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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-3625-1: Perl vulnerabilities
It was discovered that Perl incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Perl to hang, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. CVE-2015-8853 It was discovered that Perl incorrectly loaded libraries from th...
USN-3576-1: libvirt vulnerabilities
Vivian Zhang and Christoph Anton Mitterer discovered that libvirt incorrectly disabled password authentication when the VNC password was set to an empty string. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass authentication, contrary to expectations. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.0...
USN-3575-1: QEMU vulnerabilities
It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled guest ram. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. CVE-2017-11334 David Buchanan discovered that QEMU...
USN-3510-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities
USN-3510-1 fixed vulnerabilities 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. Mohamed Ghannam discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the Netlink...
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-3470-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Qian Zhang discovered a heap-based buffer overflow in the tipcmsgbuild function in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges. CVE-2016-8632 Dmitry Vyukov discovered that a race condition...
USN-3443-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
It was discovered that on the PowerPC architecture, the kernel did not properly sanitize the signal stack when handling sigreturn. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2017-1000255 Andrey Konovalov discovered that a...
USN-3264-1: Linux kernel vulnerability
Alexander Popov discovered that a race condition existed in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash...
USN-3205-1: tcpdump vulnerabilities
It was discovered that tcpdump incorrectly handled certain packets. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause tcpdump to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. In the default installation, attackers would be isolated by the tcpdump AppArmor profile...
USN-3104-2: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerability
It was discovered that a race condition existed in the memory manager of the Linux kernel when handling copy-on-write breakage of private read-only memory mappings. A local attacker could use this to gain administrative privileges...
USN-3103-1: DBD::mysql vulnerabilities
It was discovered that DBD::mysql incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause DBD::mysql to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2014-9906 Hanno Böck discovered that DBD::mysql incorrectly handled certa...
USN-3063-1: Fontconfig vulnerability
Tobias Stoeckmann discovered that Fontconfig incorrectly handled cache files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue with a specially crafted cache file to elevate privileges...
USN-3062-1: OpenJDK 7 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-2016-3598, CVE-2016-3606,...
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-3017-3: Linux kernel (Wily HWE) vulnerabilities
USN-3017-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 15.10. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 15.10 for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Jesse Hertz and Tim Newsham discovered that the Linux netfilter implementation did not correct...
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...
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-2887-2: Linux kernel (Trusty 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-2870-1: Linux kernel vulnerability
Yevgeny Pats discovered that the session keyring implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly reference count when joining an existing session keyring. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privilege...
USN-2791-1: NSS vulnerabilities
Tyson Smith and David Keeler discovered that NSS incorrectly handled decoding certain ASN.1 data. An remote attacker could use this issue to cause NSS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...
USN-2779-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not check if a new IPv6 MTU set by a user space application was valid. A remote attacker could forge a route advertisement with an invalid MTU that a user space daemon like NetworkManager would honor and apply to the kernel, causing a denial of service...
USN-2714-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
Marcelo Ricardo Leitner discovered a race condition in the Linux kernel's SCTP address configuration lists when using Address Configuration Change ASCONF options on a socket. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2015-3212 A flaw was...
USN-2682-1: Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities
A flaw was discovered in the kvm kernel virtual machine subsystem's kvmapichasevents function. A unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2015-4692 A flaw was discovered in how the Linux kernel handles invalid UDP checksums. A remote attacker...
USN-2679-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) 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-2666-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
A race condition was discovered in the Linux kernel's filehandle size verification. A local user could exploit this flaw to read potentially sensative memory locations. CVE-2015-1420 A underflow error was discovered in the Linux kernel's Ozmo Devices USB over WiFi host controller driver. A remote...
USN-2665-1: Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities
A race condition was discovered in the Linux kernel's filehandle size verification. A local user could exploit this flaw to read potentially sensative memory locations. CVE-2015-1420 A underflow error was discovered in the Linux kernel's Ozmo Devices USB over WiFi host controller driver. A remote...
USN-2614-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Vincent Tondellier discovered an integer overflow in the Linux kernel's netfilter connection tracking accounting of loaded extensions. An attacker on the local area network LAN could potential exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash of targeted system. CVE-2014-9715 Jan Beulic...
USN-2591-1: curl vulnerabilities
Paras Sethia discovered that curl could incorrectly re-use NTLM HTTP credentials when subsequently connecting to the same host over HTTP. CVE-2015-3143 Hanno Böck discovered that curl incorrectly handled zero-length host names. If a user or automated system were tricked into using a specially...
