USN-6336-1: Docker Registry vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Docker Registry incorrectly handled certain crafted input, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. CVE-2017-11468 It was discovered that Docker Registry incorrectly handled certain crafted input. An attacker...

USN-6306-1: Fast DDS vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Fast DDS incorrectly handled certain inputs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service and information exposure. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. CVE-2021-38425 It was discovered that Fast DDS incorrectly handled certain inputs. ...

USN-6248-1: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the network queuing discipline implementation in the Linux kernel contained a null pointer dereference in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2022-47929 It was discovered that a race condition existed in Adreno GPU...

USN-6167-1: QEMU vulnerabilities

It was discovered that QEMU did not properly manage the guest drivers when shared buffers are not allocated. A malicious guest driver could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubunt...

USN-6118-1: Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities

Zheng Wang discovered that the Intel i915 graphics driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle certain error conditions, leading to a double-free. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2022-3707 Jordy Zomer and Alexandra Sandulescu discover...

USN-6096-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that some AMD x86-64 processors with SMT enabled could speculatively execute instructions using a return address from a sibling thread. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information. CVE-2022-27672 Ziming Zhang discovered that the VMware Virtual GPU DR...

USN-6010-3: Firefox regressions

USN-6010-1 fixed vulnerabilities and USN-6010-2 fixed minor regressions in Firefox. The update introduced several minor regressions. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were...

USN-5954-2: Firefox regressions

USN-5954-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update introduced several minor regressions. 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 into opening a specially crafted...

USN-5957-1: LibreCAD vulnerabilities

Cody Sixteen discovered that LibreCAD incorrectly handled memory when parsing DXF files. An attacker could use this issue to cause LibreCAD to crash, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 ESM. CVE-2018-19105 Lilith of Cisco Talos discovered tha...

USN-5955-1: Emacs vulnerability

It was discovered that Emacs did not properly manage certain files when using htmlfontify functionality. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary commands...

USN-5881-1: Chromium vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Chromium did not properly manage memory. A remote attacker could possibly use these issues to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. CVE-2023-0471, CVE-2023-0472, CVE-2023-0473, CVE-2023-0696, CVE-2023-0698, CVE-2023-0699, CVE-2023-0702...

USN-5870-1: apr-util vulnerability

Ronald Crane discovered that APR-util did not properly handled memory when encoding or decoding certain input data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-5812-1: urllib3 vulnerability

It was discovered that urllib3 incorrectly handled certain characters in URLs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause urllib3 to consume resources, leading to a denial of service...

USN-5759-1: LibBPF vulnerabilities

It was discovered that LibBPF incorrectly handled certain memory operations under certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause LibBPF to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.10. CVE-2021-45940,...

USN-5757-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Jann Horn discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly track memory allocations for anonymous VMA mappings in some situations, leading to potential data structure reuse. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-427...

USN-5756-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Jann Horn discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly track memory allocations for anonymous VMA mappings in some situations, leading to potential data structure reuse. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-427...

USN-5626-1: Bind vulnerabilities

Yehuda Afek, Anat Bremler-Barr, and Shani Stajnrod discovered that Bind incorrectly handled large delegations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to reduce performance, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2022-2795 It was discovered that Bind incorrectly handled statistics requests. ...

USN-5466-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly restrict access to the kernel debugger when booted in secure boot environments. A privileged attacker could use this to bypass UEFI Secure Boot restrictions. CVE-2022-21499 Aaron Adams discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux...

USN-5462-2: Ruby vulnerability

USN-5462-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Ruby. This update provides the corresponding CVE-2022-28739 update for ruby2.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive...

USN-5198-1: HTMLDOC vulnerability

It was discovered that HTMLDOC improperly handled malformed URIs from an input html file. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service...

USN-5188-1: Keepalived vulnerability

It was discovered that Keepalived incorrectly handled certain messages. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access-control bypass...

