USN-1448-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's KVM Kernel Virtual Machine virtual cpu setup. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to crash the system leading to a denial of service. CVE-2012-1601 Steve Grubb reported a flaw with Linux fscaps file system base capabilities when used to increa...

USN-1446-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

A flaw was found in the Linux's kernels ext4 file system when mounted with a journal. A local, unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service. CVE-2011-4086 A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's cifs file system. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to...

USN-1428-1: OpenSSL vulnerability

It was discovered that the fix for CVE-2012-2110 was incomplete for OpenSSL 0.9.8. A remote attacker could trigger this flaw in services that used SSL to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with application privileges. Ubuntu 11.10 was not affected by this issue...

USN-1412-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

Somnath Kotur discovered an error in the Linux kernel's VLAN virtual lan and be2net drivers. An attacker on the local network could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service...

USN-1079-2: OpenJDK 6 vulnerabilities

USN-1079-1 fixed vulnerabilities in OpenJDK 6 for non-armel ARM architectures. This update provides the corresponding updates for OpenJDK 6 for use with the armel ARM architectures. In order to build the armel ARM OpenJDK 6 update for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, it was necessary to rebuild binutils and...

USN-1019-1: Firefox and Xulrunner vulnerabilities

Jesse Ruderman, Andreas Gal, Nils, Brian Hackett, and Igor Bukanov discovered several memory issues in the browser engine. An attacker could exploit these to crash the browser or possibly run arbitrary code as the user invoking the program. CVE-2010-3776, CVE-2010-3777, CVE-2010-3778 It was...

USN-1023-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Nelson Elhage discovered several problems with the Acorn Econet protocol driver. A local user could cause a denial of service via a NULL pointer dereference, escalate privileges by overflowing the kernel stack, and assign Econet addresses to arbitrary interfaces. CVE-2010-3848, CVE-2010-3849,...

USN-1011-1: Firefox vulnerability

Morten Krakvik discovered a heap-based buffer overflow in Firefox. If a user were tricked into navigating to a malicious site, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code as the user invoking the program...

USN-989-1: PHP vulnerabilities

Auke van Slooten discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain xmlrpc requests. An attacker could exploit this issue to cause the PHP server to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, 8.04 LTS, 9.04 and 9.10. CVE-2010-0397 It was discovered that the...

USN-975-1: Firefox and Xulrunner vulnerabilities

Several dangling pointer vulnerabilities were discovered in Firefox. An attacker could exploit this to crash the browser or possibly run arbitrary code as the user invoking the program. CVE-2010-2760, CVE-2010-2767, CVE-2010-3167 Blake Kaplan and Michal Zalewski discovered several weaknesses in t...

USN-930-4: Firefox and Xulrunner vulnerabilities

USN-930-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox and Xulrunner. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 9.04 and 9.10, along with additional updates affecting Firefox 3.6.6. Several flaws were discovered in the browser engine of Firefox. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious...

USN-897-1: MySQL vulnerabilities

It was discovered that MySQL could be made to overwrite existing table files in the data directory. An authenticated user could use the DATA DIRECTORY and INDEX DIRECTORY options to possibly bypass privilege checks. This update alters table creation behaviour by disallowing the use of the MySQL...

USN-890-4: PyXML vulnerabilities

USN-890-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Expat. This update provides the corresponding updates for PyXML. Original advisory details: Jukka Taimisto, Tero Rontti and Rauli Kaksonen discovered that Expat did not properly process malformed XML. If a user or application linked against Expat were tricked in...

USN-781-1: Pidgin vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Pidgin did not properly handle certain malformed messages when sending a file using the XMPP protocol handler. If a user were tricked into sending a file, a remote attacker could send a specially crafted response and cause Pidgin to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

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-645-1: Firefox and xulrunner vulnerabilities

Justin Schuh, Tom Cross and Peter Williams discovered errors in the Firefox URL parsing routines. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted hyperlink, an attacker could overflow a stack buffer and execute arbitrary code. CVE-2008-0016 It was discovered that the same-origin check in Firefox...

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-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-431-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

The SSLv2 protocol support in the NSS library did not sufficiently check the validity of public keys presented with a SSL certificate. A malicious SSL web site using SSLv2 could potentially exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges. CVE-2007-0008 The SSLv2 protocol support...

