USN-4556-1: netqmail vulnerabilities

It was discovered that netqmail did not properly handle certain input. Both remote and local attackers could use this vulnerability to cause netqmail to crash or execute arbitrary code. CVE-2005-1513, CVE-2005-1514, CVE-2005-1515 It was discovered that netqmail did not properly handle certain inp...

USN-4540-1: atftpd vulnerabilities

Denis Andzakovic discovered that atftpd incorrectly handled certain malformed packets. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted packet to cause atftpd to crash, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2019-11365 Denis Andzakovic discovered that atftpd did not properly lock the thread list...

USN-4538-1: PackageKit vulnerabilities

Vaisha Bernard discovered that PackageKit incorrectly handled certain methods. A local attacker could use this issue to learn the MIME type of any file on the system. CVE-2020-16121 Sami Niemimäki discovered that PackageKit incorrectly handled local deb packages. A local user could possibly use...

USN-4479-1: Django vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Django, when used with Python 3.7 or higher, incorrectly handled directory permissions. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information, or escalate permissions...

USN-4478-1: Python-RSA vulnerability

It was discovered that Python-RSA incorrectly handled certain ciphertexts. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information...

USN-4470-1: sane-backends vulnerabilities

Kritphong Mongkhonvanit discovered that sane-backends incorrectly handled certain packets. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive memory information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. CVE-2017-6318 It was discovered that sane-backends incorrectly handled...

USN-4417-1: NSS vulnerability

Cesar Pereida, Billy Bob Brumley, Yuval Yarom, and Nicola Tuveri discovered that NSS incorrectly handled RSA key generation. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a timing attack and recover RSA keys...

USN-4360-3: json-c regression

USN-4360-1 fixed a vulnerability in json-c. The security fix introduced a memory leak in some scenarios. This update reverts the security fix pending further investigation. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that json-c incorrectly handled certain JSO...

USN-4354-1: Mailman vulnerability

It was discovered that Mailman incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to inject arbitrary content in the login page...

USN-4329-1: Git vulnerability

Felix Wilhelm discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain URLs that included newlines. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to trick Git into returning credential information for a wrong host...

USN-4306-1: Dino vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Dino incorrectly validated inputs. An attacker could use this issue to possibly obtain, inject or remove sensitive information. This update also includes a fix to the encryption implementation in Dino to support 12 byte IVs, in addition to 16 byte IVs...

USN-4270-1: Exiv2 vulnerability

It was discovered that Exiv2 incorrectly handled certain images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service...

USN-4233-2: GnuTLS update

USN-4233-1 disabled SHA1 being used for digital signature operations in GnuTLS. In certain network environments, certificates using SHA1 may still be in use. This update adds the %VERIFYALLOWBROKEN and %VERIFYALLOWSIGNWITHSHA1 priority strings that can be used to temporarily re-enable SHA1 until...

USN-4198-1: DjVuLibre vulnerabilities

It was discovered that DjVuLibre incorrectly handled certain memory operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted DjVu file, a remote attacker could cause applications to hang or crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary co...

USN-4139-1: File Roller vulnerability

It was discovered that File Roller incorrectly handled certain TAR files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite sensitive files during extraction...

USN-4078-2: OpenLDAP vulnerabilities

USN-4078-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in openldap. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that OpenLDAP incorrectly handled rootDN delegation. A database administrator could use this issue to request...

USN-3847-2: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3847-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 18.04 LTS for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. It was discovered that a race condition existed in the raw MIDI driver for the Linux...

USN-3767-1: GLib vulnerabilities

It was discovered that GLib incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. CVE-2018-16428 It was discovered that GLib incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access...

USN-3746-1: APT vulnerability

It was discovered that APT incorrectly handled the mirror method mirror://. If a remote attacker were able to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could potentially be used to install altered packages in environments configured to use mirror:// entries...

USN-3705-2: Firefox regressions

USN-3705-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update introduced various minor regressions. This update fixes the problems. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafte...

USN-3693-1: JasPer vulnerabilities

It was discovered that JasPer incorrectly handled certain malformed JPEG-2000 image files. If a user or automated system using JasPer were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute code with the privileges of th...

USN-3684-2: Perl vulnerability

USN-3684-1 fixed a vulnerability in perl. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Perl incorrectly handled certain archive files. An attacker could possibly use this to overwrite arbitrary files...

USN-3676-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle corrupted meta data in some situations. An attacker could use this to specially craft an ext4 filesystem that caused a denial of service system crash when mounted. CVE-2018-1092, CVE-2018-1093 It...

