USN-3677-2: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3677-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 17.10. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 17.10 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. It was discovered that the netfilter subsystem of the Linux kernel did not properly validate...

USN-3208-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the generic SCSI block layer in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict write operations in certain situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly gain administrative privileges. CVE-2016-10088 CAI Qian discovered that t...

USN-3194-1: OpenJDK 7 vulnerabilities

Karthik Bhargavan and Gaetan Leurent discovered that the DES and Triple DES ciphers were vulnerable to birthday attacks. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to obtain clear text data from long encrypted sessions. This update moves those algorithms to the legacy algorithm set and causes...

USN-3107-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the memory manager of the Linux kernel when handling copy-on-write breakage of private read-only memory mappings. A local attacker could use this to gain administrative privileges...

USN-2985-2: GNU C Library regression

USN-2985-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the GNU C Library. The fix for CVE-2014-9761 introduced a regression which affected applications that use the libm library but were not fully restarted after the upgrade. This update removes the fix for CVE-2014-9761 and a future update will be provided to...

USN-2970-1: Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities

Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the Aiptek Tablet USB device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the endpoints reported by the device. An attacker with physical access could cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2015-7515 Ben Hawkes discovered that the Linux kernel's AIO...

USN-2827-1: OpenJDK 6 vulnerabilities

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to information disclosure, data integrity and availability. An attacker could exploit these to cause a denial of service or expose sensitive data over the network. CVE-2015-4805, CVE-2015-4835, CVE-2015-4843, CVE-2015-4844,...

USN-2687-1: Linux kernel (Trusty 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-2590-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Jan Beulich discovered the Xen virtual machine subsystem of the Linux kernel did not properly restrict access to PCI command registers. A local guest user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service host crash. CVE-2015-2150 A stack overflow was discovered in the the microcode loader for...

USN-2522-1: ICU vulnerabilities

It was discovered that ICU incorrectly handled memory operations when processing fonts. If an application using ICU processed crafted data, an attacker could cause it to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. This issue only affected Ubun...

USN-2443-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Andy Lutomirski discovered that the Linux kernel does not properly handle faults associated with the Stack Segment SS register in the x86 architecture. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to gain administrative privileges. CVE-2014-9322 An information leak in the Linux kernel was discovered...

USN-2362-1: Bash vulnerability

Stephane Chazelas discovered that Bash incorrectly handled trailing code in function definitions. An attacker could use this issue to bypass environment restrictions, such as SSH forced command environments...

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-1933-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

Chanam Park reported a Null pointer flaw in the Linux kernel's Ceph client. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2013-1059 An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel's fanotify interface. A local user could exploit this flaw to obtai...

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-1296-1: acpid vulnerabilities

Oliver-Tobias Ripka discovered that an ACPI script incorrectly handled power button events. A local attacker could use this to execute arbitrary code, and possibly escalate privileges. CVE-2011-2777 Helmut Grohne and Michael Biebl discovered that ACPI scripts were executed with a permissive file...

USN-1185-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

Gary Kwong, Igor Bukanov, and Bob Clary discovered multiple memory vulnerabilities in the Gecko rendering engine. An attacker could use these to possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Thunderbird. CVE-2011-2982 It was discovered that a vulnerability in event...

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-1131-1: Postfix vulnerability

Thomas Jarosch discovered that Postfix incorrectly handled authentication mechanisms other than PLAIN and LOGIN when the Cyrus SASL library is used. A remote attacker could use this to cause Postfix to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code as the postfix user...

USN-547-1: PCRE vulnerabilities

Tavis Ormandy and Will Drewry discovered multiple flaws in the regular expression handling of PCRE. By tricking a user or service into running specially crafted expressions via applications linked against libpcre3, a remote attacker could crash the application, monopolize CPU resources, or possib...

USN-6729-3: Apache HTTP Server vulnerabilities

USN-6729-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Apache HTTP Server. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Original advisory details: Orange Tsai discovered that the Apache HTTP Server incorrectly handled validating certain input. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue ...

USN-6548-2: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Spectre-BHB mitigations were missing for Ampere processors. A local attacker could potentially use this to expose sensitive information. CVE-2023-3006 It was discovered that the USB subsystem in the Linux kernel contained a race condition while handling device descriptors i...

