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-5785-1: FreeRADIUS vulnerabilities

It was discovered that FreeRADIUS incorrectly handled multiple EAP-pwd handshakes. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. CVE-2019-17185 Shane Guan discovered that FreeRADIUS incorrectly handled memory when checking unkno...

USN-5507-1: Vim vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory access. An attacker could potentially use this issue to cause the program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-1968 It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory access. An attacker could potentially use...

USN-5472-1: FFmpeg vulnerabilities

It was discovered that FFmpeg would attempt to divide by zero when using Linear Predictive Coding LPC or AAC codecs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 21.10. CVE-2020-20445, CVE-2020-20446...

USN-5224-2: Ghostscript vulnerabilities

USN-5224-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Ghostscript. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain PostScript files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a...

USN-5168-2: Thunderbird vulnerability

Tavis Ormandy discovered that NSS, included with Thunderbird, incorrectly handled verifying DSA/RSA-PSS signatures. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Thunderbird to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-5126-1: Bind vulnerability

Kishore Kumar Kothapalli discovered that Bind incorrectly handled the lame cache when processing responses. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Bind to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service...

USN-4813-1: Jackson Databind vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Jackson Databind incorrectly handled deserialization. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. CVE-2018-11307, CVE-2019-12086, CVE-2019-12814 It was discovered that Jackson Databind incorrectly handled deserialization. An attacker could...

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-4500-1: bsdiff vulnerabilities

It was discovered that bsdiff mishandled certain input. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious file, an attacker could cause bsdiff to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code...

USN-4490-1: X.Org X Server vulnerability

Jan-Niklas Sohn discovered that the X.Org X Server incorrectly handled the XkbSetNames function. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges...

USN-4446-2: Squid regression

USN-4446-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Squid. The update introduced a regression when using Squid with the icap or ecap protocols. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Jeriko One discovered that Squid incorrectly handled caching certain...

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-4424-1: snapd vulnerabilities

It was discovered that cloud-init as managed by snapd on Ubuntu Core 16 and Ubuntu Core 18 devices ran on every boot without restrictions. A physical attacker could exploit this to craft cloud-init user-data/meta-data via external media to perform arbitrary changes on the device to bypass intende...

USN-4413-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Matthew Sheets discovered that the SELinux network label handling implementation in the Linux kernel could be coerced into de-referencing a NULL pointer. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2020-10711 It was discovered that the SCSI generic sg driver in...

LSN-0068-1: 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-4373-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. CVE-2020-6831, CVE-2020-12387, CVE-2020-12395 It wa...

USN-4242-1: Sysstat vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Sysstat incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 19.04 and Ubuntu 19.10. CVE-2019-16167 It was discovered that Sysstat incorrectly handled certain inputs. An...

USN-4217-2: Samba vulnerabilities

USN-4217-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Samba. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Andreas Oster discovered that the Samba DNS management server incorrectly handled certain records. An authenticated attacker could possibly use this...

USN-4122-2: Firefox regression

USN-4122-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update caused a regression that resulted in a crash when changing YouTube playback speed in some circumstances. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Multiple security issues were discovered i...

USN-4125-1: Memcached vulnerability

It was discovered that Memcached incorrectly handled certain UNIX sockets. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information...

USN-3971-1: Monit vulnerabilities

Zack Flack discovered that Monit incorrectly handled certain input. A remote authenticated user could exploit this to conduct cross-site scripting XSS attacks. CVE-2019-11454 Zack Flack discovered a buffer overread when Monit decoded certain crafted URLs. An attacker could exploit this to leak...

USN-3953-2: PHP vulnerabilities

USN-3953-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in PHP. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain exif tags in JPEG images. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP...

USN-3950-1: ZNC vulnerability

It was discovered that ZNC incorrectly handled certain invalid encodings. An authenticated remote user could use this issue to cause ZNC to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-3739-1: libxml2 vulnerabilities

Matias Brutti discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain XML files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. CVE-2016-9318 It was discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of...

USN-3730-1: LXC vulnerability

Matthias Gerstner discovered that LXC incorrectly handled the lxc-user-nic utility. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to open arbitrary files...

USN-3685-1: Ruby vulnerabilities

Some of these CVE were already addressed in previous USN: 3439-1, 3553-1, 3528-1. Here we address for the remain releases. It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could use this to cause a buffer overrun. CVE-2017-0898 It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly...

