USN-4442-1: Sympa vulnerabilities

Michael Kaczmarczik discovered that Sympa incorrectly handled HTTP GET/POST requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to insert, edit or obtain sensitive information. CVE-2018-1000550 It was discovered that Sympa incorrectly handled URL parameters. An attacker could possibly use this...

USN-4380-1: Apache Ant vulnerability

It was discovered that Apache Ant created temporary files with insecure permissions. An attacker could use this vulnerability to read sensitive information leaked into /tmp, or potentially inject malicious code into a project that is built with Apache Ant...

USN-4310-1: WebKitGTK+ vulnerability

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-4309-1: Vim vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled certain sources. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 ESM, Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS CVE-2017-11109 It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled certain files. An...

USN-4265-1: SpamAssassin vulnerabilities

It was discovered that SpamAssassin incorrectly handled certain CF files. If a user or automated system were tricked into using a specially-crafted CF file, a remote attacker could possibly run arbitrary code...

USN-4244-1: Samba vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Samba did not automatically replicate ACLs set to inherit down a subtree on AD Directory, contrary to expectations. This issue was only addressed in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 19.04 and Ubuntu 19.10. CVE-2019-14902 Robert Święcki discovered that Samba incorrectly handled...

USN-4229-1: NTP vulnerability

It was discovered that ntpq and ntpdc incorrectly handled some arguments. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ntpq or ntpdc to crash, execute arbitrary code, or escalate to higher privileges...

USN-4201-1: Ruby vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to pass path matching what can lead to an unauthorized access. CVE-2019-15845 It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. An attacker could use this issue to...

USN-3826-1: QEMU vulnerabilities

Daniel Shapira and Arash Tohidi discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled NE2000 device emulation. An attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2018-10839 It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the Slirp networking back-en...

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-3645-1: 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 via application crash, bypass same-origin restrictions, conduct cross-site scripting XSS attacks, install...

USN-3525-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

Jann Horn discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and indirect branch prediction may allow unauthorized memory reads via sidechannel attacks. This flaw is known as Meltdown. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information, including kernel memory...

USN-3518-1: AWStats vulnerability

It was discovered that AWStats incorrectly filtered certain parameters. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code...

USN-3509-3: Linux kernel regression

USN-3509-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Unfortunately, it also introduced a regression that prevented the Ceph network filesystem from being used. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Mohamed Ghannam...

USN-3414-2: QEMU regression

USN-3414-1 fixed vulnerabilities in QEMU. The patch backport for CVE-2017-9375 was incomplete and caused a regression in the USB xHCI controller emulation support. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Leo Gaspard discovered that QEMU...

USN-3364-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly initialize a Wake- on-Lan data structure. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information kernel memory. CVE-2014-9900 It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly restrict access to /proc/iomem. A local attacker...

USN-3313-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

It was discovered that a buffer overflow existed in the trace subsystem in the Linux kernel. A privileged local attacker could use this to execute arbitrary code...

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-3209-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the generic SCSI block layer in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict write operations in certain situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly gain administrative privileges. CVE-2016-10088 Jim Mattson discovered tha...

USN-3199-1: Python Crypto vulnerability

It was discovered that the ALGnew function in blocktemplace.c in the Python Cryptography Toolkit contained a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability. A remote attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code by using a crafted initialization vector parameter...

USN-3072-2: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

Kangjie Lu discovered an information leak in the Reliable Datagram Sockets RDS implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory. CVE-2016-5244 Yue Cao et al discovered a flaw in the TCP implementation's handling of...

USN-2950-5: Samba regression

USN-2950-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Samba. USN-2950-3 updated Samba to version 4.3.9, which introduced a regression when using the ntlmauth tool. This update fixes the problem. Original advisory details: Jouni Knuutinen discovered that Samba contained multiple flaws in the DCE/RPC implementation....

USN-2946-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

Venkatesh Pottem discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's CXGB3 driver. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2015-8812 Xiaofei Rex Guo discovered a timing side channel vulnerability in the Linux...

USN-2935-3: PAM regression

USN-2935-1 fixed vulnerabilities in PAM. The updates contained a packaging change that prevented upgrades in certain multiarch environments. USN-2935-2 intended to fix the problem but was incomplete for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. This update fixes the problem in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. We apologize for the...

USN-2909-2: Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) regression

USN-2909-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Ubuntu 14.10 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 14.10 backport kernel within VMWare virtual machines. This update fixes the...

USN-2889-2: Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the AFUNIX implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use crafted epollctl calls to cause a denial of service system crash or expose sensitive information. CVE-2013-7446 It was discovered that the KVM implementation ...

USN-2792-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly initialize IPC object state in certain situations. A local attacker could use this to escalate their privileges, expose confidential information, or cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2015-7613 It was discovered that the Lin...

USN-2712-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

Gary Kwong, Christian Holler, and Byron Campen discovered multiple memory safety issues in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted message, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with...