USN-6441-2: Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities

Ross Lagerwall discovered that the Xen netback backend driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle certain unusual packets from a paravirtualized network frontend, leading to a buffer overflow. An attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service host system crash or...

USN-6201-1: 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, obtain sensitive information across domains, or execute arbitrary code. CVE-2023-37201, CVE-2023-37202,...

USN-6173-1: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities

Gwangun Jung discovered that the Quick Fair Queueing scheduler implementation in the Linux kernel contained an out-of-bounds write vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2023-31436 It was discovered that the...

USN-6077-1: OpenJDK vulnerabilities

Ben Smyth discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly handled half-duplex connections during TLS handshake. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to insert, edit or obtain sensitive information. CVE-2023-21930 It was discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could...

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-5894-1: curl vulnerabilities

Harry Sintonen and Tomas Hoger discovered that curl incorrectly handled TELNET connections when the -t option was used on the command line. Uninitialized data possibly containing sensitive information could be sent to the remote server, contrary to expectations. This issue was only fixed in Ubunt...

USN-5854-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that an out-of-bounds write vulnerability existed in the Video for Linux 2 V4L2 implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-20369 Pawan Kumar Gupta, Alyssa Milburn, Ami...

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-5560-2: 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-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-4987-2: ExifTool vulnerability

USN-4987-1 fixed a vulnerability in ExifTool. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that ExifTool did not properly sanitize user data for the DjVu file format. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a DoS or...

USN-5193-2: X.Org X Server vulnerabilities

USN-5193-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in X.Org. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Jan-Niklas Sohn discovered that the X.Org X Server incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could use this issue to cause t...

USN-5163-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Ilja Van Sprundel discovered that the SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly perform size validations on incoming packets in some situations. An attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information kernel memory. CVE-2021-3655 It was discovered that the Option USB Hi...

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-4504-1: OpenSSL vulnerabilities

Robert Merget, Marcus Brinkmann, Nimrod Aviram, and Juraj Somorovsky discovered that certain Diffie-Hellman ciphersuites in the TLS specification and implemented by OpenSSL contained a flaw. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to eavesdrop on encrypted communications. This was fixed i...

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...

USN-4299-1: 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, spoof the URL or other browser chrome, obtain sensitive information, bypass Content Security Policy CSP...

USN-4250-2: MariaDB vulnerability

It was discovered that an unspecified vulnerability existed in the C API component of MariaDB. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service for MariaDB clients. MariaDB has been updated to 10.3.22 in Ubuntu 19.10 and 10.1.44 in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. In addition to security fixes, the updat...

USN-4197-1: Bind vulnerability

It was discovered that Bind incorrectly handled certain TCP-pipelined queries. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Bind to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service...

USN-4167-1: Samba vulnerabilities

Michael Hanselmann discovered that the Samba client code incorrectly handled path separators. If a user were tricked into connecting to a malicious server, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause the client to access local pathnames instead of network pathnames. CVE-2019-10218 Simon...

USN-4107-1: GIFLIB vulnerabilities

It was discovered that GIFLIB incorrectly handled certain GIF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. CVE-2016-3977 It was discovered that GIFLIB incorrectly handled certain GIF files. An attacker could possibly use...

USN-4006-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

Federico Manuel Bento discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly apply Address Space Layout Randomization ASLR in some situations for setuid a.out binaries. A local attacker could use this to improve the chances of exploiting an existing vulnerability in a setuid a.out binary. As a hardeni...

USN-3947-2: Libxslt vulnerability

USN-3947-1 fixed a vulnerability in Libxslt. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Libxslt incorrectly handled certain documents. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information...

USN-3908-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

Jann Horn discovered a race condition in the fork system call in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to gain access to services that cache authorizations...

USN-3866-2: Ghostscript regression

USN-3866-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Ghostscript. The new Ghostscript version introduced a regression when printing certain page sizes. This update fixes the problem. Original advisory details: Tavis Ormandy discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain PostScript files. If a user or...

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-3718-2: Linux kernel (HWE) regression

USN-3695-2 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux Hardware Enablement Kernel HWE kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Unfortunately, the fix for CVE-2018-1108 introduced a regression where insufficient early entropy prevented services from starting, leading in some situations to a failure to boot, This updat...