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-1243-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the security fix for CVE-2010-4250 introduced a regression. A remote attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2011-1479 Vasiliy Kulikov discovered that taskstats did not enforce access restrictions. A local attacker could exploit...

USN-1242-1: Linux kernel (Maverick backport) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the security fix for CVE-2010-4250 introduced a regression. A remote attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2011-1479 Vasiliy Kulikov discovered that taskstats did not enforce access restrictions. A local attacker could exploit...

USN-1201-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the /proc filesystem did not correctly handle permission changes when programs executed. A local attacker could hold open files to examine details about programs running with higher privileges, potentially increasing the chances of exploiting additional vulnerabilities...

USN-1157-1: Firefox vulnerabilities

Bob Clary, Kevin Brosnan, Gary Kwong, Jesse Ruderman, Christian Biesinger, Bas Schouten, Igor Bukanov, Bill McCloskey, Olli Pettay, Daniel Veditz and Marcia Knous discovered multiple memory vulnerabilities in the browser rendering engine. An attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the...

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-1086-1: Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities

Dan Rosenberg discovered that multiple terminal ioctls did not correctly initialize structure memory. A local attacker could exploit this to read portions of kernel stack memory, leading to a loss of privacy. CVE-2010-4075 Dan Rosenberg discovered that the socket filters did not correctly...

USN-1049-2: Firefox and Xulrunner regression

USN-1049-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox and Xulrunner. That update introduced a regression where some Java applets would fail to load. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Jesse Ruderman, Igor Bukanov, Olli Pettay, Gary Kwong, Jeff...

USN-928-1: Sudo vulnerability

Valerio Costamagna discovered that sudo did not properly validate the path for the 'sudoedit' pseudo-command when the PATH contained only a dot '.'. If securepath and ignoredot were disabled, a local attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code as root if sudo was configured to allow the...

USN-802-2: Apache regression

USN-802-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Apache. The upstream fix for CVE-2009-1891 introduced a regression that would cause Apache children to occasionally segfault when moddeflate is used. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered...

USN-792-1: OpenSSL vulnerabilities

It was discovered that OpenSSL did not limit the number of DTLS records it would buffer when they arrived with a future epoch. A remote attacker could cause a denial of service via memory resource consumption by sending a large number of crafted requests. CVE-2009-1377 It was discovered that...

USN-622-1: Bind vulnerability

Dan Kaminsky discovered weaknesses in the DNS protocol as implemented by Bind. A remote attacker could exploit this to spoof DNS entries and poison DNS caches. Among other things, this could lead to misdirected email and web traffic...

USN-582-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Thunderbird did not properly set the size of a buffer when parsing an external-body MIME-type. If a user were to open a specially crafted email, an attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash or possibly execute arbitrary code as the user. CVE-2008-0304...

USN-571-1: X.org vulnerabilities

Multiple overflows were discovered in the XFree86-Misc, XInput-Misc, TOG-CUP, EVI, and MIT-SHM extensions which did not correctly validate function arguments. An authenticated attacker could send specially crafted requests and gain root privileges. CVE-2007-5760, CVE-2007-6427, CVE-2007-6428,...

USN-570-1: boost vulnerabilities

Will Drewry and Tavis Ormandy discovered that the boost library did not properly perform input validation on regular expressions. An attacker could send a specially crafted regular expression to an application linked against boost and cause a denial of service via application crash...

USN-432-1: GnuPG vulnerability

Gerardo Richarte from Core Security Technologies discovered that when gnupg is used without --status-fd, there is no way to distinguish initial unsigned messages from a following signed message. An attacker could inject an unsigned message, which could fool the user into thinking the message was...

USN-361-1: Mozilla vulnerabilities

Various flaws have been reported that allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with user privileges by tricking the user into opening a malicious URL. CVE-2006-2788, CVE-2006-3805, CVE-2006-3806, CVE-2006-3807, CVE-2006-3809, CVE-2006-3811, CVE-2006-4565, CVE-2006-4568, CVE-2006-4571 A bug was...

USN-324-1: freetype vulnerability

An integer overflow has been discovered in the FreeType library. By tricking a user into installing and/or opening a specially crafted font file, these could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of that user...

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-7419-1: Vim vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory when using invalid input with the log option. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.10. CVE-2025-1215 It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memo...

USN-7343-1: Jinja2 vulnerabilities

Rafal Krupinski discovered that Jinja2 did not properly restrict the execution of code in situations where templates are used maliciously. An attacker with control over a template's filename and content could potentially use this issue to enable the execution of arbitrary code. This issue only...