USN-3646-2: PHP vulnerabilities

USN-3646-1 fixed a vulnerability in PHP. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled opcache access controls when configured to use PHP-FPM. A local user could possibly use this issue to obtain...

USN-3580-1: Linux kernel 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...

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-3366-2: OpenJDK 8 regression

USN-3366-1 fixed vulnerabilities in OpenJDK 8. Unfortunately, that update introduced a regression that caused some valid JAR files to fail validation. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that the JPEGImageReader class in...

USN-3365-1: Ruby vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Ruby DL::dlopen incorrectly handled opening libraries. An attacker could possibly use this issue to open libraries with tainted names. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. CVE-2009-5147 Tony Arcieri, Jeffrey Walton, and Steffan Ullrich discovered that the Ruby OpenS...

USN-3272-1: Ghostscript vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Ghostscript improperly handled parameters to the rsdparams and eqproc commands. An attacker could use these to craft a malicious document that could disable -dSAFER protections, thereby allowing the execution of arbitrary code, or cause a denial of service application crash...

USN-3271-1: Libxslt vulnerabilities

Holger Fuhrmannek discovered an integer overflow in the xsltAddTextString function in Libxslt. An attacker could use this to craft a malicious document that, when opened, could cause a denial of service application crash or possible execute arbitrary code. CVE-2017-5029 Nicolas Gregoire discovere...

USN-3235-1: libxml2 vulnerabilities

It was discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled format strings. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, an attacker could possibly cause libxml2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS...

USN-3211-1: PHP vulnerabilities

It was 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-2016-7479 It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain...

USN-3175-2: Firefox regression

USN-3175-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update caused a regression on systems where the AppArmor profile for Firefox is set to enforce mode. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Multiple memory safety issues were discovered in...

USN-3161-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Tilman Schmidt and Sasha Levin discovered a use-after-free condition in the TTY implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information kernel memory. CVE-2015-8964 It was discovered that the Video For Linux Two v4l2 implementation in the Linux kernel d...

USN-3131-1: ImageMagick vulnerabilities

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain malformed image files. If a user or automated system using ImageMagick were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute code with the privileges of th...

USN-3129-2: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities

Ondrej Kozina discovered that the keyring interface in the Linux kernel contained a buffer overflow when displaying timeout events via the /proc/keys interface. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2016-7042...

USN-3123-1: curl vulnerabilities

It was discovered that curl incorrectly reused client certificates when built with NSS. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to hijack the authentication of a TLS connection. CVE-2016-7141 Nguyen Vu Hoang discovered that curl incorrectly handled escaping certain strings. A remote...

USN-3083-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle options data, including a use-after-free. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2016-3841 It was discovered that a race...

USN-3052-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the keyring implementation in the Linux kernel did not ensure a data structure was initialized before referencing it after an error condition occurred. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2016-4470 Kangjie Lu discovered an...

USN-2948-2: Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) regression

USN-2948-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Ubuntu 14.10 Linux kernel backported to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. An incorrect reference counting fix in the radeon driver introduced a regression that could cause a system crash. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory...

USN-2908-5: Linux kernel (Wily HWE) regression

USN-2908-2 fixed vulnerabilities in the Ubuntu 15.10 Linux kernel backported to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. An incorrect locking fix caused a regression that broke graphics displays for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS guests running the Ubuntu 15.10 backport kernel within VMWare virtual machines. This update fixes the...

USN-2844-1: Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities

Jan Beulich discovered that the KVM svm hypervisor implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly catch Debug exceptions on AMD processors. An attacker in a guest virtual machine could use this to cause a denial of service system crash in the host OS. CVE-2015-8104 郭永刚 discovered that the pp...

USN-2819-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

Christian Holler, David Major, Jesse Ruderman, Tyson Smith, Boris Zbarsky, Randell Jesup, Olli Pettay, Karl Tomlinson, Jeff Walden, and Gary Kwong discovered multiple memory safety issues in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted message, an attacker could potential...

USN-2647-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

Philip Pettersson discovered a privilege escalation when using overlayfs mounts inside of user namespaces. A local user could exploit this flaw to gain administrative privileges on the system...

USN-2616-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Alexandre Oliva reported a race condition flaw in the btrfs file system's handling of extended attributes xattrs. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to bypass ACLs and potentially escalate privileges. CVE-2014-9710 A memory corruption issue was discovered in AES decryption when using the...

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...