USN-5122-1: Apport vulnerability

It was discovered that Apport could be tricked into writing core files as root into arbitrary directories in certain scenarios. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges. This update will cause Apport to generate all core files in the /var/lib/apport/coredump directory...

USN-4986-3: rpcbind regression

USN-4986-1 fixed a vulnerability in rpcbind. The update caused a regression resulting in rpcbind crashing in certain environments. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that rpcbind incorrectly handled certain large data...

USN-4860-1: Monit vulnerabilities

Zack Flack discovered that Monit incorrectly handled certain input. A remote authenticated user could exploit this to conduct cross-site scripting XSS attacks. CVE-2019-11454 Zack Flack discovered a buffer overread when Monit decoded certain crafted URLs. An attacker could exploit this to...

USN-4528-1: Ceph vulnerabilities

Adam Mohammed discovered that Ceph incorrectly handled certain CORS ExposeHeader tags. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to preform an HTTP header injection attack. CVE-2020-10753 Lei Cao discovered that Ceph incorrectly handled certain POST requests with invalid tagging XML. A remo...

USN-4493-1: cryptsetup vulnerability

It was discovered that cryptsetup incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code...

USN-4437-1: libslirp vulnerability

Ziming Zhang and VictorV discovered that libslirp incorrectly handled replying to certain ICMP echo requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libslirp to crash, resulting in a denial of service...

USN-4429-1: Evolution Data Server vulnerability

It was discovered that Evolution Data Server incorrectly handled STARTTLS when using SMTP and POP3. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a response injection attack...

USN-4381-1: Django vulnerabilities

Dan Palmer discovered that Django incorrectly validated memcached cache keys. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service and obtain sensitive information. CVE-2020-13254 Jon Dufresne discovered that Django incorrectly encoded query parameters for the admin...

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-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-3768-1: Ghostscript vulnerabilities

Tavis Ormandy discovered multiple security issues in Ghostscript. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could possibly use these issues to access arbitrary files, execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of service...

USN-3679-1: QEMU update

Ken Johnson and Jann Horn independently discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution of a memory read may allow unauthorized memory reads via sidechannel attacks. An attacker in the guest could use this to expose sensitive guest information, including kernel memory. This update...

USN-3655-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3655-1 fixed vulnerabilities and added mitigations 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 and Ken Johnson discovered that microprocessors...

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-3628-1: OpenSSL vulnerability

Alejandro Cabrera Aldaya, Billy Brumley, Cesar Pereida Garcia and Luis Manuel Alvarez Tapia discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled RSA key generation. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a cache-timing attack and recover private RSA keys...

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-3551-1: WebKitGTK+ vulnerabilities

Multiple security issues were discovered in the WebKitGTK+ Web and JavaScript engines. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, spoof the user interface, or execute arbitrary code. CVE-2018-4088,...

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-3477-4: Firefox regression

USN-3477-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update introduced a crash reporting issue where background tab crash reports were sent to Mozilla without user opt-in. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Multiple security issues were...

USN-3509-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Mohamed Ghannam discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the Netlink subsystem XFRM in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2017-16939 It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not...

USN-3291-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the generic SCSI sg subsystem in the Linux kernel contained a stack-based buffer overflow. A local attacker with access to an sg device could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2017-7187 It was discovered that a...

USN-3249-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerability

USN-3249-1 fixed a vulnerability 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 xfrm framework for transforming packets in the Linux kernel...

USN-3139-1: Vim vulnerability

Florian Larysch discovered that the Vim text editor did not properly validate values for the 'filetype', 'syntax', and 'keymap' options. An attacker could trick a user into opening a file with specially crafted modelines and possibly execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges...

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-3056-1: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities

Ben Hawkes discovered an integer overflow in the Linux netfilter implementation. On systems running 32 bit kernels, a local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges. CVE-2016-3135 It was...

USN-3000-1: Linux kernel (Utopic 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-2948-1: Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities

Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the USB driver for Clie devices in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the endpoints reported by the device. An attacker with physical access could cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2015-7566 Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the usbvision driver in...