USN-2442-1: Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities

An information leak in the Linux kernel was discovered that could leak the high 16 bits of the kernel stack address on 32-bit Kernel Virtual Machine KVM paravirt guests. A user in the guest OS could exploit this leak to obtain information that could potentially be used to aid in attacking the...

USN-2364-1: Bash vulnerabilities

Florian Weimer and Todd Sabin discovered that the Bash parser incorrectly handled memory. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass certain environment restrictions and execute arbitrary code. CVE-2014-7186, CVE-2014-7187 In addition, this update introduces a hardening measure which add...

USN-2314-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

An flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's audit subsystem when auditing certain syscalls. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to obtain potentially sensitive single-bit values from kernel memory or cause a denial of service OOPS...

USN-2113-1: Linux kernel (Saucy HWE) vulnerabilities

Saran Neti reported a flaw in the ipv6 UDP Fragmentation Offload UFI in the Linux kernel. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service panic. CVE-2013-4563 Mathy Vanhoef discovered an error in the the way the ath9k driver was handling the BSSID masking. A remote attacker...

USN-1837-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel's tkill and tgkill system calls when used from compat processes. A local user could exploit this flaw to examine potentially sensitive kernel memory. CVE-2013-2141 A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's perf events subsystem for Intel...

USN-1814-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

Mathias Krause discovered an information leak in the Linux kernel's UDF file system implementation. A local user could exploit this flaw to examine some of the kernel's heap memory. CVE-2012-6548 Mathias Krause discovered an information leak in the Linux kernel's ISO 9660 CDROM file system driver...

USN-1775-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

A flaw was reported in the permission checks done by the Linux kernel for /dev/cpu//msr. A local root user with all capabilities dropped could exploit this flaw to execute code with full root capabilities. CVE-2013-0268 A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernels handling of memory ranges with...

USN-1648-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Brad Spengler discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's uname system call. An unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to read kernel stack memory. CVE-2012-0957 Rodrigo Freire discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's TCP illinois congestion control algorithm. A local attacker could use this to cau...

USN-1400-2: ubufox update

USN-1400-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update provides an updated ubufox package for use with the latest Firefox. Original advisory details: Soroush Dalili discovered that Firefox did not adequately protect against dropping JavaScript links onto a frame. A remote attacker could, throug...

USN-1358-2: PHP regression

USN 1358-1 fixed multiple vulnerabilities in PHP. The fix for CVE-2012-0831 introduced a regression where the state of the magicquotesgpc setting was not correctly reflected when calling the iniget function. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that PHP...

USN-1300-1: Linux kernel (FSL-IMX51) 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 A flaw was found in the Journaling Block Device JBD. A local attacker able to mount ext3 or ext4 file...

USN-1244-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

Dan Rosenberg discovered that the Linux kernel X.25 implementation incorrectly parsed facilities. A remote attacker could exploit this to crash the kernel, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2010-3873 Andrea Righi discovered a race condition in the KSM memory merging support. If KSM was being...

USN-1121-1: Firefox vulnerabilities

Boris Zbarsky, Gary Kwong, Jesse Ruderman, Michael Wu, and Ted Mielczarek discovered multiple memory vulnerabilities. An attacker could exploit these to possibly run arbitrary code as the user running Firefox. CVE-2011-0079 It was discovered that there was a vulnerability in the memory handling o...

USN-930-2: apturl, Epiphany, gecko-sharp, gnome-python-extras, liferea, rhythmbox, totem, ubufox, yelp update

USN-930-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox and Xulrunner. This update provides updated packages for use with Firefox 3.6 and Xulrunner 1.9.2 on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS. Original advisory details: If was discovered that Firefox could be made to access freed memory. If a user were tricked into viewing a...

USN-862-1: PHP vulnerabilities

Maksymilian Arciemowicz discovered that PHP did not properly validate arguments to the dbareplace function. If a script passed untrusted input to the dbareplace function, an attacker could truncate the database. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, 8.04 LTS, and 8.10. CVE-2008-7068 It was...

USN-860-1: Apache vulnerabilities

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. The flaw is with TLS renegotiation and...

USN-588-1: MySQL vulnerabilities

Masaaki Hirose discovered that MySQL could be made to dereference a NULL pointer. An authenticated user could cause a denial of service application crash via an EXPLAIN SELECT FROM on the INFORMATIONSCHEMA table. This issue only affects Ubuntu 6.06 and 6.10. CVE-2006-7232 Alexander Nozdrin...

USN-571-2: X.org regression

USN-571-1 fixed vulnerabilities in X.org. The upstream fixes were incomplete, and under certain situations, applications using the MIT-SHM extension e.g. Java, wxWidgets would crash with BadAlloc X errors. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory detail...

USN-46-1: TIFF library vulnerability

A buffer overflow was discovered in the TIFF library. A TIFF file includes a value indicating the number of "directory entry" header fields contained in the file. If this value is -1, an invalid memory allocation was performed. A malicious image could be constructed which, when decoded, would hav...

