USN-2415-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

Don Bailey discovered a flaw in the LZO decompress algorithm used by the Linux kernel. An attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service memory corruption or OOPS. CVE-2014-4608 Andy Lutomirski discovered that the Linux kernel was not checking the CAPSYSADMIN when remounting...

USN-2290-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sasha Levin reported a flaw in the Linux kernel's point-to-point protocol PPP when used with the Layer Two Tunneling Protocol L2TP. A local user could exploit this flaw to gain administrative privileges. CVE-2014-4943 Salva Peiró discovered an information leak in the Linux kernel's media- device...

USN-2068-1: Linux kernel (Quantal HWE) vulnerabilities

Dave Jones and Vince Weaver reported a flaw in the Linux kernel's per event subsystem that allows normal users to enable function tracing. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to obtain potentially sensitive information from the kernel. CVE-2013-2930 Stephan Mueller reported an erro...

USN-2049-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Miroslav Vadkerti discovered a flaw in how the permissions for network sysctls are handled in the Linux kernel. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to have privileged access to files in /proc/sys/net/. CVE-2013-4270 A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's dm snapshot facility. ...

USN-1819-1: OpenJDK 6 vulnerabilities

Ben Murphy discovered a vulnerability in the OpenJDK JRE related to information disclosure and data integrity. An attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code. CVE-2013-0401 James Forshaw discovered a vulnerability in the OpenJDK JRE related to information disclosure, data integrity and...

USN-1805-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Mathias Krause discovered an information leak in the Linux kernel's getsockname implementation for Logical Link Layer llc sockets. A local user could exploit this flaw to examine some of the kernel's stack memory. CVE-2012-6542 Mathias Krause discovered information leaks in the Linux kernel's...

USN-1767-1: Linux kernel 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-1693-1: OpenJDK 7 vulnerabilities

It was discovered that OpenJDK 7's security mechanism could be bypassed via Java applets. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious website, a remote attacker could exploit this to perform arbitrary code execution as the user invoking the program...

USN-1263-2: OpenJDK 6 regression

USN-1263-1 fixed vulnerabilities in OpenJDK 6. The upstream patch for the chosen plaintext attack on the block-wise AES encryption algorithm CVE-2011-3389 introduced a regression that caused TLS/SSL connections to fail when using certain algorithms. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for...

USN-1301-1: Linux kernel (Natty backport) vulnerabilities

A bug was discovered in the XFS filesystem's handling of pathnames. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service, or gain root privileges. CVE-2011-4077 Nick Bowler discovered the kernel GHASH message digest algorithm incorrectly handled error conditions...

USN-1294-1: Linux kernel (Oneiric backport) vulnerabilities

Peter Huewe discovered an information leak in the handling of reading security-related TPM data. A local, unprivileged user could read the results of a previous TPM command. CVE-2011-1162 Vasiliy Kulikov discovered that taskstats did not enforce access restrictions. A local attacker could exploit...

USN-1241-1: Linux kernel (i.MX51) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Stream Control Transmission Protocol SCTP implementation incorrectly calculated lengths. If the net.sctp.addipenable variable was turned on, a remote attacker could send specially crafted traffic to crash the system. CVE-2011-1573 Ryan Sweat discovered that the kernel...

USN-1222-2: Mozvoikko, ubufox, webfav update

USN-1222-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update provides updated packages for use with Firefox 7. Original advisory details: Benjamin Smedberg, Bob Clary, Jesse Ruderman, Bob Clary, Andrew McCreight, Andreas Gal, Gary Kwong, Igor Bukanov, Jason Orendorff, Jesse Ruderman, and Marcia Knous...

USN-1161-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities (EC2)

Vasiliy Kulikov discovered that kvm did not correctly clear memory. A local attacker could exploit this to read portions of the kernel stack, leading to a loss of privacy. CVE-2010-3881 Timo Warns discovered that the LDM disk partition handling code did not correctly handle certain values. By...

USN-1074-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Al Viro discovered a race condition in the TTY driver. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2009-4895 Dan Rosenberg discovered that the MOVEEXT ext4 ioctl did not correctly check file permissions. A local attacker could overwrite append-only...

USN-1072-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Gleb Napatov discovered that KVM did not correctly check certain privileged operations. A local attacker with access to a guest kernel could exploit this to crash the host system, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2010-0435 Dave Chinner discovered that the XFS filesystem did not correctly order...

USN-998-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

Paul Nickerson, Jesse Ruderman, Olli Pettay, Igor Bukanov, Josh Soref, Gary Kwong, Martijn Wargers, Siddharth Agarwal and Michal Zalewski discovered various flaws in the browser engine. An attacker could exploit this to crash Thunderbird or possibly run arbitrary code as the user invoking the...

USN-958-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

Several flaws were discovered in the browser engine of Thunderbird. If a user were tricked into viewing malicious content, a remote attacker could use this to crash Thunderbird or possibly run arbitrary code as the user invoking the program. CVE-2010-1211, CVE-2010-1212 An integer overflow was...