USN-3622-1: Wayland vulnerability

It was discovered that the Wayland Xcursor support incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could use these issues to cause Wayland to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-3606-1: LibTIFF vulnerabilities

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain malformed images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges...

USN-3595-2: Samba vulnerability

USN-3595-1 fix a vulnerability in Samba. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Samba incorrectly validated inputs to the RPC spoolss service. An authenticated attacker could use this issue to cause the service to cras...

USN-3588-1: Memcached vulnerabilities

Daniel Shapira discovered an integer overflow issue in Memcached. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service daemon crash. CVE-2017-9951 It was discovered that Memcached listened to UDP by default. A remote attacker could use this as part of a distributed denial of service...

USN-3586-1: DHCP vulnerabilities

Konstantin Orekhov discovered that the DHCP server incorrectly handled a large number of concurrent TCP sessions. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. CVE-2016-2774 It was discovered that the...

USN-3579-2: LibreOffice regression

USN-3579-1 fixed a vulnerability in LibreOffice. After upgrading, it was no longer possible for LibreOffice to open documents from certain locations outside of the user's home directory. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovere...

USN-3510-1: 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-3492-1: LibRaw vulnerabilities

It was discovered that LibRaw incorrectly handled photo files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted photo file, a remote attacker could cause applications linked against LibRaw to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-3485-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3485-1 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. It was discovered that a race condition existed in the ALSA subsystem of the Linux...

USN-3441-2: curl vulnerabilities

USN-3441-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in curl. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Daniel Stenberg discovered that curl incorrectly handled large floating point output. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause curl to crash,...

USN-3451-1: OpenStack Swift vulnerabilities

It was discovered that OpenStack Swift incorrectly handled tempurls. A remote authenticated user in possession of a tempurl key authorized for PUT could retrieve other objects in the same Swift account. CVE-2015-5223 Romain Le Disez and Örjan Persson discovered that OpenStack Swift incorrectly...

USN-3435-2: Firefox regression

USN-3435-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update caused the Flash plugin to crash in some circumstances. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a...

USN-3404-2: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerability

USN-3404-1 fixed a vulnerability in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 17.04. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 17.04 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. A reference count bug was discovered in the Linux kernel ipx protocol stack. A local attacker...

USN-3389-1: GD vulnerability

A vulnerability was discovered in GD Graphics Library aka libgd, as used in PHP that does not zero colorMap arrays before use. A specially crafted GIF image could use the uninitialized tables to read bytes from the top of the stack...

USN-3330-1: Linux kernel (Qualcomm Snapdragon) 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-3294-1: Bash vulnerabilities

Bernd Dietzel discovered that Bash incorrectly expanded the hostname when displaying the prompt. If a remote attacker were able to modify a hostname, this flaw could be exploited to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. CVE-2016-0634...

USN-3292-2: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerability

USN-3292-1 fixed a vulnerability in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.10. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 16.10 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Jason Donenfeld discovered a heap overflow in the MACsec module in the Linux kernel. An attack...

USN-3250-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerability

USN-3250-1 fixed a vulnerability 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 LTS. It was discovered that the xfrm framework for transforming packets in the Linux kernel...

USN-3250-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

It was discovered that the xfrm framework for transforming packets in the Linux kernel did not properly validate data received from user space. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges...

USN-3229-1: Python Imaging Library vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Python Imaging Library incorrectly handled certain compressed text chunks in PNG images. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the Python Imaging Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2014-9601 Cris Neckar discovered that the Python...

USN-3218-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

Alexander Popov discovered that the NHDLC line discipline implementation in the Linux kernel contained a double-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly gain administrative privileges...

USN-3188-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

Andrey Konovalov discovered that the SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel improperly handled validation of incoming data. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash...

USN-3160-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3160-1 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 LTS. CAI Qian discovered that shared bind mounts in a mount namespace exponentially added...

USN-3151-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

Philip Pettersson discovered a race condition in the afpacket implementation in the Linux kernel. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or run arbitrary code with administrative privileges...

USN-3149-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerability

USN-3149-1 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 LTS. Philip Pettersson discovered a race condition in the afpacket implementation in the...

USN-3148-1: Ghostscript vulnerabilities

Tavis Ormandy discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the way that Ghostscript processes certain Postscript files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2016-7976,...

USN-3146-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3146-1 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. It was discovered that the getuserasmex implementation in the Linux kernel for x86/x86...