USN-1430-2: ubufox update

USN-1430-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update provides an updated ubufox package for use with the latest Firefox. Original advisory details: Bob Clary, Christian Holler, Brian Hackett, Bobby Holley, Gary Kwong, Hilary Hall, Honza Bambas, Jesse Ruderman, Julian Seward, and Olli Pettay...

USN-1396-1: GNU C Library vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the GNU C Library did not properly handle integer overflows in the timezone handling code. An attacker could use this to possibly execute arbitrary code by convincing an application to load a maliciously constructed tzfile. CVE-2009-5029 It was discovered that the GNU C...

USN-1389-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Paolo Bonzini discovered a flaw in Linux's handling of the SGIO ioctl command. A local user, or user in a VM could exploit this flaw to bypass restrictions and gain read/write access to all data on the affected block device. CVE-2011-4127 A flaw was found in KVM's Programmable Interval Timer PIT...

USN-1359-1: Tomcat vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly performed certain caching and recycling operations. A remote attacker could use this flaw to obtain read access to IP address and HTTP header information in certain cases. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 11.10. CVE-2011-3375 It was discovered that Tomca...

USN-1340-1: Linux kernel (Oneiric backport) vulnerabilities

Clement Lecigne discovered a bug in the HFS filesystem. A local attacker could exploit this to cause a kernel oops. CVE-2011-2203 A bug was discovered in the XFS filesystem's handling of pathnames. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service, or gain ro...

USN-1293-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

A bug was discovered in the XFS filesystem's handling of pathnames. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service, or gain root privileges. CVE-2011-4077 Nick Bowler discovered the kernel GHASH message digest algorithm incorrectly handled error conditions...

USN-1275-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

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 Vasiliy Kulikov discovered that taskstats did not enforce access restrictions. A local attacker could exploit...

USN-1097-1: Tomcat vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Tomcat SecurityManager did not properly restrict the working directory. An attacker could use this flaw to read or write files outside of the intended working directory. CVE-2010-3718 It was discovered that Tomcat did not properly escape certain parameters in the Manage...

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-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-940-2: Kerberos vulnerability

USN-940-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Kerberos. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 10.04. Original advisory details: Joel Johnson, Brian Almeida, and Shawn Emery discovered that Kerberos did not correctly verify certain packet structures. An unauthenticated remote attacker cou...

USN-945-1: ClamAV vulnerabilities

It was discovered that ClamAV did not properly reallocate memory when processing certain PDF files. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted PDF and crash ClamAV. CVE-2010-1639 An out of bounds memory access flaw was discovered in ClamAV. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted...

USN-838-1: Dovecot vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the ACL plugin in Dovecot would incorrectly handle negative access rights. An attacker could exploit this flaw to access the Dovecot server, bypassing the intended access restrictions. This only affected Ubuntu 8.04 LTS. CVE-2008-4577 It was discovered that the ManageSieve...

USN-811-1: Firefox and Xulrunner vulnerability

Juan Pablo Lopez Yacubian discovered that Firefox did not properly display invalid URLs. If a user were tricked into accessing a malicious website, an attacker could exploit this to spoof the location bar, such as in a phishing attack. Furthermore, if the malicious website had a valid SSL...

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-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-577-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

Wojciech Purczynski discovered that the vmsplice system call did not properly perform verification of user-memory pointers. A local attacker could exploit this to overwrite arbitrary kernel memory and gain root privileges. CVE-2008-0600...

USN-353-1: openssl vulnerabilities

Dr. Henson of the OpenSSL core team and Open Network Security discovered a mishandled error condition in the ASN.1 parser. By sending specially crafted packet data, a remote attacker could exploit this to trigger an infinite loop, which would render the service unusable and consume all available...

USN-232-1: PHP vulnerabilities

Eric Romang discovered a local Denial of Service vulnerability in the handling of the 'session.savepath' parameter in PHP's Apache 2.0 module. By setting this parameter to an invalid value in an .htaccess file, a local user could crash the Apache server. CVE-2005-3319 A Denial of Service flaw was...

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-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-6777-4: Linux kernel (HWE) 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-6707-4: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities

Lonial Con discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle element deactivation in certain cases, 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...

USN-6305-2: PHP vulnerabilities

USN-6305-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in PHP. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain XML files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to...

USN-6626-2: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Quentin Minster discovered that a race condition existed in the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel when handling sessions operations. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2023-32250, CVE-2023-32252, CVE-2023-32257...

USN-6610-1: 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-2024-0741, CVE-2024-0742,...

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-6562-1: 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-2023-6865, CVE-2023-6857,...

USN-6513-2: Python vulnerability

USN-6513-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Python. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 23.04. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Python incorrectly handled certain plist files. If a user or an automated system were tricked into...

USN-6497-1: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities

Maxim Levitsky discovered that the KVM nested virtualization SVM implementation for AMD processors in the Linux kernel did not properly handle x2AVIC MSRs. An attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service host kernel crash. CVE-2023-5090 Alon Zahavi discovered that the...

USN-6462-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Seth Jenkins discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly perform address randomization for a per-cpu memory management structure. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information kernel memory or in conjunction with another kernel vulnerability. CVE-2023-0597 Yu Hao and Weite...

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-6346-1: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) 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-6342-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Tavis Ormandy discovered that some AMD processors did not properly handle speculative execution of certain vector register instructions. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. CVE-2023-20593 Zheng Zhang discovered that the device-mapper implementation in the Linux kernel...

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-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-6264-1: WebKitGTK vulnerabilities

Several 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 attacks, and...

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...

LSN-0096-1: Kernel Live Patch Security Notice

It was discovered that the Broadcom FullMAC USB WiFi driver in the Linux kernel did not properly perform data buffer size validation in some situations. A physically proximate attacker could use this to craft a malicious USB device that when inserted, could cause a denial of service system crash ...

USN-6168-2: libx11 vulnerability

USN-6168-1 fixed a vulnerability in libx11. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, and Ubuntu 18.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Gregory James Duck discovered that libx11 incorrectly handled certain Request, Event, or Error IDs. If a user were...

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-6084-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Jordy Zomer and Alexandra Sandulescu discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly implement speculative execution barriers in usercopy functions in certain situations. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information kernel memory. CVE-2023-0459 Xingyuan Mo discovered that the...

USN-6061-1: WebKitGTK vulnerabilities

Several 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 attacks, and...

USN-6058-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

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-6055-1: Ruby vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. CVE-2023-28755 It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a...

USN-5970-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the KVM VMX implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle indirect branch prediction isolation between L1 and L2 VMs. An attacker in a guest VM could use this to expose sensitive information from the host OS or other guest VMs. CVE-2022-2196 It was discovered...

USN-5952-1: OpenJPEG vulnerabilities

Sebastian Poeplau discovered that OpenJPEG 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 or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affecte...