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-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-3918-4: Firefox regressions

USN-3918-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update caused web compatibility and performance issues with some websites. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in ...

USN-3870-1: Spice vulnerability

Christophe Fergeau discovered that Spice incorrectly handled memory. A remote attacker could use this to cause Spice to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-3752-2: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3752-1 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. It was discovered that, when attempting to handle an out-of-memory situation, a null...

USN-3425-2: Apache HTTP Server vulnerability

USN-3425-1 fixed a vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Hanno Böck discovered that the Apache HTTP Server incorrectly handled Limit directives in .htaccess files. In certain configurations, a remote...

USN-3367-1: gdb vulnerabilities

Hanno Böck discovered that gdb incorrectly handled certain malformed AOUT headers in PE executables. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause gdb to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly...

USN-3343-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

USN 3343-1 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 ESM. USN 3335-2 fixed a vulnerability in the Linux kernel. However, that fix introduced...

USN-3298-1: MiniUPnP vulnerability

It was discovered that MiniUPnP incorrectly handled memory. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user running an application that uses the MiniUPnP library...

USN-3095-1: PHP vulnerabilities

Taoguang Chen discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain invalid objects when unserializing data. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2016-7124 Taoguang Chen discovered that PHP incorrectly...

USN-3030-1: GD library vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the GD library incorrectly handled memory when using gdImageScaleTwoPass. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. CVE-2013-7456 It was discovered that the GD library incorrectly handled certain...

USN-2887-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the AFUNIX implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use crafted epollctl calls to cause a denial of service system crash or expose sensitive information. CVE-2013-7446 It was discovered that the KVM implementation ...

USN-2856-1: ldb vulnerabilities

Thilo Uttendorfer discovered that the ldb incorrectly handled certain zero values. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause applications using ldb, such as Samba, to stop responding, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2015-3223 Douglas Bagnall discovered that ldb incorrectly handled...

USN-2690-1: Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities

Andy Lutomirski discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's handling of nested NMIs non-maskable interrupts. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or potentially escalate their privileges. CVE-2015-3290 Colin King discovered a flaw in the addkey...

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-1796-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Andrew Jones discovered a flaw with the xeniret function in Linux kernel's Xen virtualizeation. In the 32-bit Xen paravirt platform an unprivileged guest OS user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service crash the system or gain guest OS privilege. CVE-2013-0228 Emese Revfy discovered...

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-1613-1: Python 2.5 vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Python would prepend an empty string to sys.path under certain circumstances. A local attacker with write access to the current working directory could exploit this to execute arbitrary code. CVE-2008-5983 It was discovered that the audioop module did not correctly perform...

USN-1216-1: Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities

Dan Rosenberg discovered that multiple terminal ioctls did not correctly initialize structure memory. A local attacker could exploit this to read portions of kernel stack memory, leading to a loss of privacy. CVE-2010-4076, CVE-2010-4077 Alex Shi and Eric Dumazet discovered that the network stack...

USN-957-1: Firefox and Xulrunner vulnerabilities

Several flaws were discovered in the browser engine of Firefox. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious site, a remote attacker could use this to crash the browser or possibly run arbitrary code as the user invoking the program. CVE-2010-1208, CVE-2010-1209, CVE-2010-1211, CVE-2010-1212 A...

USN-947-2: Linux kernel regression

USN-947-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. Fixes for CVE-2010-0419 caused failures when using KVM in certain situations. This update reverts that fix until a better solution can be found. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that the Linux...

USN-714-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Hugo Dias discovered that the ATM subsystem did not correctly manage socket counts. A local attacker could exploit this to cause a system hang, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2008-5079 It was discovered that the libertas wireless driver did not correctly handle beacon and probe responses. A...

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-6627-1: libde265 vulnerabilities

It was discovered that libde265 could be made to read out of bounds. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. CVE-2021-35452, CVE-2021-36411, CVE-2022-43238, CVE-2022-43241,...

USN-6309-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Zheng Zhang discovered that the device-mapper implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle locking during tableclear operations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service kernel deadlock. CVE-2023-2269 It was discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed ...

USN-6195-1: Vim vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Vim contained an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-0128 It was discovered that Vim did not properly manage memory when freeing allocated memory. An attacker could...

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-6047-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

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-5930-1: Python vulnerability

It was discovered that Python incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were tricked into running a specially crafted input, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-37454...

USN-5909-1: Linux kernel (Azure CVM) 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-5895-1: MPlayer vulnerabilities

It was discovered that MPlayer could be made to divide by zero when processing certain malformed media files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted media file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause MPlayer to crash, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2022-38850,...

USN-5800-1: Heimdal vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Heimdal incorrectly handled certain SPNEGO tokens. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. CVE-2021-44758 Evgeny Legerov discovered that Heimdal incorrectly handled memory when performing certain DES decryption operations. A remote...

USN-5791-2: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Android Binder IPC subsystem in 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-2022-20421 David Leadbeater...

USN-5792-2: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Mingwei Zhang discovered that the KVM implementation for AMD processors in the Linux kernel did not properly handle cache coherency with Secure Encrypted Virtualization SEV. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service host system crash. CVE-2022-0171 It was discovered th...

USN-5479-2: PHP vulnerabilities

USN-5479-1 fixed vulnerabilities in PHP. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Charles Fol discovered that PHP incorrectly handled initializing certain arrays when handling the pgqueryparams function. A remote attacker could use this issue...

USN-5444-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

Kyle Zeng discovered that the Network Queuing and Scheduling subsystem of the Linux kernel did not properly perform reference counting in some situations, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or execute arbitrary code...

USN-5400-3: MySQL regression

USN-5400-1 fixed vulnerabilities in MySQL. The fix breaks existing charm configurations. This updated fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update includes new upstream MySQL versions to fix the...

USN-5186-2: Firefox regressions

USN-5186-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update introduced several minor regressions. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted...

USN-5131-1: Firefox vulnerabilities

Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, bypass security restrictions, spoof the browser UI, confuse the user, conduct phishing attacks, or execut...

USN-5084-1: LibTIFF vulnerability

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain malformed images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges...

USN-4633-1: PostgreSQL vulnerabilities

Peter Eisentraut discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled connection security settings. Client applications could possibly be connecting with certain security parameters dropped, contrary to expectations. CVE-2020-25694 Etienne Stalmans discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled the...

USN-4616-1: AccountsService vulnerabilities

Kevin Backhouse discovered that AccountsService incorrectly dropped privileges. A local user could possibly use this issue to cause AccountsService to crash or hang, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2020-16126 Kevin Backhouse discovered that AccountsService incorrectly handled reading...

USN-4359-1: APT vulnerability

It was discovered that APT incorrectly handled certain filenames during package installation. If an attacker could provide a specially crafted package to be installed by the system administrator, this could cause APT to crash...

LSN-0066-1: Kernel Live Patch Security Notice

It was discovered that the virtual terminal implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle resize events. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. CVE-2020-8647 It was discovered that the virtual terminal implementation in the Linux kernel contained a race...

USN-4322-1: GnuTLS vulnerability

It was discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled randomness when performing DTLS negotiation. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information, contrary to expectations...

USN-4155-2: Aspell vulnerability

USN-4155-1 fixed a vulnerability in Aspell. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 19.10. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Aspell incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could potentially access sensitive information...