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USN-6417-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
It was discovered that the eBPF implementation in the Linux kernel contained a race condition around read-only maps. A privileged attacker could use this to modify read-only maps. CVE-2021-4001 It was discovered that the IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel contained a high rate of hash...
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-6206-1: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Hangyu Hua discovered that the Flower classifier implementation in the Linux kernel contained an out-of-bounds write vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2023-35788, LP: 2023577 It was discovered that the NTFS...
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-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-5943-1: 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-5944-1: SnakeYAML vulnerabilities
It was discovered that SnakeYAML did not limit the maximal nested depth for collections when parsing YAML data. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted YAML file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications using SnakeYAML to crash, resultin...
USN-5939-1: Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities
It was discovered that the Upper Level Protocol ULP subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle sockets entering the LISTEN state in certain protocols, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execut...
USN-5855-1: ImageMagick vulnerabilities
It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain PNG images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted PNG file, an attacker could use this issue to cause ImageMagick to stop responding, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain the...
USN-5691-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
David Bouman and Billy Jheng Bing Jhong discovered that a race condition existed in the iouring 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-2022-2602...
USN-5548-1: libxml2 vulnerability
It was discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain XML files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code...
USN-5479-1: PHP vulnerabilities
Charles Fol discovered that PHP incorrectly handled initializing certain arrays when handling the pgqueryparams function. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-31625 Charles Fol discovered that...
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...
USN-5364-1: Waitress vulnerability
It was discovered that Waitress incorrectly handled certain requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information...
USN-5233-2: ClamAV vulnerability
USN-5233-1 fixed a vulnerability in ClamAV. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled memory when the CLSCANGENERALCOLLECTMETADATA scan option was enabled. A remote attacker...
USN-4670-1: ImageMagick vulnerabilities
It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain specially crafted 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 other unspecified impact. This issue on...
USN-4637-2: Firefox vulnerabilities
USN-4637-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Original advisory details: Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit...
USN-4569-1: Yaws vulnerabilities
It was discovered that Yaws did not properly sanitize XML input. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to execute an XML External Entity XXE injection attack. CVE-2020-24379 It was discovered that Yaws mishandled certain input when running CGI scripts. A remote attacker could use this...
USN-4548-1: libuv vulnerability
It was discovered that libuv incorrectly handled certain paths. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code...
USN-4385-1: Intel Microcode vulnerabilities
It was discovered that memory contents previously stored in microarchitectural special registers after RDRAND, RDSEED, and SGX EGETKEY read operations on Intel client and Xeon E3 processors may be briefly exposed to processes on the same or different processor cores. A local attacker could use th...
USN-4332-1: File Roller vulnerability
It was discovered that File Roller incorrectly handled symlinks. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information...
USN-4313-1: Linux kernel vulnerability
Manfred Paul discovered that the bpf verifier in the Linux kernel did not properly calculate register bounds for certain operations. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information kernel memory or gain administrative privileges...
USN-4308-2: Twisted vulnerabilities
USN-4308-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Twisted. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: it was discovered that Twisted incorrectly validated or sanitized certain URIs or HTTP methods. A remote attacker could use this issue to inject...
USN-4307-1: Apache HTTP Server update
As a security improvement, this update adds TLSv1.3 support to the Apache HTTP Server package in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. TLSv1.3 is enabled by default, and in certain environments may cause compatibility issues. The SSLProtocol directive may be used to disable TLSv1.3 in these problematic environments...
USN-4202-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
It was discovered that a specially crafted S/MIME message with an inner encryption layer could be displayed as having a valid signature in some circumstances, even if the signer had no access to the encrypted message. An attacker could potentially exploit this to spoof the message author...
USN-4176-1: GNU cpio vulnerability
Thomas Habets discovered that GNU cpio incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to privilege escalation...
USN-4121-1: Samba vulnerability
Stefan Metzmacher discovered that the Samba SMB server did not properly prevent clients from escaping outside the share root directory in some situations. An attacker could use this to gain access to files outside of the Samba share, where allowed by the permissions of the underlying filesystem...
