated certain hostnames returned by DNS servers. A remote attacker could possibly use...

USN-4921-1: libcaca vulnerability

It was discovered that libcaca incorrectly handled certain images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code...

USN-4757-1: wpa_supplicant and hostapd vulnerability

It was discovered that wpasupplicant did not properly handle P2P Wi-Fi Direct provision discovery requests in some situations. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-4731-1: JUnit 4 vulnerability

It was discovered that JUnit 4 contains a local information disclosure vulnerability. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information...

USN-4720-2: Apport vulnerabilities

USN-4720-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Apport. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Itai Greenhut discovered that Apport incorrectly parsed certain files in the /proc filesystem. A local attacker could use this issue to escalate...

USN-4647-1: 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, obtain sensitive information across origins, bypass security restrictions,...

USN-4453-1: OpenJDK 8 vulnerabilities

Johannes Kuhn discovered that OpenJDK 8 incorrectly handled access control contexts. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. CVE-2020-14556 Philippe Arteau discovered that OpenJDK 8 incorrectly verified names in TLS server's X.509 certificates. An attacker could...