USN-34-1: OpenSSH information leakage

@Mediaservice.net discovered two information leaks in the OpenSSH server. When using password authentication, an attacker could test whether a login name exists by measuring the time between failed login attempts, i. e. the time after which the "password:" prompt appears again. A similar issue...

USN-7273-1: libsndfile vulnerabilities

It was discovered that libsndfile incorrectly handled memory when executing its FLAC codec. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted sound file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or obtain sensitive information...

USN-7261-1: Vim vulnerability

It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled certain internal calls when scrolling a window. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service...

USN-6972-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Yuxuan Hu discovered that the Bluetooth RFCOMM protocol driver in the Linux Kernel contained a race condition, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2024-22099 It was discovered that a race condition existed in th...

USN-6892-1: Linux kernel (IBM) 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 Atheros 802.11ac...

USN-6846-1: Ansible vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Ansible incorrectly handled certain inputs when using towercallback parameter. 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. This issue only affecte...

USN-6777-3: Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities

Zheng Wang discovered that the Broadcom FullMAC WLAN driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition during device removal, leading to a use- after-free vulnerability. A physically proximate attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2023-47233 Several...

USN-6704-3: Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the NVIDIA Tegra XUSB pad controller driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle return values in certain error conditions. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2023-23000 Quentin Minster discovered that the KSMBD...

USN-6703-1: Firefox vulnerabilities

Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information across domains, or execute arbitrary code. CVE-2024-2609, CVE-2024-2611,...

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-6438-2: .Net regressions

USN-6438-1 fixed vulnerabilities in .Net. It was discovered that the fix for CVE-2023-36799 was incomplete. This update fixes the problem. Original advisory details: Kevin Jones discovered that .NET did not properly process certain X.509 certificates. An attacker could possibly use this issue to...

USN-6446-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Ross Lagerwall discovered that the Xen netback backend driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle certain unusual packets from a paravirtualized network frontend, leading to a buffer overflow. An attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service host system crash or...

USN-6438-1: .NET vulnerabilities

Kevin Jones discovered that .NET did not properly process certain X.509 certificates. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. CVE-2023-36799 It was discovered that the .NET Kestrel web server did not properly handle HTTP/2 requests. A remote attacker could possibly...

USN-6394-2: Python vulnerability

USN-6394-1 fixed a vulnerability in Python. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Python incorrectly handled certain scripts. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute...

USN-6387-1: Linux kernel 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 It was discovered...

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-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-6288-1: MySQL vulnerabilities

Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update includes new upstream MySQL versions to fix these issues. MySQL has been updated to 8.0.34 in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 23.04. In addition to security fixes, the updated packages contain bug fixes, new features...

USN-6281-1: Velocity Engine vulnerability

Alvaro Munoz discovered that Velocity Engine 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 execute arbitrary code...

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-6194-1: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities

Hangyu Hua discovered that the Flower classifier implementation in the Linux kernel contained an out-of-bounds write vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2023-35788, LP: 2023577 Xingyuan Mo and Gengjia Chen...

USN-6171-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

William Zhao discovered that the Traffic Control TC subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle network packet retransmission in certain situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service kernel deadlock. CVE-2022-4269 It was discovered that the TUN/TAP driver in t...

USN-6109-1: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) 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-6088-1: runC vulnerabilities

It was discovered that runC incorrectly made /sys/fs/cgroup writable when in rootless mode. An attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges. CVE-2023-25809 It was discovered that runC incorrectly performed access control when mounting /proc to non-directories. An attacker could...

USN-5856-1: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities

Davide Ornaghi discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle VLAN headers in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2023-0179 Hu Jiahui discovered that multiple race...

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-5811-2: Sudo vulnerability

USN-5811-1 fixed a vulnerability in Sudo. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Matthieu Barjole and Victor Cutillas discovered that Sudo incorrectly handled user-specified editors when using the sudoedit command. A local attacker that has...

USN-5782-3: Firefox regressions

USN-5782-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update introduced several minor regressions. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Firefox was using an out-of-date libusrsctp library. An attacker could possibly use th...

USN-5729-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the instruction emulator of the Linux kernel on Arm 64-bit systems. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2022-20422 Hsin-Wei Hung discovered that the BPF subsystem in the Linux kernel contained an...

USN-5664-1: OpenJPEG vulnerabilities

It was discovered that OpenJPEG did not properly handle PNM headers, resulting in a null pointer dereference. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service DoS. CVE-2016-7445 It was discovered that OpenJPEG incorrectly handled certain image files resulting in divisi...