USN-149-3: Ubuntu 4.10 update for Firefox vulnerabilities

USN-149-1 fixed some vulnerabilities in the Ubuntu 5.04 Hoary Hedgehog version of Firefox. The version shipped with Ubuntu 4.10 Warty Warthog is also vulnerable to these flaws, so it needs to be upgraded as well. Please see http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-149-1 for the...

USN-6488-2: strongSwan vulnerability

USN-6488-1 fixed a vulnerability in strongSwan. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Original advisory details: Florian Picca discovered that strongSwan incorrectly handled certain DH public values. A remote attacker could use this issue to cau...

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-5594-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Asaf Modelevsky discovered that the IntelR 10GbE PCI Express ixgbe Ethernet driver for the Linux kernel performed insufficient control flow management. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. CVE-2021-33061 Moshe Kol, Amit Klein and Yossi Gilad discovered that the I...

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...

LSN-0086-1: Kernel Live Patch Security Notice

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the network scheduling subsystem of the Linux kernel, 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-2021-39713 Yiqi Sun and Kevin Wang...

USN-5158-1: ImageMagick vulnerabilities

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain values when processing visual effects based image files. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker could crash the application causing a denial of service. CVE-2021-20244 It was discovered that...

USN-4959-1: GStreamer Base Plugins vulnerability

It was discovered that GStreamer Base Plugins incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information...

USN-4646-1: poppler vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Poppler incorrectly handled certain files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause a denial of service...

USN-4339-1: OpenEXR vulnerabilities

Brandon Perry discovered that OpenEXR incorrectly handled certain malformed EXR image files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted EXR image file, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS...

USN-4305-1: ICU vulnerability

André Bargull discovered that ICU incorrectly handled certain strings. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code...

USN-4221-2: libpcap vulnerability

USN-4221-1 fixed a vulnerability in libpcap. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that libpcap did not properly validate PHB headers in some situations. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service memory...

USN-4221-1: libpcap vulnerability

It was discovered that libpcap did not properly validate PHB headers in some situations. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service memory exhaustion...

USN-4190-1: libjpeg-turbo vulnerabilities

It was discovered that libjpeg-turbo incorrectly handled certain BMP images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. CVE-2018-14498 It was discovered that libjpeg-turbo incorrectly handled certain...

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-4097-2: PHP vulnerabilities

USN-4097-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in php5. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of servi...

USN-4086-1: Mercurial vulnerability

It was discovered that Mercurial mishandled symlinks in subrepositories. An attacker could use this vulnerability to write arbitrary files to the target's filesystem...

USN-4073-1: libEBML vulnerability

It was discovered that libEBML incorrectly handled certain media files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted media file, libEBML could possibly be made to crash, resulting in a denial of service...

USN-4055-1: flightcrew vulnerabilities

Mike Salvatore discovered that FlightCrew improperly handled certain malformed EPUB files. An attacker could potentially use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. CVE-2019-13032 Mike Salvatore discovered that FlightCrew mishandled certain malformed EPUB files. An attacker could use thi...

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-3959-1: Evince vulnerability

It was discovered that Evince incorrectly handled certain images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information...

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-3874-1: 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, gain additional privileges by escaping the sandbox, or execute arbitrary code. CVE-2018-18500,...

USN-3861-2: PolicyKit vulnerability

USN-3861-1 fixed a vulnerability in PolicyKit. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that PolicyKit incorrectly handled certain large user UIDs. A local attacker with a large UID could possibly use this issue to perform...

USN-3654-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3654-1 fixed vulnerabilities and added mitigations 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 and Ken Johnson discovered that microprocessors...

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-3540-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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. This update provide...

USN-3485-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the ALSA subsystem of the Linux kernel when creating and deleting a port via ioctl. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2017-15265 Eric Biggers discovered that the key...

USN-3422-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3422-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. It was discovered that a buffer overflow existed in the Bluetooth stack of the Linux...

