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USN-5577-1: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Asaf Modelevsky discovered that the IntelR 10GbE PCI Express ixgbe Ethernet driver for the Linux kernel performed insufficient control flow management. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. CVE-2021-33061 It was discovered that the framebuffer driver on the Linux...
USN-5492-1: Vim vulnerability
It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory when opening and searching the contents of certain files. If an attacker could trick a user into opening a specially crafted file, it could cause Vim to crash...
USN-5462-1: Ruby vulnerabilities
It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. 2022-28738 It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use th...
USN-5183-1: BlueZ vulnerability
Julian Rauchberger discovered that BlueZ incorrectly handled memory when processing SDP attribute requests. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause BlueZ to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...
USN-5144-1: OpenEXR vulnerability
It was discovered that OpenEXR incorrectly handled certain EXR image files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code...
USN-4791-1: Apache Tomcat 7 vulnerabilities
It was discovered that Apache Tomcat 7 did not protect applications from the presence of untrusted client data in an environment variable. A remote attacker could possible use this vulnerability to redirect the traffic to an arbitrary proxy and obtain sensitive information. CVE-2016-5388 It was...
USN-4787-1: jq vulnerability
It was discovered that jq did not perform sufficient bounds checking, resulting in unbounded resource consumption. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service...
USN-4654-1: PEAR vulnerabilities
It was discovered that PEAR incorrectly sanitized filenames. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code...
USN-4454-2: Samba vulnerability
USN-4454-1 fixed a vulnerability in Samba. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Martin von Wittich and Wilko Meyer discovered that Samba incorrectly handled certain empty UDP packets when being used as a AD DC NBT...
USN-4443-1: 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 cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information, bypass iframe sandbox restrictions, confuse the user, or execute arbitrary...
USN-4434-1: LibVNCServer vulnerabilities
Ramin Farajpour Cami discovered that LibVNCServer incorrectly handled certain malformed unix socket names. A remote attacker could exploit this with a crafted socket name, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2019-20839 It was discovered that LibVNCServer did no...
USN-4395-1: fwupd vulnerability
Justin Steven discovered that fwupd incorrectly handled certain signature verification. An attacker could possibly use this issue to install an unsigned firmware...
USN-4202-2: Thunderbird regression
USN-4202-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Thunderbird. After upgrading, Thunderbird created a new profile for some users. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that a specially crafted S/MIME message with an inner encryption laye...
USN-4179-1: FriBidi vulnerability
Alex Murray discovered a stack-based buffer overflow when handling a large number of unicode isolate directives. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code...
USN-3862-1: Irssi vulnerability
It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or to execute arbitrary code...
USN-3739-2: libxml2 vulnerabilities
USN-3739-1 fixed a vulnerability in libxml2. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04. Original advisory details: Matias Brutti discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain XML files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information...
USN-3697-2: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
It was discovered that a null pointer dereference vulnerability existed in the DCCP protocol implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2018-1130 Jann Horn discovered that the 32 bit adjtimex syscall implementation for 64 bit...
USN-3696-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities
USN-3696-1 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 an integer overflow existed in the perf subsystem of the Linux...
USN-3687-1: WebKitGTK+ vulnerabilities
A large number of 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...
USN-3660-1: 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 via application crash, install lightweight themes without user interaction, or...
USN-3581-2: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
USN-3581-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 17.10. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 17.10 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Mohamed Ghannam discovered that the IPv4 raw socket implementation in the Linux kernel contain...
USN-3529-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
It was discovered that a From address encoded with a null character is cut off in the message header display. An attacker could potentially exploit this to spoof the sender address. CVE-2017-7829 It was discovered that it is possible to execute JavaScript in RSS feeds in some circumstances. If a...
USN-3420-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities
USN-3420-1 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 a buffer overflow existed in the Bluetooth stack of the Linux...
USN-3393-1: ClamAV vulnerabilities
It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing certain e-mail messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2017-6418 It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled certain malformed CHM files. A remote...
USN-3378-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Fan Wu and Shixiong Zhao discovered a race condition between inotify events and vfs rename operations in the Linux kernel. An unprivileged local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or execute arbitrary code. CVE-2017-7533 It was discovered that the Linux kernel did n...
USN-3253-2: Nagios regression
USN-3253-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Nagios. The update prevented log files from being displayed in the web interface. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Nagios incorrectly handled certain long strings. A remote...
USN-3268-1: QEMU vulnerabilities
Zhenhao Hong discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the Virtio GPU device. An attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2016-10028 It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the JAZZ RC4030 device. A privileged attacker...
