USN-1638-2: ubufox update

USN-1638-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update provides an updated ubufox package for use with the latest Firefox. Original advisory details: Gary Kwong, Jesse Ruderman, Christian Holler, Bob Clary, Kyle Huey, Ed Morley, Chris Lord, Boris Zbarsky, Julian Seward, Bill McCloskey, and Andr...

USN-1609-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerability

A flaw was found in how the Linux kernel's KVM Kernel-based Virtual Machine subsystem handled MSI Message Signaled Interrupts. A local unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service or potentially elevate privileges. CVE-2012-2137 Mathias Krause discover an error in Linux...

USN-1606-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

A flaw was found in how the Linux kernel's KVM Kernel-based Virtual Machine subsystem handled MSI Message Signaled Interrupts. A local unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service or potentially elevate privileges. CVE-2012-2137 A flaw was found in how the Linux kernel...

USN-1563-1: Linux kernel (Oneiric backport) vulnerability

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Reliable Datagram Sockets RDS protocol implementation. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service. CVE-2012-2372 Mathias Krause discovered an information leak in the Linux kernel's TUN/TAP device driver. A local user could...

USN-1505-2: IcedTea-Web regression

USN-1505-1 fixed vulnerabilities in OpenJDK 6. As part of the update, IcedTea-Web packages were upgraded to a new version. That upgrade introduced a regression which prevented the IcedTea-Web plugin from working with the Chromium web browser in Ubuntu 11.04 and Ubuntu 11.10. This update fixes the...

USN-1509-2: ubufox update

USN-1509-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update provides an updated ubufox package for use with the lastest Firefox. Original advisory details: Benoit Jacob, Jesse Ruderman, Christian Holler, Bill McCloskey, Brian Smith, Gary Kwong, Christoph Diehl, Chris Jones, Brad Lassey, and Kyle Hue...

USN-1440-1: Linux kernel (Natty backport) 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 Sasha Levin discovered a flaw in the permission checking for device assignments requested via the kvm ioctl in the...

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-1373-2: OpenJDK 6 (ARM) vulnerabilities

USN 1373-1 fixed vulnerabilities in OpenJDK 6 in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubuntu 10.10 and Ubuntu 11.04 for all architectures except for ARM armel. This provides the corresponding OpenJDK 6 update for use with the ARM armel architecture in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubuntu 10.10 and Ubuntu 11.04. Original adviso...

USN-1361-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Han-Wen Nienhuys reported a flaw in the FUSE kernel module. A local user who can mount a FUSE file system could cause a denial of service. CVE-2011-3353 A flaw was found in KVM's Programmable Interval Timer PIT. When a virtual interrupt control is not available a local user could use this to caus...

USN-1057-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Dave Chinner discovered that the XFS filesystem did not correctly order inode lookups when exported by NFS. A remote attacker could exploit this to read or write disk blocks that had changed file assignment or had become unlinked, leading to a loss of privacy. CVE-2010-2943 Dan Rosenberg discover...

USN-1011-3: Xulrunner vulnerability

USN-1011-1 fixed a vulnerability in Firefox. This update provides the corresponding update for Xulrunner. Original advisory details: 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...

USN-930-6: Firefox and Xulrunner vulnerability

USN-957-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox and Xulrunner. Daniel Holbert discovered that the fix for CVE-2010-1214 introduced a regression which did not properly initialize a plugin pointer. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious site, a remote attacker could use this to crash the browse...

USN-896-1: Firefox 3.5 and Xulrunner 1.9.1 vulnerabilities

Several flaws were discovered in the browser engine of Firefox. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. CVE-2010-0159 Orlando Barrera II...

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-787-1: Apache vulnerabilities

Matthew Palmer discovered an underflow flaw in apr-util as included in Apache. An attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash in Apache using a crafted SVNMasterURI directive, .htaccess file, or when using modapreq2. This issue only affected Ubuntu 6.06 LTS. CVE-2009-0023 Sande...

USN-666-1: Dovecot vulnerability

It was discovered that certain email headers were not correctly handled by Dovecot. If a remote attacker sent a specially crafted email to a user with a mailbox managed by Dovecot, that user's mailbox would become inaccessible through Dovecot, leading to a denial of service...

USN-629-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

Various flaws were discovered in the browser engine. If a user had Javascript enabled and were tricked into opening a malicious web page, an attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program...

USN-558-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

The minix filesystem did not properly validate certain filesystem values. If a local attacker could trick the system into attempting to mount a corrupted minix filesystem, the kernel could be made to hang for long periods of time, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2006-6058 Certain calculatio...

USN-525-1: libsndfile vulnerability

Robert Buchholz discovered that libsndfile did not correctly validate the size of its memory buffers. If a user were tricked into playing a specially crafted FLAC file, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges...

USN-470-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

USN-464-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. Some additional code changes were accidentally included in the Feisty update which caused trouble for some people who were not using UUID-based filesystem mounts. These changes have been reverted. We apologize for the inconvenience. For...