USN-2678-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

A flaw was discovered in the user space memory copying for the pipe iovecs in the Linux kernel. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or potentially escalate their privileges. CVE-2015-1805 Daniel Borkmann reported a kernel crash in the Linux...

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-2561-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

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-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-2424-1: Firefox vulnerabilities

Gary Kwong, Randell Jesup, Nils Ohlmeier, Jesse Ruderman, Max Jonas Werner, Christian Holler, Jon Coppeard, Eric Rahm, Byron Campen, Eric Rescorla, and Xidorn Quan discovered multiple memory safety issues in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker...

USN-2358-1: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

Jack Morgenstein reported a flaw in the page handling of the KVM Kerenl Virtual Machine subsystem in the Linux kernel. A guest OS user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service host OS memory corruption or possibly have other unspecified impact on the host OS. CVE-2014-3601 Jason...

USN-2286-1: Linux kernel (Raring HWE) vulnerabilities

Sasha Levin reported a flaw in the Linux kernel's point-to-point protocol PPP when used with the Layer Two Tunneling Protocol L2TP. A local user could exploit this flaw to gain administrative privileges. CVE-2014-4943 Michael S. Tsirkin discovered an information leak in the Linux kernel's...

USN-2264-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Salva Peiró discovered an information leak in the Linux kernel's media- device driver. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory. CVE-2014-1739 A bounds check error was discovered in the socket filter subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local user...

USN-2254-1: PHP vulnerabilities

Christian Hoffmann discovered that the PHP FastCGI Process Manager FPM set incorrect permissions on the UNIX socket. A local attacker could use this issue to possibly elevate their privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 13.10, and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. CVE-2014-0185 Francisco...

USN-2232-2: OpenSSL regression

USN-2232-1 fixed vulnerabilities in OpenSSL. The upstream fix for CVE-2014-0224 caused a regression for certain applications that use tlssessionsecretcb, such as wpasupplicant. This update fixes the problem. Original advisory details: Jüri Aedla discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled invalid...

USN-2237-1: Linux kernel (Quantal HWE) vulnerability

Pinkie Pie discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's futex subsystem. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or gain administrative privileges...

USN-2230-1: chkrootkit vulnerability

Thomas Stangner discovered that chkrootkit incorrectly quoted certain values. A local attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary code when chkrootkit is run and gain root privileges...

USN-2214-1: libxml2 vulnerability

Daniel Berrange discovered that libxml2 would incorrectly perform entity substitution even when requested not to. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, an attacker could possibly cause resource consumption, resulting in a denial of service...

USN-2124-2: OpenJDK 6 regression

USN-2124-1 fixed vulnerabilities in OpenJDK 6. Due to an upstream regression, memory was not properly zeroed under certain circumstances which could lead to instability. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: A vulnerability was discovered in...

USN-2158-1: Linux kernel (Raring HWE) vulnerabilities

Stephan Mueller reported an error in the Linux kernel's ansi cprng random number generator. This flaw makes it easier for a local attacker to break cryptographic protections. CVE-2013-4345 Nico Golde and Fabian Yamaguchi reported buffer underflow errors in the implementation of the XFS filesystem...

USN-2067-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's dm snapshot facility. A remote authenticated user could exploit this flaw to obtain sensitive information or modify/corrupt data. CVE-2013-4299 Hannes Frederic Sowa discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's UDP Fragmentation Offload UFO. An unprivileged...

USN-1825-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

An flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's perfevents interface. A local user could exploit this flaw to escalate privileges on the system...

USN-1806-1: OpenJDK 7 vulnerabilities

Ben Murphy discovered a vulnerability in the OpenJDK JRE related to information disclosure and data integrity. An attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code. CVE-2013-0401 James Forshaw discovered a vulnerability in the OpenJDK JRE related to information disclosure, data integrity and...

USN-1671-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

Dmitry Monakhov reported a race condition flaw the Linux ext4 filesystem that can expose stale data. An unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to cause an information leak. CVE-2012-4508 A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's handling of new hot-plugged memory. An unprivileged local user...

USN-1401-2: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

USN-1401-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Xulrunner. This update provides the corresponding fixes for Thunderbird. Original advisory details: It was discovered that a flaw in the Mozilla SVG implementation could result in an out-of-bounds memory access if SVG elements were removed during a...

USN-1390-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Dan Rosenberg reported errors in the OSS Open Sound System MIDI interface. A local attacker on non-x86 systems might be able to cause a denial of service. CVE-2011-1476 Dan Rosenberg reported errors in the kernel's OSS Open Sound System driver for Yamaha FM synthesizer chips. A local user can...

USN-1325-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

Peter Huewe discovered an information leak in the handling of reading security-related TPM data. A local, unprivileged user could read the results of a previous TPM command. CVE-2011-1162 Clement Lecigne discovered a bug in the HFS filesystem. A local attacker could exploit this to cause a kernel...