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-2278-1: file vulnerabilities

Mike Frysinger discovered that the file awk script detector used multiple wildcard with unlimited repetitions. An attacker could use this issue to cause file to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2013-7345 Francisco Alonso discovered that file incorrectly handled certain CDF...

USN-2260-1: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's pseudo tty pty device. An unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or potentially gain administrator privileges. CVE-2014-0196 Pinkie Pie discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's futex subsystem. An unprivileged...

USN-1982-1: Python 2.6 vulnerability

Ryan Sleevi discovered that Python did not properly handle certificates with NULL characters in the Subject Alternative Name field. An attacker could exploit this to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack to view sensitive information or alter encrypted communications...

USN-1768-1: Linux kernel (Quantal HWE) vulnerabilities

Andrew Cooper of Citrix reported a Xen stack corruption in the Linux kernel. An unprivileged user in a 32bit PVOPS guest can cause the guest kernel to crash, or operate erroneously. CVE-2013-0190 A failure to validate input was discovered in the Linux kernel's Xen netback network backend driver. ...

USN-1681-4: Firefox regression

USN-1681-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. Due to an upstream regression, Firefox suffered from instabilities when accessing some websites. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Christoph Diehl, Christian Holler, Mats Palmgren, Chiaki...

USN-1256-1: Linux kernel (Natty backport) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the /proc filesystem did not correctly handle permission changes when programs executed. A local attacker could hold open files to examine details about programs running with higher privileges, potentially increasing the chances of exploiting additional vulnerabilities...

USN-1164-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities (i.MX51)

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 Dan Rosenberg discovered that the Linux kernel X.25 implementation incorrectly...

USN-7488-1: Python vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Python incorrectly handled parsing bracketed hosts. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a Server-Side Request Forgery SSRF attack. This issue only affected python 2.7 and python3.4 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS; python2.7 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS; python2.7,...

USN-6785-1: GNOME Remote Desktop vulnerability

Matthias Gerstner discovered that GNOME Remote Desktop incorrectly performed certain user validation checks. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information, or take control of remote desktop connections...

USN-6624-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Marek Marczykowski-Górecki discovered that the Xen event channel infrastructure implementation in the Linux kernel contained a race condition. An attacker in a guest VM could possibly use this to cause a denial of service paravirtualized device unavailability. CVE-2023-34324 Zheng Wang discovered...

USN-6605-2: Linux kernel (KVM) vulnerabilities

Lin Ma discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly validate network family support while creating a new netfilter table. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2023-6040 It was discovered that the CIFS...

USN-6555-2: X.Org X Server vulnerabilities

USN-6555-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in X.Org. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Original advisory details: Jan-Niklas Sohn discovered that the X.Org X Server incorrectly handled XKB button actions. An attacker could possibly use this iss...

USN-6246-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the IP-VLAN network driver for the Linux kernel did not properly initialize memory in some situations, leading to an out-of- bounds write vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2023-3090...

USN-6140-1: Go vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Go did not properly manage memory under certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a panic resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected golang-1.19 on Ubuntu 22.10. CVE-2022-41724, CVE-2023-24534, CVE-2023-24537 It was discovered...

USN-6071-1: 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-6029-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Traffic-Control Index TCINDEX implementation in the Linux kernel contained 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-2023-1281 It was discovered that the infrared...

USN-5956-2: PHPMailer vulnerability

USN-5956-1 fixed vulnerabilities in PHPMailer. It was discovered that the fix for CVE-2017-11503 was incomplete. This update fixes the problem. Original advisory details: Dawid Golunski discovered that PHPMailer was not properly escaping user input data used as arguments to functions executed by...

USN-5915-1: Linux kernel (OEM) 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-5902-1: PHP vulnerabilities

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain invalid Blowfish password hashes. An invalid password hash could possibly allow applications to accept any password as valid, contrary to expectations. CVE-2023-0567 It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled resolving long paths. A remot...

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...