USN-4203-2: NSS vulnerability

USN-4203-1 fixed a vulnerability in NSS. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that NSS incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause NSS to crash,...

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-4153-1: Octavia vulnerability

Daniel Preussker discovered that Octavia incorrectly handled client certificate checking. A remote attacker on the management network could possibly use this issue to perform configuration changes and obtain sensitive information...

USN-4106-1: NLTK vulnerability

Mike Salvatore discovered that NLTK mishandled crafted ZIP archives during extraction. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to write arbitrary files to the filesystem...

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-3706-2: libjpeg-turbo vulnerabilities

USN-3706-1 fixed a vulnerability in libjpeg-turbo. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that libjpeg-turbo incorrectly handled certain malformed JPEG images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a...

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-3398-1: graphite2 vulnerabilities

Holger Fuhrmannek and Tyson Smith discovered that graphite2 incorrectly handled certain malformed fonts. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted font file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause graphite2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or...

USN-3392-1: Linux kernel regression

USN-3378-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. Unfortunately, a regression was introduced that prevented conntrack from working correctly in some situations. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Fan Wu and Shixiong Zhao discovered a...

USN-3381-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Peter Pi discovered that the colormap handling for frame buffer devices in the Linux kernel contained an integer overflow. A local attacker could use this to disclose sensitive information kernel memory. CVE-2016-8405 It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly restrict RLIMITSTACK...

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-3265-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3265-1 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. It was discovered that a use-after-free flaw existed in the filesystem encryption...

USN-3168-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3168-1 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. Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel did not...

USN-2978-3: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerability

Philip Pettersson discovered that the Linux kernel's ASN.1 DER decoder did not properly process certificate files with tags of indefinite length. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privilege...

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-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-2541-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

The Linux kernel's splice system call did not correctly validate its parameters. A local, unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2014-7822 A flaw was discovered in how Thread Local Storage TLS is handled by the task switching function in the Linux...

USN-2535-1: PHP vulnerabilities

Thomas Jarosch discovered that PHP incorrectly limited recursion in the fileinfo extension. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PHP to consume resources or crash, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2014-8117 S. Paraschoudis discovered that PHP incorrectly handled memory in...

USN-2377-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

Steven Vittitoe reported multiple stack buffer overflows in Linux kernel's magicmouse HID driver. A physically proximate attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code via specially crafted devices. CVE-2014-3181 A bounds check error...

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...

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-1384-1: Linux kernel (Oneiric backport) vulnerabilities

A bug was discovered in the Linux kernel's calculation of OOM Out of memory scores, that would result in the wrong process being killed. A user could use this to kill the process with the highest OOM score, even if that process belongs to another user or the system. CVE-2011-4097 Paolo Bonzini...

USN-1286-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Vasily Averin discovered that the NFS Lock Manager NLM incorrectly handled unlock requests. A local attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service. CVE-2011-2491 Robert Swiecki discovered that mapping extensions were incorrectly handled. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the...

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-990-1: OpenSSL vulnerability

Marsh Ray and Steve Dispensa discovered a flaw in the TLS and SSLv3 protocols. If an attacker could perform a machine-in-the-middle attack at the start of a TLS connection, the attacker could inject arbitrary content at the beginning of the user's session. This update adds backported support for...

USN-350-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

This update upgrades Thunderbird from 1.0.8 to 1.5.0.7. This step was necessary since the 1.0.x series is not supported by upstream any more. Various flaws have been reported that allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with user privileges by tricking the user into opening a malicious email...

USN-6949-2: 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: - ARM32 architecture; - ARM64 architecture; - M68K architecture; - OpenRISC architecture; - PowerPC architecture; -...

USN-6828-1: Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities

Zheng Wang discovered that the Broadcom FullMAC WLAN driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition during device removal, leading to a use- after-free vulnerability. A physically proximate attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2023-47233 It was...

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-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-6011-1: Json-smart vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Json-smart incorrectly handled memory when processing input containing unclosed quotes. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications using Json-smart to crash, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2021-31684 It was discovered that Json-smart...

USN-5922-1: FriBidi vulnerabilities

It was discovered that FriBidi incorrectly handled the processing of input strings, resulting in memory corruption. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause FriBidi to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or potentially execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-25308 It was discovered that...

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-5867-1: WebKitGTK vulnerabilities

Several 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 attacks, and...

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-5780-1: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a memory leak existed in the IPv6 implementation of the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service memory exhaustion. CVE-2022-3524 It was discovered that the Bluetooth HCI implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly deallocate memory...

USN-5647-1: Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the framebuffer driver on the Linux kernel did not verify size limits when changing font or screen size, leading to an out-of- bounds write. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2021-33655 Moshe Ko...

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-5468-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly restrict access to the kernel debugger when booted in secure boot environments. A privileged attacker could use this to bypass UEFI Secure Boot restrictions. CVE-2022-21499 Aaron Adams discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux...

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-5280-1: Speex vulnerability

It was discovered that Speex incorrectly handled certain WAV files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service...

USN-5262-1: GPT fdisk vulnerabilities

The potential for an out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check was discovered to impact the sgdisk utility of GPT fdisk. Exploitation requires the use of a maliciously formatted storage device and could cause sgdisk to crash as well as possibly allow for local privilege escalation...

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-5201-1: Python vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Python urllib http client could enter into an infinite loop when incorrectly handling certain server responses 100 Continue response. Specially crafted traffic from a malicious HTTP server could cause a denial of service Dos condition for a client...

USN-5032-2: Docker vulnerabilities

USN-5032-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Docker. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 21.04. Original advisory details: Several vulnerabilities were fixed in Docker. This update provides a new upstream version that fixed them...

USN-4937-2: GNOME Autoar regression

USN-4937-1 fixed a vulnerability in GNOME Autoar. The update caused a regression when extracting certain archives. This update fixes the problem. Original advisory details: Ondrej Holy discovered that GNOME Autoar could extract files outside of the intended directory. If a user were tricked into...

USN-4717-2: Firefox regression

USN-4717-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update caused a startup hang in some circumstances. 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 to opening a specially...

USN-4666-2: lxml vulnerability

USN-4666-1 partially fixed a vulnerability in lxml, but an additional patch was needed. This update provides the corresponding additional patch in order to properly fix the vulnerability. Original advisory details: It was discovered that lxml incorrectly handled certain HTML. An attacker could...

USN-4650-1: QEMU vulnerabilities

Alexander Bulekov discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled SDHCI device emulation. An attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host. In the default installation, when QEMU is used with libvir...