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-6898-3: Linux kernel 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-6355-1: GRUB2 vulnerabilities

Daniel Axtens discovered that specially crafted images could cause a heap-based out-of-bonds write. A local attacker could possibly use this to circumvent secure boot protections. CVE-2021-3695 Daniel Axtens discovered that specially crafted images could cause out-of-bonds read and write. A local...

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-6091-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that some AMD x86-64 processors with SMT enabled could speculatively execute instructions using a return address from a sibling thread. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information. CVE-2022-27672 Ziming Zhang discovered that the VMware Virtual GPU DR...

USN-5926-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Kirill Tkhai discovered that the XFS file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not calculate size correctly when pre-allocating space in some situations. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. CVE-2021-4155 Lee Jones discovered that a use-after-free vulnerabilit...

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-5831-1: Linux kernel (Azure CVM) vulnerabilities

Kyle Zeng discovered that the sysctl implementation in the Linux kernel contained a stack-based buffer overflow. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-4378 Tamás Koczka discovered that the Bluetooth L2CAP handshake...

USN-5804-2: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the NFSD implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle some RPC messages, leading to a buffer overflow. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-43945 Tamás Koczka discovered that th...

USN-5666-1: OpenSSH vulnerability

It was discovered that OpenSSH incorrectly handled certain helper programs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to arbitrary code execution...

USN-5529-1: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Atheros ath9k wireless device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle some error conditions, 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-2022-1679...

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-5412-1: curl vulnerabilities

Axel Chong discovered that curl incorrectly handled percent-encoded URL separators. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to trick curl into using the wrong URL and bypass certain checks or filters. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. CVE-2022-27780 Florian Kohnhuser discovered...

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-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-5104-1: Squid vulnerability

Lyu discovered that Squid incorrectly handled WCCP protocol data. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive information...

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-4279-1: PHP vulnerabilities

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain scripts. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 ESM, Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. CVE-2015-9253 It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain inputs. An...

USN-4268-1: OpenSMTPD vulnerability

It was discovered that OpenSMTPD incorrectly verified the sender's or receiver's e-mail addresses under certain conditions. An attacker could use this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands as root...

USN-4253-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly clear data structures on context switches for certain Intel graphics processors. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information...

USN-4184-2: Linux kernel vulnerability and regression

USN-4184-1 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. Also, the update introduced a regression that broke KVM guests where extended page tables EPT are...

USN-4165-1: 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, bypass security restrictions, bypass same-origin restrictions, conduct cross-site scripting XSS attacks,...

USN-4151-2: Python vulnerabilities

USN-4151-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Python. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Python incorrectly parsed certain email addresses. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to tric...

USN-4110-1: Dovecot vulnerability

Nick Roessler and Rafi Rubin discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled certain data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code...

USN-4007-2: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerability

USN-4007-1 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. Federico Manuel Bento discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly apply Address...

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-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-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-3357-2: MySQL vulnerabilities

USN-3357-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in MySQL. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 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-3104-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the memory manager of the Linux kernel when handling copy-on-write breakage of private read-only memory mappings. A local attacker could use this to gain administrative privileges...

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-2064-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Stephan Mueller reported an error in the Linux kernel's ansi cprng random number generator. This flaw makes it easier for a local attacker to break cryptographic protections. CVE-2013-4345 A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's IP Virtual Server IPVS support. A local user with the CAPNETADMI...

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-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-1512-1: KDE PIM vulnerability

It was discovered that KDE PIM html renderer incorrectly enabled JavaScript, Java and Plugins. A remote attacker could use this flaw to send an email with embedded JavaScript that possibly executes when opened...

USN-1505-1: OpenJDK 6 vulnerabilities

It was discovered that multiple flaws existed in the CORBA Common Object Request Broker Architecture implementation in OpenJDK. An attacker could create a Java application or applet that used these flaws to bypass Java sandbox restrictions or modify immutable object data. CVE-2012-1711,...

USN-1245-1: Linux kernel (Marvell DOVE) vulnerabilities

Ryan Sweat discovered that the kernel incorrectly handled certain VLAN packets. On some systems, a remote attacker could send specially crafted traffic to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2011-1576 Vasiliy Kulikov and Dan Rosenberg discovered that ecryptfs did not correctly...

USN-864-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the AX.25 network subsystem did not correctly check integer signedness in certain setsockopt calls. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. Ubuntu 9.10 was not affected. CVE-2009-2909 Jan Beulich discovered that the kernel...

USN-810-2: NSPR update

USN-810-1 fixed vulnerabilities in NSS. This update provides the NSPR needed to use the new NSS. Original advisory details: Moxie Marlinspike discovered that NSS did not properly handle regular expressions in certificate names. A remote attacker could create a specially crafted certificate to cau...

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-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-7400-1: PHP vulnerabilities

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handle certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code. CVE-2024-11235 It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handle certain folded headers. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or...

USN-6548-3: Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Spectre-BHB mitigations were missing for Ampere processors. A local attacker could potentially use this to expose sensitive information. CVE-2023-3006 It was discovered that the USB subsystem in the Linux kernel contained a race condition while handling device descriptors i...

USN-6457-1: Node.js vulnerabilities

Tavis Ormandy discovered that Node.js incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. CVE-2022-0778 Elison Niven discovered that Node.js...

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-6072-1: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Traffic-Control Index TCINDEX implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly perform filter deactivation in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to gain elevated privileges. Please note that with the fix for this CVE, kernel support for the...

USN-5767-3: Python vulnerability

USN-5767-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Python. This update fixes the problem for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Original advisory details: Nicky Mouha discovered that Python incorrectly handled certain SHA-3 internals. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code...

USN-5470-1: Linux kernel (OEM) 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-5435-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, bypass permission prompts, obtain sensitive information, bypass security...