USN-6740-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Wei Chen discovered that a race condition existed in the TIPC protocol implementation in the Linux kernel, leading to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2023-1382 It was discovered that the virtio network...

USN-6700-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol L2TP implementation in the Linux kernel contained a race condition when releasing PPPoL2TP sockets in certain conditions, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or...

USN-6608-2: Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the CIFS network file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the server frame size in certain situation, leading to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious CIFS image that, when operated on, could...

USN-6535-1: curl vulnerabilities

Harry Sintonen discovered that curl incorrectly handled mixed case cookie domains. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to set cookies that get sent to different and unrelated sites and domains. CVE-2023-46218 Maksymilian Arciemowicz discovered that curl incorrectly handled long file...

USN-6427-1: .NET vulnerability

It was discovered that the .NET Kestrel web server did not properly handle HTTP/2 requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service...

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-6365-1: Open VM Tools vulnerability

It was discovered that Open VM Tools incorrectly handled SAML tokens. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass SAML token signature verification and perform VMware Tools Guest Operations...

USN-6330-1: Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities

Daniel Moghimi discovered that some IntelR Processors did not properly clear microarchitectural state after speculative execution of various instructions. A local unprivileged user could use this to obtain to sensitive information. CVE-2022-40982 Tavis Ormandy discovered that some AMD processors...

USN-6261-1: Linux kernel (IoT) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the IP-VLAN network driver for the Linux kernel did not properly initialize memory in some situations, leading to 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-2023-3090 Sh...

USN-6134-1: Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) 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-6060-2: MySQL vulnerabilities

USN-6060-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in MySQL. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update includes new upstream MySQL versions to fix these issues. MySQL has been updated to...

USN-6057-1: Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) 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-5860-1: Linux kernel (GKE) vulnerabilities

Kyle Zeng discovered that the sysctl implementation in the Linux kernel contained a stack-based buffer overflow. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-4378 Tamás Koczka discovered that the Bluetooth L2CAP handshake...

USN-5793-4: Linux kernel (IBM) 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 ...

USN-5389-1: Libcroco vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Libcroco was incorrectly accessing data structures when reading bytes from memory, which could cause a heap buffer overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. CVE-2017-7960 It was discovered that Libcroco was incorrectly handling invali...

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-5186-1: Firefox vulnerabilities

Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information, conduct spoofing attacks, bypass CSP restrictions, or execute arbitrary cod...

USN-5147-1: Vim vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled permissions on the .swp file. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. CVE-2017-17087 It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled restricted mode. A local attacker...

USN-5138-1: python-py vulnerability

The py.path.svnwc component of py aka python-py through v1.9.0 contains a regular expression with an ambiguous subpattern that is susceptible to catastrophic backtracing. This could be used by attackers to cause a compute-time denial of service attack by supplying malicious input to the blame...

USN-4825-1: Coin3D vulnerability

USN-3356-1 fix a vulnerability in Expat. This update provides the corresponding update for Coin3D for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM...

USN-4693-1: Ampache vulnerabilities

It was discovered that an SQL injection vulnerability exists in the Ampache search engine. Any user able to perform searches could dump any data contained in the database. An attacker could use this to disclose sensitive information. CVE-2019-12385 It was discovered that an XSS vulnerability in...

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-4605-1: Blueman vulnerability

Vaisha Bernard discovered that blueman did not properly sanitize input on the d-bus interface to blueman-mechanism. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges and run arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. CVE-2020-15238...

USN-4584-1: HtmlUnit vulnerability

It was discovered that HtmlUnit incorrectly initialized Rhino engine. An Attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary Java code...

LSN-0071-1: Kernel Live Patch Security Notice

Or Cohen discovered that the AFPACKET implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly perform bounds checking in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2020-14386...

USN-4397-2: NSS vulnerability

USN-4397-1 fixed a vulnerability in NSS. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Cesar Pereida Garcia discovered that NSS incorrectly handled DSA key generation. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a...

USN-4362-1: DPDK vulnerabilities

It was discovered that DPDK incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code. CVE-2020-10722, CVE-2020-10723, CVE-2020-10724, CVE-2020-10725, CVE-2020-10726...

USN-4326-1: libiberty vulnerabilities

It was discovered that libiberty incorrectly handled parsing certain binaries. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause libiberty to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary...