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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-6069-1: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) 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-6050-1: Git vulnerabilities
It was discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain commands. An attacker could possibly use this issue to overwriting some paths. CVE-2023-25652 Maxime Escourbiac and Yassine BENGANA discovered that Git incorrectly handled some gettext machinery. An attacker could possibly use this issue to...
USN-5883-1: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Kyle Zeng discovered that the sysctl implementation in the Linux kernel contained a stack-based buffer overflow. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-4378 It was discovered that an out-of-bounds write vulnerability existed i...
USN-5838-1: AdvanceCOMP vulnerabilities
It was discovered that AdvanceCOMP did not properly manage memory while performing read operations on MNG file. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted MNG file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause AdvanceCOMP to crash, resulting in a denial of service...
USN-5727-2: Linux kernel (GCP) 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 It was discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handl...
USN-5711-1: NTFS-3G vulnerability
Yuchen Zeng and Eduardo Vela discovered that NTFS-3G incorrectly validated certain NTFS metadata. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to gain privileges...
USN-5704-1: DBus vulnerabilities
It was discovered that DBus incorrectly handled messages with invalid type signatures. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause DBus to crash, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2022-42010 It was discovered that DBus was incorrectly validating the length of arrays of fixed-lengt...
USN-5687-1: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
It was discovered that the SUNRPC RDMA protocol implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly calculate the header size of a RPC message payload. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information kernel memory. CVE-2022-0812 Moshe Kol, Amit Klein and Yossi Gilad discovered tha...
USN-5677-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
It was discovered that the BPF verifier in the Linux kernel did not properly handle internal data structures. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information kernel memory. CVE-2021-4159 It was discovered that an out-of-bounds write vulnerability existed in the Video for Linux 2...
USN-5606-1: poppler vulnerability
It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain PDF. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code...
USN-5604-1: LibTIFF vulnerabilities
It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-2867, CVE-2022-2869 It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly u...
USN-5591-2: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerability
It was discovered that the virtual terminal driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle VGA console font changes, leading to an out-of-bounds write. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code...
USN-5410-1: NSS vulnerability
Lenny Wang discovered that NSS incorrectly handled certain messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause servers compiled with NSS to stop responding, resulting in a denial of service...
USN-5193-1: X.Org X Server vulnerabilities
Jan-Niklas Sohn discovered that the X.Org X Server incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could use this issue to cause the server to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code and escalate privileges...
USN-4666-1: lxml vulnerability
It was discovered that lxml incorrectly handled certain HTML. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cross-site scripting XSS attacks...
USN-4656-2: X.Org X Server vulnerabilities
USN-4656-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in X.Org. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Jan-Niklas Sohn discovered that the X.Org X Server XKB extension incorrectly handled certain inputs. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to...
USN-4631-1: libmaxminddb vulnerability
It was discovered that libmaxminddb incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications using libmaxminddb to crash, resulting in a denial of service...
USN-4471-1: Net-SNMP vulnerabilities
Tobias Neitzel discovered that Net-SNMP incorrectly handled certain symlinks. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information. CVE-2020-15861 It was discovered that Net-SNMP incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrar...
USN-4418-1: OpenEXR vulnerabilities
It was discovered that OpenEXR incorrectly handled certain malformed EXR image files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted EXR image file, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...
USN-4359-2: APT vulnerability
USN-4359-1 fixed a vulnerability in APT. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that APT incorrectly handled certain filenames during package installation. If an attacker could provide a specially crafted...
USN-4262-1: OpenStack Keystone vulnerability
Daniel Preussker discovered that OpenStack Keystone incorrectly handled the list credentials API. A user with a role on the project could use this issue to view any other user's credentials...
USN-4038-2: bzip2 vulnerabilities
USN-4038-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in bzip2. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Aladdin Mubaied discovered that bzip2 incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a deni...
USN-3888-1: GVfs vulnerability
It was discovered that GVfs incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information...
USN-3765-2: curl vulnerability
USN-3765-1 fixed a vulnerability in curl. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code...
USN-3698-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
It was discovered that the nested KVM implementation in the Linux kernel in some situations did not properly prevent second level guests from reading and writing the hardware CR8 register. A local attacker in a guest could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2017-12154 Fan Wu,...
USN-3686-2: file vulnerabilities
USN-3686-1 fixed a vulnerability in file. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that file incorrectly handled certain magic files. An attacker could use this issue with a specially crafted magic file to cause a denial of...
