USN-700-1: Perl vulnerabilities

Jonathan Smith discovered that the Archive::Tar Perl module did not correctly handle symlinks when extracting archives. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted tar file, a remote attacker could over-write arbitrary files. CVE-2007-4829 Tavis Ormandy and Will...

USN-672-1: ClamAV vulnerability

Moritz Jodeit discovered that ClamAV did not correctly handle certain strings when examining a VBA project. If a remote attacker tricked ClamAV into processing a malicious VBA file, ClamAV would crash, leading to a denial of service...

USN-649-1: OpenSSH vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the ForceCommand directive could be bypassed. If a local user created a malicious /.ssh/rc file, they could execute arbitrary commands as their user id. This only affected Ubuntu 7.10. CVE-2008-1657 USN-355-1 fixed vulnerabilities in OpenSSH. It was discovered that the fixe...

USN-582-2: Thunderbird regression

USN-582-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Thunderbird. The upstream fixes were incomplete, and after performing certain actions Thunderbird would crash due to memory errors. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that...

USN-566-1: OpenSSH vulnerability

Jan Pechanec discovered that ssh would forward trusted X11 cookies when untrusted cookie generation failed. This could lead to unintended privileges being forwarded to a remote host...

USN-469-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

Gaëtan Leurent showed a weakness in APOP authentication. An attacker posing as a trusted server could recover portions of the user's password via multiple authentication attempts. CVE-2007-1558 Various flaws were discovered in the layout and JavaScript engines. By tricking a user into opening a...

USN-424-2: PHP regression

USN-424-1 fixed vulnerabilities in PHP. However, some upstream changes were not included, which caused errors in the stream filters. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Multiple buffer overflows have been discovered in various PHP modules...

USN-80-1: mod_python vulnerability

Graham Dumpleton discovered an information disclosure in the "publisher" handle of modpython. By requesting a carefully crafted URL for a published module page, anybody can obtain extra information about internal variables, objects, and other information which is not intended to be visible...

USN-6895-2: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the ATA over Ethernet AoE driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2023-6270 It was discovered that the HugeTLB file syst...

USN-6886-1: Go vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Go net/http module did not properly handle the requests when request's headers exceed MaxHeaderBytes. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a panic resulting into a denial of service. This issue only affected Go 1.21 in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS...

USN-6564-1: Node.js vulnerabilities

Hubert Kario discovered that Node.js incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. CVE-2022-4304 CarpetFuzz, Dawei Wang discovered that...

USN-6538-1: PostgreSQL vulnerabilities

Jingzhou Fu discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled certain unknown arguments in aggregate function calls. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. CVE-2023-5868 Pedro Gallegos discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled modifying certain SQL arra...

USN-6429-3: curl vulnerabilities

USN-6429-1 fixed vulnerabilities in curl. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 23.10. Original advisory details: Jay Satiro discovered that curl incorrectly handled hostnames when using a SOCKS5 proxy. In environments where curl is configured to use a SOCKS5 proxy, a remote...

USN-6388-1: Linux kernel 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 Yang Lan discovered that the GFS2 file system...

USN-6384-1: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities

Jana Hofmann, Emanuele Vannacci, Cedric Fournet, Boris Kopf, and Oleksii Oleksenko discovered that some AMD processors could leak stale data from division operations in certain situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information. CVE-2023-20588 Lonial Con discover...

USN-6380-1: Node.js vulnerabilities

Rogier Schouten discovered that Node.js incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu...

USN-6339-2: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the NTFS file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate MFT flags in certain situations. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious NTFS image that, when mounted and operated on, could cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2022-48425...

USN-6338-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Zi Fan Tan discovered that the binder IPC 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-2023-21255 It was discovered that a race condition existed in th...

USN-6263-2: OpenJDK regression

USN-6263-1 fixed vulnerabilities in OpenJDK. Unfortunately, that update introduced a regression when opening APK, ZIP or JAR files in OpenJDK 11 and OpenJDK 17. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Motoyasu Saburi discovered that OpenJDK...

USN-6318-1: Linux kernel 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-6237-2: curl regression

USN-6237-1 fixed vulnerabilities in curl. The update caused a certificate wildcard handling regression on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Hiroki Kurosawa discovered that curl incorrectly handled validating certain...

USN-6228-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the XFS file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly perform metadata validation when mounting certain images. An attacker could use this to specially craft a file system image that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2023-212...

USN-6213-1: Ghostscript vulnerability

It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled pipe devices. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted PDF file, a remote attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary code...