USN-2-1: xpdf vulnerabilities

Chris Evans discovered several integer overflow vulnerabilities in xpdf, a viewer for PDF files. The Common UNIX Printing System CUPS also uses the same code to print PDF files. In either case, these vulnerabilities could be exploited by an attacker by providing a specially crafted PDF file which...

USN-7261-2: Vim vulnerability

USN-7261-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Vim. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled certain internal calls when scrolling a window. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of...

USN-7395-1: 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-7345-1: .NET vulnerability

Zahid TOKAT discovered that .NET suffered from a weak authentication vulnerability. An attacker could possibly use this issue to elevate privileges...

USN-7317-1: wpa_supplicant and hostapd vulnerabilities

George Chatzisofroniou and Panayiotis Kotzanikolaou discovered that wpasupplicant and hostapd reused encryption elements in the PKEX protocol. An attacker could possibly use this issue to impersonate a wireless access point, and obtain sensitive information. CVE-2022-37660 Daniel De Almeida Braga...

USN-7207-2: Git vulnerabilities

USN-7207-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Git. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain URLs when asking for credentials. An attacker could possibly use this issue to mislead the user into typi...

USN-7306-1: GNU binutils vulnerabilities

It was discovered that GNU binutils in nm tool is affected by an incorrect access control. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 24.10. CVE-2024-57360 It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly...

USN-7287-1: libcap2 vulnerability

Tianjia Zhang discovered the libcap2 PAM module pamcap incorrectly handled parsing group names in the configuration file. This could result in certain users being granted capabilities, contrary to expectations...

USN-6902-1: Apache HTTP Server vulnerability

It was discovered that the Apache HTTP Server incorrectly handled certain handlers configured via AddType. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain source code...

USN-6896-2: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the ATA over Ethernet AoE driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2023-6270 It was discovered that the Atheros 802.11ac...

USN-6702-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the NVIDIA Tegra XUSB pad controller driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle return values in certain error conditions. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2023-23000 It was discovered that the ARM Mali Display Processor...

USN-6672-1: Node.js vulnerabilities

Morgan Jones discovered that Node.js incorrectly handled certain inputs that leads to false positive errors during some cryptographic operations. 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...

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-6506-1: Apache HTTP Server vulnerabilities

David Shoon discovered that the Apache HTTP Server modmacro module incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the server to crash, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2023-31122 Prof. Sven Dietrich, Isa Jafarov, Prof. Heejo Lee, and...

USN-6383-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Jana Hofmann, Emanuele Vannacci, Cedric Fournet, Boris Kopf, and Oleksii Oleksenko discovered that some AMD processors could leak stale data from division operations in certain situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information. CVE-2023-20588 It was discovered...

USN-6368-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information, bypass security restrictions, cross-site tracing,...

USN-6250-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Stonejiajia, Shir Tamari and Sagi Tzadik discovered that the OverlayFS implementation in the Ubuntu Linux kernel did not properly perform permission checks in certain situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to gain elevated privileges. CVE-2023-2640 It was discovered that the IP-VLAN...

USN-6181-1: Ruby vulnerabilities

Hiroshi Tokumaru discovered that Ruby did not properly handle certain user input for applications the generate HTTP responses using cgi gem. An attacker could possibly use this issue to maliciously modify the response a user would receive from a vulnerable application. This issue only affected...

USN-6101-1: GNU binutils vulnerabilities

It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled certain DWARF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.10. CVE-2023-1579 It was discovered that GNU binutils did not properly verify the version definitio...

USN-6040-1: Linux kernel (HWE) 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 OverlayFS...

USN-6038-1: Go vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Go net/http module incorrectly handled Transfer-Encoding headers in the HTTP/1 client. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform an HTTP Request Smuggling attack. CVE-2022-1705 It was discovered that Go did not properly manage memory under certain...

USN-5983-1: Nette vulnerability

Cyku Hong discovered that Nette was not properly handling and validating data used for code generation. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code...

USN-5978-1: Linux kernel (OEM) 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 KVM VMX...

USN-5972-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information, bypass security restrictions, cross-site tracing,...

USN-5960-1: Python vulnerability

Yebo Cao discovered that Python incorrectly handled certain URLs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass blocklisting methods by supplying a URL that starts with blank characters...

USN-5918-1: Linux kernel (BlueField) 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-5793-3: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the iouring subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly perform reference counting in some situations, 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-2022-3910 ...

LSN-0087-1: Kernel Live Patch Security Notice

Aaron Adams discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle the removal of stateful expressions in some situations, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or execute arbitrary...

USN-5446-2: dpkg vulnerability

USN-5446-1 fixed a vulnerability in dpkg. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Max Justicz discovered that dpkg incorrectly handled unpacking certain source packages. If a user or an automated system were tricked into unpacking a specially...

USN-5398-1: Simple DirectMedia Layer vulnerability

It was discovered that SDL Simple DirectMedia Layer incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-5376-2: Git vulnerability

USN-5376-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Git. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Original advisory details: 俞晨东 discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain repository paths in platforms with multiple users support. An attacker could possibly use this issue to run...