USN-3689-2: Libgcrypt vulnerability
USN-3689-1 fixed a vulnerability in Libgcrypt. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Keegan Ryan discovered that Libgcrypt was susceptible to a side-channel attack. A local attacker could possibly use this attack to recover ECDSA private ke...
USN-3635-1: WebKitGTK+ vulnerabilities
A large number of 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...
USN-3572-1: FreeType vulnerability
It was discovered that FreeType incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service...
USN-3562-1: MiniUPnP vulnerabilities
It was discovered that MiniUPnP incorrectly handled memory. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user running an application that uses the MiniUPnP library...
USN-3385-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities
USN-3385-1 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. Andrey Konovalov discovered a race condition in the UDP Fragmentation Offload UFO code...
USN-3355-1: Spice vulnerability
Frediano Ziglio discovered that Spice incorrectly handled certain invalid monitor configurations. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Spice to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...
USN-3276-1: shadow vulnerabilities
Sebastian Krahmer discovered integer overflows in shadow utilities. A local attacker could possibly cause them to crash or potentially gain privileges via crafted input. CVE-2016-6252 Tobias Stöckmann discovered a race condition in su. A local attacker could cause su to send SIGKILL to other...
USN-3219-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerability
USN-3219-1 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. Alexander Popov discovered that the NHDLC line discipline implementation in the Linux...
USN-3214-1: w3m vulnerabilities
A large number of security issues were discovered in the w3m browser. 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 arbitrary code...
USN-3126-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ondrej Kozina discovered that the keyring interface in the Linux kernel contained a buffer overflow when displaying timeout events via the /proc/keys interface. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2016-7042 Dmitry Vyukov discovered a use-after-free...
USN-3106-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerability
USN-3106-1 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 memory manager of the Linux...
USN-3089-1: Django vulnerability
Sergey Bobrov discovered that Django incorrectly parsed cookies when being used with Google Analytics. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to set arbitrary cookies leading to a CSRF protection bypass...
USN-3076-1: Firefox vulnerabilities
Atte Kettunen discovered an out-of-bounds read when handling certain Content Security Policy CSP directives in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash...
USN-3070-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
A missing permission check when settings ACLs was discovered in nfsd. A local user could exploit this flaw to gain access to any file by setting an ACL. CVE-2016-1237 Kangjie Lu discovered an information leak in the Reliable Datagram Sockets RDS implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacke...
USN-3016-3: Linux kernel (Qualcomm Snapdragon) vulnerabilities
Jesse Hertz and Tim Newsham discovered that the Linux netfilter implementation did not correctly perform validation when handling 32 bit compatibility IPTSOSETREPLACE events on 64 bit platforms. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or execute...
USN-2917-3: Firefox regressions
USN-2917-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update caused several web compatibility regressions. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Francis Gabriel discovered a buffer overflow during ASN.1 decoding in NSS. If a user were tricked in...
USN-2917-1: Firefox vulnerabilities
Francis Gabriel discovered a buffer overflow during ASN.1 decoding in NSS. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user...
USN-2872-2: Linux kernel (Wily HWE) vulnerability
Yevgeny Pats discovered that the session keyring implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly reference count when joining an existing session keyring. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privilege...
USN-2866-1: Firefox vulnerability
Karthikeyan Bhargavan and Gaetan Leurent discovered that NSS incorrectly allowed MD5 to be used for TLS 1.2 connections. If a remote attacker were able to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could be exploited to view sensitive information...
USN-2852-1: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerability
Jann Horn discovered a ptrace issue with user namespaces in the Linux kernel. The namespace owner could potentially exploit this flaw by ptracing a root owned process entering the user namespace to elevate its privileges and potentially gain access outside of the namespace...
USN-2823-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
It was discovered that the SCTP protocol implementation in the Linux kernel performed an incorrect sequence of protocol-initialization steps. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2015-5283 Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the Linux kernel's keyring handler...
USN-2815-1: libpng vulnerabilities
Mikulas Patocka discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain large fields. If a user or automated system using libpng were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause libpng to crash, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu...
USN-2798-1: Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities
It was discovered that in certain situations, a directory could be renamed outside of a bind mounted location. An attacker could use this to escape bind mount containment and gain access to sensitive information. CVE-2015-2925 Moein Ghasemzadeh discovered that the USB WhiteHEAT serial driver...