USN-751-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

NFS did not correctly handle races between fcntl and interrupts. A local attacker on an NFS mount could consume unlimited kernel memory, leading to a denial of service. Ubuntu 8.10 was not affected. CVE-2008-4307 Sparc syscalls did not correctly check mmap regions. A local attacker could cause a...

USN-748-1: OpenJDK vulnerabilities

It was discovered that font creation could leak temporary files. If a user were tricked into loading a malicious program or applet, a remote attacker could consume disk space, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2006-2426, CVE-2009-1100 It was discovered that the lightweight HttpServer did not...

USN-715-1: 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 inotify subsystem contained watch removal race conditions. A local attacker coul...

USN-7449-1: 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: - ARM64 architecture; - MIPS architecture; - PowerPC architecture; - RISC-V architecture; - S390 architecture; - Supe...

USN-7399-1: RabbitMQ Server vulnerability

It was discovered that RabbitMQ Server's management UI did not sanitize certain input. An attacker could possibly use this issue to inject code by performing a cross-site scripting XSS attack...

USN-7302-1: libxml2 vulnerabilities

It was discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause libxml2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS...

USN-7285-1: nginx vulnerability

It was discovered that nginx incorrectly handled when multiple server blocks are configured to share the same IP address and port. An attacker could use this issue to use session resumption to bypass client certificate authentication requirements on these servers. This issue only affected Ubuntu...

USN-6413-1: GNU binutils vulnerabilities

It was discovered that GNU binutils was not properly performing checks when dealing with memory allocation operations, which could lead to excessive memory consumption. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. CVE-2017-1712...

USN-6408-1: libXpm vulnerabilities

Yair Mizrahi discovered that libXpm incorrectly handled certain malformed XPM image files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted XPM image file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to consume memory, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2023-43786 Yair Mizrahi...

USN-6380-1: Node.js vulnerabilities

Rogier Schouten discovered that Node.js incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu...

USN-5810-2: Git regression

USN-5810-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Git. This update introduced a regression as it was missing some commit lines. This update fixes the problem. Original advisory details: Markus Vervier and Eric Sesterhenn discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain gitattributes. An attacker could possibly...

USN-5791-3: 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-5789-1: Linux kernel (OEM) 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 Jann Horn discovered that the...

USN-5710-1: OpenSSL vulnerabilities

It was discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled certain X.509 Email Addresses. If a certificate authority were tricked into signing a specially-crafted certificate, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause OpenSSL to crash, resulting in a denial of service. The default compiler...

USN-5568-1: 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-5433-1: Vim vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled parsing of filenames in its search functionality. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2021-3973 It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memo...

USN-5419-1: Rsyslog vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Rsyslog improperly handled certain invalid input. An attacker could use this issue to cause Rsyslog to crash...

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-5099-1: Imlib2 vulnerability

It was discovered that Imlib2 incorrectly handled certain ICO images. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-5032-1: Docker vulnerabilities

Several vulnerabilities were fixed in Docker. This update provides a new upstream version that fixed them...

USN-5031-1: openCryptoki vulnerability

It was discovered that openCryptoki incorrectly handled certain EC keys. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a invalid curve attack...

USN-4601-1: pip vulnerability

It was discovered that pip did not properly sanitize the filename during pip install. A remote attacker could possible use this issue to read and write arbitrary files on the host filesystem as root, resulting in a directory traversal attack. CVE-2019-20916...

USN-4593-1: FreeType vulnerability

Sergei Glazunov discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges...

USN-4487-2: libx11 vulnerabilities

USN-4487-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in libx11. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Todd Carson discovered that libx11 incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to...

USN-4460-1: Oniguruma vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Oniguruma incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information or other unspecified impact. CVE-2019-16163, CVE-2019-19012, CVE-2019-19204, CVE-2019-19246...

USN-4298-2: SQLite vulnerabilities

USN-4298-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in SQLite. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain shadow tables. An attacker could use this issue to cause SQLite to crash, resulting in a...

USN-4345-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Al Viro discovered that the Linux kernel for s390x systems did not properly perform page table upgrades for kernel sections that use secondary address mode. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or execute arbitrary code. CVE-2020-11884 It was discovered that t...

USN-4293-1: libarchive vulnerabilities

It was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled certain archive files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information. CVE-2019-19221 It was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled certain archive files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a...

USN-4236-1: Libgcrypt vulnerability

It was discovered that Libgcrypt was susceptible to a ECDSA timing attack. An attacker could possibly use this attack to recover sensitive information...

USN-4167-2: Samba vulnerabilities

USN-4167-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Samba. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Michael Hanselmann discovered that the Samba client code incorrectly handled path separators. If a user were tricked into connecti...

USN-4155-1: Aspell vulnerability

It was discovered that Aspell incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could potentially access sensitive information...

USN-4092-1: Ghostscript vulnerability

Netanel Fisher discovered that the font handler in Ghostscript did not properly restrict privileged calls when '-dSAFER' restrictions were in effect. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to access...