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USN-5069-2: mod-auth-mellon vulnerability
USN-5069-1 fixed a vulnerability in mod-auth-mellon. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 21.04. Original advisory details: It was discovered that mod-auth-mellon incorrectly filtered certain URLs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform an open redirect...
USN-5026-2: QPDF vulnerabilities
USN-5026-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in QPDF. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that QPDF incorrectly handled certain malformed PDF files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause QPDF to consume resources,...
USN-4649-2: xdg-utils regression
USN-4649-1 fixed vulnerabilities in xdg-utils. That update caused a regression by removing the --attach functionality in thunderbird and others applications. This update fix the problem by reverting these changes. Original advisory details: Jens Mueller discovered that xdg-utils incorrectly handl...
USN-4432-1: GRUB 2 vulnerabilities
Jesse Michael and Mickey Shkatov discovered that the configuration parser in GRUB2 did not properly exit when errors were discovered, resulting in heap-based buffer overflows. A local attacker could use this to execute arbitrary code and bypass UEFI Secure Boot restrictions. CVE-2020-10713 Chris...
USN-4171-2: Apport vulnerabilities
USN-4171-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in apport. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Kevin Backhouse discovered Apport would read its user-controlled settings file as the root user. This could be used by a local attacker to possibly...
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...
USN-4079-1: SoX vulnerabilities
It was discovered that SoX incorrectly handled certain MP3 files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. CVE-2019-8354, CVE-2019-8355, CVE-2019-8356, CVE-2019-8357...
USN-3908-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerability
USN-3908-1 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. Jann Horn discovered a race condition in the fork system call in the Linux kernel. A...
USN-3832-1: Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities
Jann Horn discovered that the procfs file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict the ability to inspect the kernel stack of an arbitrary task. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. CVE-2018-17972 Jann Horn discovered that the mremap system...
USN-3747-1: OpenJDK 10 vulnerabilities
It was discovered that OpenJDK did not properly validate types in some situations. An attacker could use this to construct a Java class that could possibly bypass sandbox restrictions. CVE-2018-2825, CVE-2018-2826 It was discovered that the PatternSyntaxException class in OpenJDK did not properly...
USN-3675-2: GnuPG 2 vulnerability
USN-3675-1 fixed a vulnerability in GnuPG 2 for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 17.10. This update provides the corresponding update for GnuPG 2 in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Original advisory details: Marcus Brinkmann discovered that during decryption or verification, GnuPG did not...
USN-3581-3: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities
Mohamed Ghannam discovered that the IPv4 raw socket implementation in the Linux kernel contained a race condition leading to uninitialized pointer usage. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2017-17712 ChunYu Wang discovered that a...
USN-3582-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities
USN-3582-1 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. Mohamed Ghannam discovered that the IPv4 raw socket implementation in the Linux kernel...
USN-3549-1: Linux kernel (KVM) 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. CVE-2017-5715,...
USN-3382-2: PHP vulnerabilities
USN-3382-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in PHP. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that the PHP URL parser incorrectly handled certain URI components. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass...
USN-3313-2: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerability
USN-3313-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.10. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 16.10 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. It was discovered that a buffer overflow existed in the trace subsystem in the Linux kernel. A...
USN-3168-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize the Code Segment CS in certain error cases. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information kernel memory. CVE-2016-9756 Andrey Konovalov discovered that signed integer overflows...
USN-3161-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities
USN-3161-1 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. Tilman Schmidt and Sasha Levin discovered a use-after-free condition in the TTY...
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-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-2463-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
A race condition with MMIO and PIO transactions in the KVM Kernel Virtual Machine subsystem of the Linux kernel was discovered. A guest OS user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service guest OS crash via a specially crafted application. CVE-2014-7842 The KVM kernel virtual machine...
USN-2134-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
Mathy Vanhoef discovered an error in the the way the ath9k driver was handling the BSSID masking. A remote attacker could exploit this error to discover the original MAC address after a spoofing atack. CVE-2013-4579 Andrew Honig reported an error in the Linux Kernel's Kernel Virtual Machine KVM...
USN-2102-1: Firefox vulnerabilities
Christian Holler, Terrence Cole, Jesse Ruderman, Gary Kwong, Eric Rescorla, Jonathan Kew, Dan Gohman, Ryan VanderMeulen, Carsten Book, Andrew Sutherland, Byron Campen, Nicholas Nethercote, Paul Adenot, David Baron, Julian Seward and Sotaro Ikeda discovered multiple memory safety issues in Firefox...
USN-1405-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Paolo Bonzini discovered a flaw in Linux's handling of the SGIO ioctl command. A local user, or user in a VM could exploit this flaw to bypass restrictions and gain read/write access to all data on the affected block device. CVE-2011-4127 A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 file system wh...
