USN-3444-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3444-1 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. Jan H. Schönherr discovered that the Xen subsystem did not properly handle block IO...

USN-3392-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) regression

USN-3392-1 fixed a regression 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. USN-3378-2 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux Hardware Enablement kernel. Unfortunately, ...

USN-3326-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

It was discovered that the stack guard page for processes in the Linux kernel was not sufficiently large enough to prevent overlapping with the heap. An attacker could leverage this with another vulnerability to execute arbitrary code and gain administrative privileges...

USN-3249-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerability

USN-3249-1 fixed a vulnerability 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 the xfrm framework for transforming packets in the Linux kernel...

USN-3209-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the generic SCSI block layer in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict write operations in certain situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly gain administrative privileges. CVE-2016-10088 Jim Mattson discovered tha...

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-3199-1: Python Crypto vulnerability

It was discovered that the ALGnew function in blocktemplace.c in the Python Cryptography Toolkit contained a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability. A remote attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code by using a crafted initialization vector parameter...

USN-3165-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

Multiple memory safety issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted message, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. CVE-2016-9893, CVE-2017-5373 Andrew Krasichkov...

USN-3147-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Andreas Gruenbacher and Jan Kara discovered that the filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not clear the setgid bit during a setxattr call. A local attacker could use this to possibly elevate group privileges. CVE-2016-7097 Marco Grassi discovered that the driver for Areca RAID...

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-3016-4: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3016-1 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. Jesse Hertz and Tim Newsham discovered that the Linux netfilter implementation did not...

USN-2954-1: 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 5.7.12 in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. In addition to security fixes, the updated packages contain bug fixes, new features, and possibly incompatible changes...

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-2911-2: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerability

It was discovered that the Linux kernel keyring subsystem contained a race between read and revoke operations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash...

USN-2908-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

halfdog discovered that OverlayFS, when mounting on top of a FUSE mount, incorrectly propagated file attributes, including setuid. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to gain privileges. CVE-2016-1576 halfdog discovered that OverlayFS in the Linux kernel incorrectly propagated security...

USN-2858-3: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerability

Nathan Williams discovered that overlayfs in the Linux kernel incorrectly handled setattr operations. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to create files with administrative permission attributes and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges...

USN-2849-1: Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities

Felix Wilhelm discovered a race condition in the Xen paravirtualized drivers which can cause double fetch vulnerabilities. An attacker in the paravirtualized guest could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service crash the host or potentially execute arbitrary code on the host. CVE-2015-8550...

USN-2825-1: Oxide vulnerabilities

Multiple use-after-free bugs were discovered in the application cache implementation in Chromium. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the...

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-2685-1: Linux kernel 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-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-2674-1: 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 5.5.44 in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.10. Ubuntu 15.04 has been updated to MySQL 5.6.25. In addition to security fixes, the...

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-2630-1: QEMU vulnerabilities

Matt Tait discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the virtual PCNET driver. A malicious guest could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host as the user running the QEMU process. In the default installation, when QEMU is used with libvirt,...

USN-2608-1: QEMU vulnerabilities

Jason Geffner discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the virtual floppy driver. This issue is known as VENOM. A malicious guest could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host as the user running the QEMU process. In the default installation, wh...

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-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-2516-2: Linux kernel vulnerability regression

USN-2516-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. There was an unrelated regression in the use of the virtual counter CNTVCT on arm64 architectures. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: A flaw was discovered in the Kernel Virtual...

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-2491-1: Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities

Andy Lutomirski discovered that the Linux kernel does not properly handle faults associated with the Stack Segment SS register in the x86 architecture. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to gain administrative privileges. CVE-2014-9322 Lars Bull reported a race condition in the PIT...

USN-2424-1: Firefox vulnerabilities

Gary Kwong, Randell Jesup, Nils Ohlmeier, Jesse Ruderman, Max Jonas Werner, Christian Holler, Jon Coppeard, Eric Rahm, Byron Campen, Eric Rescorla, and Xidorn Quan discovered multiple memory safety issues in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker...

USN-2378-1: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

Steven Vittitoe reported multiple stack buffer overflows in Linux kernel's magicmouse HID driver. A physically proximate attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code via specially crafted devices. CVE-2014-3181 Ben Hawkes reported...

USN-2355-1: Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities

Chris Evans reported an flaw in the Linux kernel's handling of iso9660 compact disk filesystem images. An attacker who can mount a custom iso9660 image either via a CD/DVD drive or a loopback mount could cause a denial of service system crash or reboot. CVE-2014-5471 Chris Evans reported an flaw ...

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-2251-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

A bounds check error was discovered in the socket filter subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash via crafted BPF instructions. CVE-2014-3144 A remainder calculation error was discovered in the socket filter subsystem of the Lin...

USN-2238-1: Linux kernel (Raring HWE) 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 A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's IPC reference counting. An unprivileged loc...

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-2203-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's pseudo tty pty device. An unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or potentially gain administrator privileges...

USN-2199-1: Linux kernel (Quantal HWE) vulnerability

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's pseudo tty pty device. An unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or potentially gain administrator privileges...

USN-2178-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

A flaw was discovered in the Kernel Virtual Machine KVM subsystem of the Linux kernel. A guest OS user could exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the host OS. CVE-2014-0049 Al Viro discovered an error in how CIFS in the Linux kernel handles uncached write operations. An unprivileged loc...

USN-2135-1: Linux kernel (Quantal HWE) vulnerabilities

Mathy Vanhoef discovered an error in the the way the ath9k driver was handling the BSSID masking. A remote attacker could exploit this error to discover the original MAC address after a spoofing atack. CVE-2013-4579 Andrew Honig reported a flaw in the Linux Kernel's kvmvmioctlcreatevcpu function ...

USN-2129-1: Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities

An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel when inotify is used to monitor the /dev/ptmx device. A local user could exploit this flaw to discover keystroke timing and potentially discover sensitive information like password length. CVE-2013-0160 Vasily Kulikov reported a flaw in the...

USN-2119-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

Christian Holler, Terrence Cole, Jesse Ruderman, Gary Kwong, Eric Rescorla, Jonathan Kew, Dan Gohman, Ryan VanderMeulen and Sotaro Ikeda discovered multiple memory safety issues in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted message with scripting enabled, an attacker...

USN-2073-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Hannes Frederic Sowa discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's UDP Fragmentation Offload UFO. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly gain administrative privileges. CVE-2013-4470 Multiple integer overflow flaws were discovered in the...

USN-2040-1: Linux kernel (Quantal HWE) vulnerabilities

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's dm snapshot facility. A remote authenticated user could exploit this flaw to obtain sensitive information or modify/corrupt data. CVE-2013-4299 Hannes Frederic Sowa discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's UDP Fragmentation Offload UFO. An unprivileged...

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...