USN-6716-1: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities

Wenqing Liu discovered that the f2fs file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate inode types while performing garbage collection. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious f2fs image that, when mounted and operated on, could cause a denial of service system...

USN-6397-1: Linux kernel (BlueField) 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 Ruihan Li discovered that the bluetooth subsystem ...

USN-6033-1: 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-5953-1: IPython vulnerabilities

It was discovered that IPython incorrectly processed REST API POST requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to launch a cross-site request forgery CSRF attack and leak user's sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. CVE-2015-5607 It was discovered that IPython...

USN-5951-1: Linux kernel (IBM) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Upper Level Protocol ULP subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle sockets entering the LISTEN state in certain protocols, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execut...

USN-5571-1: PostgreSQL vulnerability

Sven Klemm discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled extensions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code when extensions are created or updated...

USN-5169-1: oddjob vulnerability

Matthias Gerstner discovered that there was a race condition in the mkhomedir tool shipped with the oddjob package. An authenticated attacker could use this to setup a symlink attack and change permissions on files on the host filesystem...

USN-5374-1: libarchive vulnerability

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

USN-5348-1: Smarty vulnerabilities

David Gnedt and Thomas Konrad discovered that Smarty was incorrectly sanitizing the paths present in the templates. An attacker could possibly use this use to read arbitrary files when controlling the executed template. CVE-2018-13982 It was discovered that Smarty was incorrectly sanitizing the...

USN-4586-2: PHP ImageMagick vulnerability

USN-4586-1 fixed vulnerabilities in PHP ImageMagick. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that PHP ImageMagick extension didn't check the address used by an array. An attacker could use this issue to cause PHP ImageMagick...

USN-5243-2: AIDE vulnerability

USN-5243-1 fixed a vulnerability in aide. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: David Bouman discovered that AIDE incorrectly handled base64 operations. A local attacker could use this issue to cause AIDE to crash,...

USN-5234-1: Byobu vulnerability

Sander Bos discovered that Byobu incorrectly handled certain Apport data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information...

USN-5145-1: PostgreSQL vulnerabilities

Jacob Champion discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled SSL certificate verification and encryption. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to inject arbitrary SQL queries when a connection is first established...

USN-5055-1: GNOME grilo vulnerability

Michael Catanzaro discovered that grilo incorrectly handled certain TLS certificate verification. An attacker could possibly use this issue to MITM attacks...

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-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-4312-1: Timeshift vulnerability

Matthias Gerstner discovered that Timeshift did not securely create temporary files. An attacker could exploit a race condition in Timeshift and potentially execute arbitrary commands as root...

USN-4252-2: tcpdump vulnerabilities

USN-4252-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in tcpdump. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Multiple security issues were discovered in tcpdump. A remote attacker could use these issues to cause tcpdump to crash, resulti...

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-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-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-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...

USN-3752-3: Linux kernel (Azure, GCP, OEM) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that, when attempting to handle an out-of-memory situation, a null pointer dereference could be triggered in the Linux kernel in some circumstances. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2018-1000200 Wen Xu discovered that the XFS...

USN-3742-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that memory present in the L1 data cache of an Intel CPU core may be exposed to a malicious process that is executing on the CPU core. This vulnerability is also known as L1 Terminal Fault L1TF. A local attacker in a guest virtual machine could use this to expose sensitive...

USN-3531-3: intel-microcode update

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. CVE-2017-5715 This...

USN-3278-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted message, an attacker could potentially exploit these to read uninitialized memory, cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. CVE-2017-5429,...

USN-3127-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the compression handling code in the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly check for an integer overflow. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2014-9904 Kirill A. Shutemov discovered...

USN-2965-4: Linux kernel (Qualcomm Snapdragon) vulnerability

Jann Horn discovered that the extended Berkeley Packet Filter eBPF implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly reference count file descriptors, leading to a use-after-free. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to gain administrative privileges. Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the...