USN-395-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Mark Dowd discovered that the netfilter iptables module did not correcly handle fragmented packets. By sending specially crafted packets, a remote attacker could exploit this to bypass firewall rules. This has only be fixed for Ubuntu 6.10; the corresponding fix for Ubuntu 5.10 and 6.06 will foll...

USN-339-1: OpenSSL vulnerability

Philip Mackenzie, Marius Schilder, Jason Waddle and Ben Laurie of Google Security discovered that the OpenSSL library did not sufficiently check the padding of PKCS 1 v1.5 signatures if the exponent of the public key is 3 which is widely used for CAs. This could be exploited to forge signatures...

USN-184-1: umount vulnerability

David Watson discovered that "umount -r" removed some restrictive mount options like the "nosuid" flag. If /etc/fstab contains user-mountable removable devices which specify the "nosuid" flag which is common practice for such devices, a local attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary...

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-6754-2: nghttp2 vulnerability

USN-6754-1 fixed vulnerabilities in nghttp2. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that nghttp2 incorrectly handled the HTTP/2 implementation. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause nghttp2 to consume...

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-6609-2: Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities

Lin Ma discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly validate network family support while creating a new netfilter table. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2023-6040 It was discovered that the CIFS...

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-6391-1: CUPS vulnerability

It was discovered that CUPS incorrectly parsed certain Postscript objects. If a user or automated system were tricked into printing a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause CUPS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-6385-1: Linux kernel (OEM) 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 William Zhao discovered that the Traffic Control TC...

USN-6348-1: 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-6312-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the netlink implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate policies when parsing attributes in some situations. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service infinite recursion. CVE-2020-36691 Billy Jheng Bing Jhong discovered that the CIFS network...

USN-6301-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the netlink implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate policies when parsing attributes in some situations. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service infinite recursion. CVE-2020-36691 Billy Jheng Bing Jhong discovered that the CIFS network...

USN-6192-1: Linux kernel 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-6104-1: PostgreSQL vulnerabilities

Alexander Lakhin discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled certain CREATE privileges. An authenticated user could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code as the bootstrap supervisor. CVE-2023-2454 Wolfgang Walther discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled certain row security...

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-5974-1: GraphicsMagick vulnerabilities

It was discovered that GraphicsMagick was not properly performing bounds checks when processing TGA image files, which could lead to a heap buffer overflow. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted TGA image file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to...

USN-5934-1: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Upper Level Protocol ULP subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle sockets entering the LISTEN state in certain protocols, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execut...

USN-5482-2: SPIP vulnerabilities

USN-5482-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in SPIP. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS for CVE-2021-44118, CVE-2021-44120, CVE-2021-44122 and CVE-2021-44123. Original advisory details: It was discovered that SPIP incorrectly validated inputs. An authenticated attack...

USN-5880-1: Firefox vulnerabilities

Christian Holler discovered that Firefox did not properly manage memory when using PKCS 12 Safe Bag attributes. An attacker could construct a PKCS 12 cert bundle in such a way that could allow for arbitrary memory writes. CVE-2023-0767 Johan Carlsson discovered that Firefox did not properly manag...

USN-4781-2: Slurm vulnerabilities

USN-4781-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Slurm. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM CVE-2016-10030 and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM CVE-2018-10995. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Slurm incorrectly handled certain messages between the daemon and the user. ...

USN-5619-1: LibTIFF vulnerabilities

It was discovered that LibTIFF was not properly performing the calculation of data that would eventually be used as a reference for bound-checking operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or to expose sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu...

USN-5523-1: LibTIFF vulnerabilities

It was discovered that LibTIFF was not properly performing checks to guarantee that allocated memory space existed, which could lead to a NULL pointer dereference via a specially crafted file. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. CVE-2022-0907, CVE-2022-0908 It...

USN-5511-1: Git vulnerabilities

Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón discovered that an issue related to CVE-2022-24765 still affected Git. An attacker could possibly use this issue to run arbitrary commands as administrator. CVE-2022-29187...

USN-5492-1: Vim vulnerability

It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory when opening and searching the contents of certain files. If an attacker could trick a user into opening a specially crafted file, it could cause Vim to crash...

USN-5342-3: Python vulnerability

USN-5342-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Python. This update provides the corresponding fix for CVE-2021-3426 for Ubuntu 18.04 ESM. Original advisory details: David Schwörer discovered that Python incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive...

USN-5382-2: libinput vulnerability

USN-5382-1 fixed a vulnerability in libinput. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Original advisory details: Albin Eldstål-Ahrens and Lukas Lamster discovered libinput did not properly handle input devices with specially crafted names. A local attacker with physic...

USN-5168-1: NSS vulnerability

Tavis Ormandy discovered that NSS incorrectly handled verifying DSA/RSA-PSS signatures. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause NSS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-4652-1: SniffIt vulnerability

It was discovered that SniffIt incorrectly handled certain configuration files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code...