USN-3097-2: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
Marco Grassi discovered a use-after-free condition could occur in the TCP retransmit queue handling code in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2016-6828 Pengfei Wang discovered a race condition in the...
USN-3051-1: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) 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-3043-1: OpenJDK 8 vulnerabilities
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to information disclosure, data integrity, and availability. An attacker could exploit these to cause a denial of service, expose sensitive data over the network, or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2016-3587, CVE-2016-3598,...
USN-3021-2: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
Andrey Konovalov discovered that the CDC Network Control Model USB driver in the Linux kernel did not cancel work events queued if a later error occurred, resulting in a use-after-free. An attacker with physical access could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2016-3951 Kangji...
USN-3001-1: Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities
Justin Yackoski discovered that the Atheros L2 Ethernet Driver in the Linux kernel incorrectly enables scatter/gather I/O. A remote attacker could use this to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory. CVE-2016-2117 Jann Horn discovered that eCryptfs improperly attempted to use...
USN-2983-1: Expat vulnerability
Gustavo Grieco discovered that Expat incorrectly handled malformed XML data. If a user or application linked against Expat were tricked into opening a crafted XML file, an attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2016-0718...
USN-2979-3: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerability
Philip Pettersson discovered that the Linux kernel's ASN.1 DER decoder did not properly process certificate files with tags of indefinite length. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privilege...
USN-2972-1: OpenJDK 6 vulnerabilities
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to information disclosure, data integrity, and availability. An attacker could exploit these to cause a denial of service, expose sensitive data over the network, or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2016-0686, CVE-2016-0687,...
USN-2967-2: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly enforce rlimits for file descriptors sent over UNIX domain sockets. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. CVE-2013-4312 Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the Aiptek Tablet USB device driver in the Linux kernel did not...
USN-2947-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the usbvision driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the interfaces and endpoints reported by the device. An attacker with physical access could cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2015-7833 Venkatesh Pottem discovered a use-after-free...
USN-2865-1: GnuTLS vulnerability
Karthikeyan Bhargavan and Gaetan Leurent discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly allowed MD5 to be used for TLS 1.2 connections. If a remote attacker were able to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could be exploited to view sensitive information...
USN-2855-1: Samba vulnerabilities
Thilo Uttendorfer discovered that the Samba LDAP server incorrectly handled certain packets. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the LDAP server to stop responding, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 15.04 and Ubuntu 15.10. CVE-2015-322...
USN-2802-1: Linux kernel vulnerability
Ben Serebrin discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly catch Alignment Check exceptions. An attacker in a guest virtual machine could use this to cause a denial of service system crash in the host OS...
USN-2663-1: 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 race condition was discovered in the Linux kernel's filehandle size...
USN-2643-1: 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-2636-1: Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities
Xiong Zhou discovered a bug in the way the EXT4 filesystem handles fallocate zero range functionality when the page size is greater than the block size. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2015-0275 Wen Xu discovered a use-after-free flaw in the...
USN-2601-1: Linux kernel vulnerability
A race condition between chown and execve was discovered in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could exploit this race by using chown on a setuid-user-binary to gain administrative privileges...
USN-2564-1: Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities
An integer overflow was discovered in the stack randomization feature of the Linux kernel on 64 bit platforms. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to bypass the Address Space Layout Randomization ASLR protection mechanism. CVE-2015-1593 An information leak was discovered in the Linux Kernel'...
USN-2563-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Sun Baoliang discovered a use after free flaw in the Linux kernel's SCTP Stream Control Transmission Protocol subsystem during INIT collisions. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system. CVE-2015-1421...
USN-2530-1: Linux kernel vulnerability
It was discovered that the Linux kernel's Infiniband subsystem did not properly sanitize its input parameters while registering memory regions from userspace. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or to potentially gain administrative privileges...
USN-2448-2: Linux kernel regression
USN-2448-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. Due to an unrelated regression TCP Throughput drops to zero for several drivers after upgrading. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: An information leak in the Linux kernel was discover...
USN-2447-1: Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities
Andy Lutomirski discovered that the Linux kernel does not properly handle faults associated with the Stack Segment SS register in the x86 architecture. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to gain administrative privileges. CVE-2014-9322 An information leak in the Linux kernel was discovered...
USN-2396-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Nadav Amit reported that the KVM Kernel Virtual Machine mishandles noncanonical addresses when emulating instructions that change the rip Instruction Pointer. A guest user with access to I/O or the MMIO can use this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash of the guest. CVE-2014-3647 A flaw...