USN-2929-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

Ben Hawkes discovered that the Linux netfilter implementation did not correctly perform validation when handling IPTSOSETREPLACE events. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges...

USN-2419-1: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

A flaw was discovered in how the Linux kernel's KVM Kernel Virtual Machine subsystem handles the CR4 control register at VM entry on Intel processors. A local host OS user can exploit this to cause a denial of service kill arbitrary processes, or system disruption by leveraging /dev/kvm access...

USN-1629-1: libproxy vulnerabilities

Tomas Mraz discovered that libproxy incorrectly handled certain PAC files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause libproxy to crash, or to possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2012-4504, CVE-2012-4505...

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-1073-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Gleb Napatov discovered that KVM did not correctly check certain privileged operations. A local attacker with access to a guest kernel could exploit this to crash the host system, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2010-0435 Dan Jacobson discovered that ThinkPad video output was not correctly...

USN-593-1: Dovecot vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the default configuration of dovecot could allow access to any email files with group "mail" without verifying that a user had valid rights. An attacker able to create symlinks in their mail directory could exploit this to read or delete another user's email. CVE-2008-1199 ...

USN-549-1: PHP vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the wordwrap function did not correctly check lengths. Remote attackers could exploit this to cause a crash or monopolize CPU resources, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2007-3998 Integer overflows were discovered in the strspn and strcspn functions. Attackers could...

USN-178-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Oleg Nesterov discovered a local Denial of Service vulnerability in the timer handling. When a non group-leader thread called exec to execute a different program while an itimer was pending, the timer expiry would signal the old group leader task, which did not exist any more. This caused a kerne...

USN-7383-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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: - ARM64 architecture; - x86 architecture; - Block layer subsystem; - Drivers core; - Ublk userspace block driver; -...

USN-6474-1: xrdp vulnerabilities

It was discovered that xrdp incorrectly handled validation of client-supplied data, which could lead to out-of-bounds reads. An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash the program or extract sensitive information. CVE-2022-23479, CVE-2022-23481, CVE-2022-23483, CVE-2023-42822 It was...

USN-6340-2: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Ruihan Li discovered that the bluetooth subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly perform permissions checks when handling HCI sockets. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service bluetooth communication. CVE-2023-2002 Zi Fan Tan discovered that the binder IPC...

USN-6124-1: 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-6012-1: Smarty vulnerability

It was discovered that Smarty incorrectly parsed blocks' names and included files' names. A remote attacker with template writing permissions could use this issue to execute arbitrary PHP code. CVE-2022-29221...

USN-6013-1: Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities

Xuewei Feng, Chuanpu Fu, Qi Li, Kun Sun, and Ke Xu discovered that the TCP implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle IPID assignment. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service connection termination or inject forged data. CVE-2020-36516 Ke Sun, Alyssa Milburn,...

USN-5896-1: Rack vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Rack was not properly parsing data when processing multipart POST requests. If a user or automated system were tricked into sending a specially crafted multipart POST request to an application using Rack, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of...

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-5836-1: Vim vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Vim was not properly performing memory management operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-47024, CVE-2023-0049, CVE-2023-0054, CVE-2023-0288, CVE-2023-0433...

USN-5803-1: Linux kernel 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-5523-2: LibTIFF vulnerabilities

USN-5523-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in LibTIFF. This update provides the fixes for CVE-2022-0907, CVE-2022-0908, CVE-2022-0909, CVE-2022-0924 and CVE-2022-22844 for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that LibTIFF was not properly perf orming...

USN-5565-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Zhenpeng Lin discovered that the network packet scheduler implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly remove all references to a route filter before freeing it in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or execute arbitrary code...

USN-5530-1: PHP vulnerability

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain memory operations when obtaining file information. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-5271-1: Adminer vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Adminer did not escape data in the history parameter of the default URI. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform cross-site scripting XSS attacks. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. CVE-2020-35572 Adam Crosser and Brian Sizemore discovered that...