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-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-4463-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the bcache subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly release a lock in some error conditions. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. CVE-2020-12771 Kyungtae Kim discovered that the USB testing driver in the Linux kernel did not properly...

USN-4143-1: SDL 2.0 vulnerabilities

It was discovered that SDL 2.0 mishandled crafted image files resulting in an integer overflow. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious file, SDL 2.0 could be caused to crash or potentially run arbitrary code. CVE-2017-2888 It was discovered that SDL 2.0 mishandled crafted image files. If...

USN-4020-1: Firefox vulnerability

A type confusion bug was discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could exploit this by causing a denial of service, or executing arbitrary code...

USN-3951-1: Dovecot vulnerability

It was discovered that the Dovecot JSON encoder incorrectly handled certain invalid UTF-8 characters. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Dovecot to repeatedly crash, resulting in a denial of service...

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-2952-2: PHP regression

USN-2952-1 fixed vulnerabilities in PHP. One of the backported patches caused a regression in the PHP Soap client. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that the PHP Zip extension incorrectly handled directories when...

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-2634-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Wen Xu discovered a use-after-free flaw in the Linux kernel's ipv4 ping support. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or gain administrative privileges on the system. CVE-2015-3636 A memory corruption flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's scsi...

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-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-1400-2: ubufox update

USN-1400-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update provides an updated ubufox package for use with the latest Firefox. Original advisory details: Soroush Dalili discovered that Firefox did not adequately protect against dropping JavaScript links onto a frame. A remote attacker could, throug...

USN-1000-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Dan Rosenberg discovered that the RDS network protocol did not correctly check certain parameters. A local attacker could exploit this gain root privileges. CVE-2010-3904 Al Viro discovered a race condition in the TTY driver. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a...

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-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-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-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-6039-1: OpenSSL vulnerabilities

It was discovered that OpenSSL was not properly managing file locks when processing policy constraints. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a certificate chain with specially crafted policy constraints, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of...

USN-5965-1: TigerVNC vulnerability

It was discovered that TigerVNC mishandled TLS certificate exceptions. An attacker could use this vulnerability to impersonate any server after a client had added an exception and obtain sensitive information...

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-5877-1: Linux kernel (GKE) 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-5471-1: 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-5422-1: libxml2 vulnerabilities

Shinji Sato discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain XML files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. CVE-2022-23308 It was...

USN-5417-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Ke Sun, Alyssa Milburn, Henrique Kawakami, Emma Benoit, Igor Chervatyuk, Lisa Aichele, and Thais Moreira Hamasaki discovered that the Spectre Variant 2 mitigations for AMD processors on Linux were insufficient in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive...

USN-5064-2: GNU cpio vulnerability

USN-5064-1 fixed vulnerabilities in GNU cpio. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Maverick Chung and Qiaoyi Fang discovered that cpio incorrectly handled certain pattern files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause cpio to cras...

USN-5243-1: AIDE vulnerability

David Bouman discovered that AIDE incorrectly handled base64 operations. A local attacker could use this issue to cause AIDE to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-4804-1: Puppet vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Puppet installed modules with world writable permissions. An attacker could use this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. CVE-2017-10689 It was discovered that Puppet could be used to force YAML deserialization in an unsafe manner. A remote...

USN-4775-1: Lighttpd vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Lighttpd did not properly sanitized the string used in basic HTTP authentication method. A remote attacker could use this to inject arbitrary log entries and maybe obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. CVE-2015-3200 It...

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-4602-2: Perl vulnerabilities

USN-4602-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Perl. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: ManhND discovered that Perl incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. In environments where untrusted regular expressions ar...

USN-4462-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

It was discovered that the bcache subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly release a lock in some error conditions. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service...

USN-4421-1: 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, or execute arbtirary code. CVE-2020-12405,...

USN-4376-1: OpenSSL vulnerabilities

Cesar Pereida García, Sohaib ul Hassan, Nicola Tuveri, Iaroslav Gridin, Alejandro Cabrera Aldaya, and Billy Brumley discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled ECDSA signatures. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a timing side-channel attack and recover private ECDSA keys...

USN-4372-1: QEMU vulnerabilities

It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled bochs-display devices. A local attacker in a guest could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code in the host. This issue only affected Ubuntu 19.10. CVE-2019-15034 It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled memo...

USN-4353-1: 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, spoof the URL bar, or execute arbitrary code. CVE-2020-6831, CVE-2020-1238...

USN-4316-1: GD Graphics Library vulnerabilities

It was discovered that GD Graphics Library incorrectly handled cloning an image. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GD Graphics Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2018-14553 It was discovered that GD Graphics Library incorrectly handled loading images from X...

USN-4298-1: SQLite vulnerabilities

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain shadow tables. An attacker could use this issue to cause SQLite to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2019-13734, CVE-2019-13750, CVE-2019-13753 It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handle...

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-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-4231-1: NSS vulnerability

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

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-4214-1: RabbitMQ vulnerability

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

USN-4195-2: MariaDB vulnerabilities

USN-4195-1 fixed multiple vulnerabilities in MySQL. This update provides the corresponding fixes for CVE-2019-2974 in MariaDB 10.1 and CVE-2019-2938, CVE-2019-2974 for MariaDB 10.3. Ubuntu 18.04 LTS has been updated to MariaDB 10.1.43. Ubuntu 19.04 and 19.10 has been updated to MariaDB 10.3.20. I...

USN-4138-1: LibreOffice vulnerability

It was discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled embedded scripts in document files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-4120-1: systemd vulnerability

It was discovered that the systemd-resolved D-Bus interface did not enforce appropriate access controls. A local unprivileged user could exploit this to modify a system's DNS resolver settings...

USN-4041-2: Linux kernel (HWE) update

USN-4041-1 provided updates for the Linux kernel in Ubuntu. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. USN-4017-2 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. Unfortunately, the update introduced a regression that interfered with networking application...