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-8563-2: nginx regression

USN-8563-1 fixed vulnerabilities in nginx. One of the fixes introduced ABI changes that could cause issues with external modules. This update reverts the fix for CVE-2026-42533 pending further investigation. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that ngi...

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-6704-2: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the NVIDIA Tegra XUSB pad controller driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle return values in certain error conditions. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2023-23000 Quentin Minster discovered that the KSMBD...

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-6350-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the NTFS file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate MFT flags in certain situations. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious NTFS image that, when mounted and operated on, could cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2022-48425...

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-5853-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Broadcom FullMAC USB WiFi driver in the Linux kernel did not properly perform bounds checking in some situations. A physically proximate attacker could use this to craft a malicious USB device that when inserted, could cause a denial of service system crash or possibly...

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-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...

USN-5418-1: 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-5393-1: 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, conduct spoofing attacks, or execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-1097,...

USN-5379-1: klibc vulnerabilities

It was discovered that klibc did not properly perform some mathematical operations, leading to an integer overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2021-31870 It was discovered that klibc did not...

USN-5354-1: Twisted vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Twisted incorrectly filtered HTTP headers when clients are being redirected to another origin. A remote attacker could use this issue to obtain sensitive information. CVE-2022-21712 It was discovered that Twisted incorrectly processed SSH handshake data on connection...

USN-5269-2: Django vulnerabilities

USN-5269-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Django. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Keryn Knight discovered that Django incorrectly handled certain template tags. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to...

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-5233-1: ClamAV vulnerability

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled memory when the CLSCANGENERALCOLLECTMETADATA scan option was enabled. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service...

USN-5164-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Option USB High Speed Mobile device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle error conditions. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2021-37159 It was discovered that th...

USN-5110-1: Ardour vulnerability

It was discovered that Ardour incorrectly handled certain XML files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code...

USN-5060-1: NTFS-3G vulnerabilities

It was discovered that NTFS-3G incorrectly handled certain image file. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code...

USN-4719-1: ca-certificates update

The ca-certificates package contained outdated CA certificates. This update refreshes the included certificates to those contained in the 2.46 version of the Mozilla certificate authority bundle...

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-4532-1: Netty vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Netty incorrectly handled certain HTTP headers. By sending an HTTP header with whitespace before the colon, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform an HTTP request smuggling attack. CVE-2019-16869 It was discovered that Netty incorrectly handled certain...

USN-4486-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

Wen Xu discovered that the XFS filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate meta-data information. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious xfs image that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service system crash...

USN-4288-2: ppp vulnerability

USN-4288-1 fixed a vulnerability in ppp. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that ppp incorrectly handled certain rhostname values. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause ppp to crash,...

USN-4281-1: 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...

USN-4253-2: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerability

USN-4253-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 19.10. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 19.10 for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly clear data structures on context...

USN-4142-1: e2fsprogs vulnerability

It was discovered that e2fsprogs incorrectly handled certain ext4 partitions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code...

USN-4056-1: Exiv2 vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Exiv2 incorrectly handled certain PSD files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. CVE-2018-19107, CVE-2018-19108 It was discovered that Exiv2 incorrectly handled certain PNG files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denia...

USN-4045-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

A type confusion bug was discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an attacker could exploit this by causing a denial of service, or executing arbirary code. CVE-2019-11707 It was discovered that a sandboxed child process...

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-3940-1: ClamAV vulnerabilities

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled scanning certain PDF documents. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2019-1787 It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled scanning certain OLE2 files. A remote...

USN-3921-1: XMLTooling vulnerability

It was discovered that XMLTooling incorrectly handled certain XML files with invalid data. An attacker could use this issue to cause XMLTooling to crash, resulting in a denial of service...

USN-3902-2: PHP vulnerabilities

USN-3902-1 fixed a vulnerability in PHP. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that the PHP XML-RPC module incorrectly handled decoding XML data. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PHP to crash,...

USN-3756-1: Intel Microcode 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-3752-1: Linux kernel 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-3742-3: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) regressions

USN-3742-2 introduced mitigations in the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM to address L1 Terminal Fault L1TF vulnerabilities CVE-2018-3620, CVE-2018-3646. Unfortunately, the update introduced regressions that caused kernel panics when booting in some environments as well a...

USN-3741-3: Linux kernel regressions

USN-3741-1 introduced mitigations in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS to address L1 Terminal Fault L1TF vulnerabilities CVE-2018-3620, CVE-2018-3646. Unfortunately, the update introduced regressions that caused kernel panics when booting in some environments as well as preventing Java...

USN-3598-1: curl vulnerabilities

Phan Thanh discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain FTP paths. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2018-1000120 Dario Weisser discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain LDAP URLs. An attacker could possibly use this issue t...

USN-3560-1: QEMU update

It was discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized memory reads via sidechannel attacks. This flaw is known as Spectre. An attacker in the guest could use this to expose sensitive guest information, including kernel memory. This...

USN-2965-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-2965-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Jann Horn discovered that the extended Berkeley Packet Filter eBPF implementation in t...

USN-2585-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

It was discovered that the Linux kernel's IPv6 networking stack has a flaw that allows using route advertisement RA messages to set the 'hoplimit' to values that are too low. An unprivileged attacker on a local network could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service IPv6 messages dropped...

USN-2544-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Eric Windisch discovered flaw in how the Linux kernel's XFS file system replaces remote attributes. A local access with access to an XFS file system could exploit this flaw to escalate their privileges. CVE-2015-0274 A flaw was discovered in the automatic loading of modules in the crypto subsyste...

USN-2240-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Pinkie Pie discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's futex subsystem. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or gain administrative privileges. CVE-2014-3153 An information leak was discovered in the netfilter subsystem of the Linux kernel. An...