USN-6093-1: Linux kernel (BlueField) 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-6080-1: 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 Zheng Wang discovered that the Intel i915 graphics...

USN-5964-2: curl vulnerabilities

USN-5964-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in curl. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Harry Sintonen discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain TELNET connection options. Due to lack of proper input scrubbing,...

USN-5884-1: Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities

Kirill Tkhai discovered that the XFS file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not calculate size correctly when pre-allocating space in some situations. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. CVE-2021-4155 Lee Jones discovered that a use-after-free vulnerabilit...

USN-5872-1: NSS vulnerabilities

Tavis Ormandy discovered that NSS incorrectly handled an empty pkcs7 sequence. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause NSS to crash, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2022-22747 Ronald Crane discovered that NSS incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A remote attacker...

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-5787-2: Libksba vulnerability

USN-5787-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Libksba. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Libksba incorrectly handled parsing CRL signatures. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Libksba to...

USN-5693-1: Linux kernel (OEM) 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-5547-1: NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerabilities

Le Wu discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers did not properly perform input validation in some situations. A local user could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-31607 Tal Lossos discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers incorrectly handled...

USN-5506-1: NSS vulnerabilities

Tavis Ormandy discovered that NSS incorrectly handled an empty pkcs7 sequence. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause NSS to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 21.10. CVE-2022-22747 Ronald Crane...

USN-5477-1: ncurses vulnerabilities

Hosein Askari discovered that ncurses was incorrectly performing memory management operations when dealing with long filenames while writing structures into the file system. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. CVE-2017-16879 Chung-Yi L...

USN-5421-1: LibTIFF vulnerabilities

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affects Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. CVE-2020-35522 Chintan Shah discovere...

USN-4661-1: Snapcraft vulnerability

It was discovered that Snapcraft includes the current directory when configuring LDLIBRARYPATH for application commands. If a user were tricked into installing a malicious snap or downloading a malicious library, under certain circumstances an attacker could exploit this to affect strict mode sna...

USN-4538-1: PackageKit vulnerabilities

Vaisha Bernard discovered that PackageKit incorrectly handled certain methods. A local attacker could use this issue to learn the MIME type of any file on the system. CVE-2020-16121 Sami Niemimäki discovered that PackageKit incorrectly handled local deb packages. A local user could possibly use...

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-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-4404-2: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

USN-4404-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the NVIDIA graphics drivers. This update provides the corresponding updates for the NVIDIA Linux DKMS kernel modules. Original advisory details: Thomas E. Carroll discovered that the NVIDIA Cuda grpahics driver did not properly perform access control when...

USN-4306-1: Dino vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Dino incorrectly validated inputs. An attacker could use this issue to possibly obtain, inject or remove sensitive information. This update also includes a fix to the encryption implementation in Dino to support 12 byte IVs, in addition to 16 byte IVs...

USN-4270-1: Exiv2 vulnerability

It was discovered that Exiv2 incorrectly handled certain images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service...

USN-4189-2: DPDK regression

USN-4189-1 fixed a vulnerability in DPDK. The new version introduced a regression in certain environments. This update fixes the problem. Original advisory details: Jason Wang discovered that DPDK incorrectly handled certain messages. An attacker in a malicious container could possibly use this...

USN-3825-2: mod_perl vulnerability

USN-3825-1 fixed a vulnerability in modperl. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Jan Ingvoldstad discovered that modperl incorrectly handled configuration options to disable being used by unprivileged users, contrary to the documentation....

USN-3759-2: libtirpc vulnerabilities

USN-3759-1 fixed a vulnerability in libtirpc. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Aldy Hernandez discovered that libtirpc incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service...

USN-3705-2: Firefox regressions

USN-3705-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update introduced various minor regressions. This update fixes the problems. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafte...

USN-3693-1: JasPer vulnerabilities

It was discovered that JasPer incorrectly handled certain malformed JPEG-2000 image files. If a user or automated system using JasPer were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute code with the privileges of th...

USN-3688-1: Spidermonkey vulnerabilities

Multiple memory safety issues were fixed in Spidermonkey. An attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code...

USN-3631-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3631-1 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 overread vulnerability existed in the keyring subsyste...

USN-3588-1: Memcached vulnerabilities

Daniel Shapira discovered an integer overflow issue in Memcached. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service daemon crash. CVE-2017-9951 It was discovered that Memcached listened to UDP by default. A remote attacker could use this as part of a distributed denial of service...