USN-4081-1: Pango vulnerability
It was discovered that Pango incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code...
USN-3753-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities
USN-3753-1 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 the generic SCSI driver in the Linux kernel did not properly...
USN-3734-1: OpenJDK 8 vulnerability
It was discovered that the PatternSyntaxException class in OpenJDK did not properly validate arguments passed to it. An attacker could use this to possibly construct a class that caused a denial of service excessive memory consumption...
USN-3713-1: CUPS vulnerabilities
It was discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled certain print jobs with invalid usernames. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause CUPS to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 17.10 and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. CVE-2017-18248 Dan...
USN-3690-2: AMD Microcode regression
USN-3690-1 provided updated microcode for AMD processors to address CVE-2017-5715 aka Spectre. Unfortunately, the update caused some systems to fail to boot. This update reverts the update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Jann Horn discovered th...
USN-3694-1: NASM vulnerabilities
It was discovered that NASM incorrectly handled certain source files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted source file, a remote attacker could use these issues to cause NASM to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...
USN-3674-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
It was discovered that the netfilter subsystem of the Linux kernel did not properly validate ebtables offsets. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2018-1068 It was discovered that a NULL pointer dereference existed in t...
USN-3620-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities
USN-3620-1 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. Jann Horn discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch...
USN-3435-1: 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 read uninitialized memory, obtain sensitive information, bypass phishing and malware protection, spoof the origin in modal dialogs,...
USN-3394-1: libmspack vulnerabilities
It was discovered that libmspack incorrectly handled certain malformed CHM files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause libmspack to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2017-6419 It was discovered that libmspack incorrectly handled certain...
USN-3323-2: GNU C Library vulnerability
USN-3323-1 fixed a vulnerability in the GNU C Library. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that the GNU C library did not properly handle memory when processing environment variables for setuid programs. A local attacker...
USN-3338-2: Linux kernel regression
USN-3338-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. However, the fix for CVE-2017-1000364 introduced regressions for some Java applications. This update addresses the issue. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that the stack guard page for processes ...
USN-3216-2: Firefox regression
USN-3216-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update resulted in a startup crash when Firefox is used with XRDP. 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 openi...
USN-3239-2: GNU C Library Regression
USN-3239-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the GNU C Library. Unfortunately, the fix for CVE-2015-5180 introduced an internal ABI change within the resolver library. This update reverts the change. We apologize for the inconvenience. Please note that long-running services that were restarted to compensa...
USN-3208-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities
USN-3208-1 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 the generic SCSI block layer in the Linux kernel did not proper...
USN-3162-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
CAI Qian discovered that shared bind mounts in a mount namespace exponentially added entries without restriction to the Linux kernel's mount table. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2016-6213 It was discovered that the KVM implementation for x86/x8664 ...
USN-3151-3: Linux kernel (Qualcomm Snapdragon) vulnerability
Philip Pettersson discovered a race condition in the afpacket implementation in the Linux kernel. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or run arbitrary code with administrative privileges...
USN-3151-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerability
USN-3151-1 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. Philip Pettersson discovered a race condition in the afpacket implementation in the...
USN-3098-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Vladimír Beneš discovered an unbounded recursion in the VLAN and TEB Generic Receive Offload GRO processing implementations in the Linux kernel, A remote attacker could use this to cause a stack corruption, leading to a denial of service system crash. CVE-2016-7039 Marco Grassi discovered a...
USN-3070-4: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities
USN-3070-1 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. A missing permission check when settings ACLs was discovered in nfsd. A local user cou...
USN-3050-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
Ben Hawkes discovered that the Linux netfilter implementation did not correctly perform validation when handling IPTSOSETREPLACE events. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges...
USN-2978-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
David Matlack discovered that the Kernel-based Virtual Machine KVM implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict variable Memory Type Range Registers MTRR in KVM guests. A privileged user in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service system crash in the host, expose...