USN-2570-1: Oxide vulnerabilities
An issue was discovered in the HTML parser in Blink. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to bypass same-origin restrictions. CVE-2015-1235 An issue was discovered in the Web Audio API implementation in Blink. If a user were...
USN-2547-1: Mono vulnerabilities
It was discovered that the Mono TLS implementation was vulnerable to the SKIP-TLS vulnerability. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform client impersonation attacks. CVE-2015-2318 It was discovered that the Mono TLS implementation was vulnerable to the FREAK vulnerability. A...
USN-2516-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
A flaw was discovered in the Kernel Virtual Machine's KVM emulation of the SYSTENTER instruction when the guest OS does not initialize the SYSENTER MSRs. A guest OS user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service of the guest OS crash or potentially gain privileges on the guest OS...
USN-2515-1: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities
A flaw was discovered in the Kernel Virtual Machine's KVM emulation of the SYSTENTER instruction when the guest OS does not initialize the SYSENTER MSRs. A guest OS user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service of the guest OS crash or potentially gain privileges on the guest OS...
USN-2511-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
A race condition was discovered in the Linux kernel's key ring. A local user could cause a denial of service memory corruption or panic or possibly have unspecified impact via the keyctl commands. CVE-2014-9529 A memory leak was discovered in the ISO 9660 CDROM file system when parsing rock ridge...
USN-2492-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Andy Lutomirski discovered an information leak in the Linux kernel's Thread Local Storage TLS implementation allowing users to bypass the espfix to obtain information that could be used to bypass the Address Space Layout Randomization ASLR protection mechanism. A local user could exploit this fla...
USN-2319-1: OpenJDK 7 vulnerabilities
Several 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 or expose sensitive data over the network. CVE-2014-2483, CVE-2014-2490, CVE-2014-4216, CVE-2014-4219,...
USN-2270-1: Linux kernel (Raring HWE) vulnerability
Andy Lutomirski discovered a flaw with the Linux kernel's ptrace syscall on x8664 processors. An attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service System Crash or potential gain administrative privileges...
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-2263-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) 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-2234-1: Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities
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. CVE-2014-3153 Dmitry Vyukov reported a flaw in the Linux kernel's handling of IPv6 UDP Fragmentation...
USN-2098-1: LibYAML vulnerability
Florian Weimer discovered that LibYAML incorrectly handled certain large yaml documents. An attacker could use this issue to cause LibYAML to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...
USN-2096-1: Linux kernel vulnerability
Pageexec reported a bug in the Linux kernel's recvmmsg syscall when called from code using the x32 ABI. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or gain administrator privileges...
USN-1975-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
Vince Weaver discovered a flaw in the perf subsystem of the Linux kernel on ARM platforms. A local user could exploit this flaw to gain privileges or cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2013-4254 A failure to validate block numbers was discovered in the Linux kernel's implementation of th...
USN-1973-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
Vince Weaver discovered a flaw in the perf subsystem of the Linux kernel on ARM platforms. A local user could exploit this flaw to gain privileges or cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2013-4254 A failure to validate block numbers was discovered in the Linux kernel's implementation of th...
USN-1947-1: Linux kernel (Quantal HWE) vulnerabilities
A denial of service flaw was discovered in the Btrfs file system in the Linux kernel. A local user could cause a denial of service by creating a large number of files with names that have the same CRC32 hash value. CVE-2012-5374 A denial of service flaw was discovered in the Btrfs file system in...
USN-1942-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
Chanam Park reported a Null pointer flaw in the Linux kernel's Ceph client. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2013-1059 Vasily Kulikov discovered a flaw in the Linux Kernel's perf tool that allows for privilege escalation. A local user could...
USN-1815-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Andy Lutomirski discover an error in the Linux kernel's credential handling on unix sockets. A local user could exploit this flaw to gain administrative privileges. CVE-2013-1979 Andy Lutomirski discovered a privilege escalation in the Linux kernel's user namespaces. A local user could exploit th...
USN-1811-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
Mathias Krause discovered an information leak in the Linux kernel's UDF file system implementation. A local user could exploit this flaw to examine some of the kernel's heap memory. CVE-2012-6548 Mathias Krause discovered an information leak in the Linux kernel's ISO 9660 CDROM file system driver...
USN-1781-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
Andrew Jones discovered a flaw with the xeniret function in Linux kernel's Xen virtualizeation. In the 32-bit Xen paravirt platform an unprivileged guest OS user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service crash the system or gain guest OS privilege. CVE-2013-0228 A flaw was reported in...