USN-1358-1: PHP vulnerabilities
It was discovered that PHP computed hash values for form parameters without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably. This could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service by sending many crafted parameters. CVE-2011-4885 ATTENTION: this update changes previous PHP...
USN-1355-3: ubufox and webfav update
USN-1355-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update provides updated ubufox and webfav packages for use with the latest Firefox. Original advisory details: It was discovered that if a user chose to export their Firefox Sync key the "Firefox Recovery Key.html" file is saved with incorrect...
USN-1146-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Kees Cook discovered that some ethtool functions did not correctly clear heap memory. A local attacker with CAPNETADMIN privileges could exploit this to read portions of kernel heap memory, leading to a loss of privacy. CVE-2010-4655 Kees Cook discovered that the IOWarrior USB device driver did n...
USN-1123-1: Xulrunner vulnerabilities
A large number of security issues were discovered in the Gecko rendering engine. 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-1074-2: 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 Nelson Elhage discovered several problems with the Acorn Econet protocol driver. A local user could cause a denial of service...
USN-574-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
The minix filesystem did not properly validate certain filesystem values. If a local attacker could trick the system into attempting to mount a corrupted minix filesystem, the kernel could be made to hang for long periods of time, resulting in a denial of service. This was only vulnerable in Ubun...
USN-131-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Colin Percival discovered an information disclosure in the "Hyper Threading Technology" architecture in processors which are capable of simultaneous multithreading in particular Intel Pentium 4, Intel Mobile Pentium 4, and Intel Xeon processors. This allows a malicious thread to monitor the...
USN-7378-1: Ghostscript vulnerabilities
It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly serialized DollarBlend in certain fonts. An attacker could use this issue to cause Ghostscript to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2025-27830 It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled the...
USN-6688-1: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Pratyush Yadav discovered that the Xen network backend implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle zero length data request, leading to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. An attacker in a guest VM could possibly use this to cause a denial of service host domain crash...
USN-6412-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Hyunwoo Kim discovered that the DVB Core driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition during device removal, leading to a use-after- free vulnerability. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code...
USN-6078-2: libwebp vulnerability
USN-6078-1 fixed a vulnerability in libwebp. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Original advisory details: Irvan Kurniawan discovered that libwebp incorrectly handled certain memory operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially...
USN-6221-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
It was discovered that a race condition existed in the overlay file system implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2021-20321 It was discovered that the virtual terminal vt device implementation in the Linux kernel contain...
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-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-5875-1: Linux kernel (GKE) vulnerabilities
It was discovered that the NFSD implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle some RPC messages, leading to a buffer overflow. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-43945 Tamás Koczka discovered that th...
USN-5839-2: Apache HTTP Server vulnerability
USN-5839-1 fixed a vulnerability in Apache. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Dimas Fariski Setyawan Putra discovered that the Apache HTTP Server modproxy module incorrectly truncated certain response headers. This may result in later...
USN-5808-1: Linux kernel (IBM) vulnerabilities
It was discovered that the NFSD implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle some RPC messages, leading to a buffer overflow. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-43945 Tamás Koczka discovered that th...
USN-5546-2: OpenJDK 8 vulnerabilities
USN-5546-1 fixed vulnerabilities in OpenJDK. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Neil Madden discovered that OpenJDK did not properly verify ECDSA signatures. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to insert, edit or obtain...
USN-5531-1: protobuf-c vulnerability
Pietro Borrello discovered that protobuf-c contained an invalid arithmetic shift. This vulnerability allowed attackers to cause a denial of service system crash via unspecified vectors CVE-2022-33070. It was discovered that protobuf-c contained an unsigned integer overflow. This vulnerability...
USN-5043-2: Exiv2 regression
USN-5043-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Exiv2. The update introduced a new regression that could cause a crash in applications using libexiv2. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Exiv2 incorrectly handled certain image...
USN-4597-1: mod_auth_mellon vulnerabilities
François Kooman discovered that modauthmellon incorrectly handled cookies. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a Cross-Site Session Transfer attack. CVE-2017-6807 It was discovered that modauthmellon incorrectly handled certain requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to...
USN-4494-1: GUPnP vulnerability
It was discovered that GUPnP incorrectly handled certain subscription requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to exfiltrate data or use GUPnP to perform DDoS attacks...
USN-4441-1: MySQL vulnerabilities
Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update includes new upstream MySQL versions to fix these issues. MySQL has been updated to 8.0.21 in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS have been updated to MySQL 5.7.31. In addition to security fixes, the updated...
USN-4409-1: Samba vulnerabilities
Andrew Bartlett discovered that Samba incorrectly handled certain LDAP queries. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Samba to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 19.10 and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS...