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-1620-2: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

USN-1620-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update provides the corresponding updates for Thunderbird. Please note that Thunderbird is only affected by window.location issues through RSS feeds and extensions that load web content. Original advisory details: Mariusz Mlynski and others...

USN-1619-1: OpenJDK vulnerabilities

Several information disclosure vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE. CVE-2012-3216, CVE-2012-5069, CVE-2012-5072, CVE-2012-5075, CVE-2012-5077, CVE-2012-5085 Vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to information disclosure and data integrity. CVE-2012-4416,...

USN-1597-1: Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerability

A flaw was found in how the Linux kernel passed the replacement session keyring to a child process. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service panic...

USN-1589-1: GNU C Library vulnerabilities

It was discovered that positional arguments to the printf family of functions were not handled properly in the GNU C Library. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a stack-based buffer overflow, creating a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2012-3404, CVE-2012-3405,...

USN-1553-1: OpenJDK 6 vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Beans component in OpenJDK 6 did not properly prevent access to restricted classes. A remote attacker could use this to create an untrusted Java applet or application that would bypass Java sandbox restrictions. CVE-2012-1682 It was discovered that functionality in the...

USN-1540-2: NSS vulnerability

USN-1540-1 fixed vulnerabilities in NSS. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Original advisory details: Kaspar Brand discovered a vulnerability in how the Network Security Services NSS ASN.1 decoder handles zero length items. If the user were tricked into opening ...

USN-1532-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

An error was discovered in the Linux kernel's network TUN/TAP device implementation. A local user with access to the TUN/TAP interface which is not available to unprivileged users until granted by a root user could exploit this flaw to crash the system or potential gain administrative privileges...

USN-1463-3: Firefox regressions

USN-1463-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The new package caused a regression in the rendering of Hebrew text and the ability of the Hotmail inbox to auto-update. This update fixes the problem. Original advisory details: Jesse Ruderman, Igor Bukanov, Bill McCloskey, Christian Holler, Andrew...

USN-1404-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerability

Somnath Kotur discovered an error in the Linux kernel's VLAN virtual lan and be2net drivers. An attacker on the local network could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service. CVE-2011-3347 A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 file system when mounting a corrupt filesystem. A...

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-1344-1: Linux kernel 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 flaw was found in how the Linux kernel handles user-defined key types. An unprivileged local user could exploit this to crash the system. CVE-2011-4110...

USN-1299-1: Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities

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 Zheng Liu discovered a flaw in how the ext4 filesystem splits extents. A local unprivileged attacker could...

USN-1268-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that CIFS incorrectly handled authentication. When a user had a CIFS share mounted that required authentication, a local user could mount the same share without knowing the correct password. CVE-2011-1585 It was discovered that the GRE protocol incorrectly handled netns...

USN-1260-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) 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-1111-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Dan Rosenberg discovered multiple flaws in the X.25 facilities parsing. If a system was using X.25, a remote attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2010-4164 Vegard Nossum discovered that memory garbage collection was not handled correctly for active...

USN-1042-2: PHP5 regression

USN-1042-1 fixed vulnerabilities in PHP5. The fix for CVE-2010-3436 introduced a regression in the openbasedir restriction handling code. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that attackers might be able to bypass...

USN-858-1: OpenLDAP vulnerability

It was discovered that OpenLDAP did not correctly handle SSL certificates with zero bytes in the Common Name. A remote attacker could exploit this to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack to view sensitive information or alter encrypted communications...

USN-648-1: nasm vulnerability

Philipp Thomas discovered that the ppscan function of nasm contained an off-by-one error. If a user or automated system were tricked into assembling a specially crafted ASM file, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary commands with user privileges...

USN-542-2: KOffice vulnerabilities

USN-542-1 fixed a vulnerability in poppler. This update provides the corresponding updates for KWord, part of KOffice. Original advisory details: Secunia Research discovered several vulnerabilities in poppler. If a user were tricked into loading a specially crafted PDF file, a remote attacker cou...

USN-109-1: MySQL vulnerability

USN-32-1 fixed a database privilege escalation vulnerability; original advisory text: "If a user was granted privileges to a database with a name containing an underscore "", the user also gained the ability to grant privileges to other databases with similar names. CAN-2004-0957" Recently a corn...

USN-103-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Mathieu Lafon discovered an information leak in the ext2 file system driver. When a new directory was created, the ext2 block written to disk was not initialized, so that previous memory contents which could contain sensitive data like passwords became visible on the raw device. This is...

USN-7454-1: libarchive vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the libarchive bsdunzip utility incorrectly handled certain ZIP archive files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted ZIP archive, an attacker could use this issue to cause libarchive to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or...

USN-6540-1: BlueZ vulnerability

It was discovered that BlueZ did not properly restrict non-bonded devices from injecting HID events into the input subsystem. This could allow a physically proximate attacker to inject keystrokes and execute arbitrary commands whilst the device is discoverable...

USN-6516-1: Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities

Ivan D Barrera, Christopher Bednarz, Mustafa Ismail, and Shiraz Saleem discovered that the InfiniBand RDMA driver in the Linux kernel did not properly check for zero-length STAG or MR registration. A remote attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code. CVE-2023-25775 Yu Hao and...

USN-6491-1: Node.js vulnerabilities

Axel Chong 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 execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-32212 Zeyu Zhang discovered that Node.js incorrectl...

USN-6479-1: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities

Kyle Zeng discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel contained a race condition in IP set operations in certain situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2023-42756 Alex Birnberg discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux...

USN-6441-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Ross Lagerwall discovered that the Xen netback backend driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle certain unusual packets from a paravirtualized network frontend, leading to a buffer overflow. An attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service host system crash or...

USN-6332-1: Linux kernel (Azure) 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 William Zhao discovered that the Traffic Control T...

USN-6087-1: 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 possily use this issue to cause a deni...

USN-6016-1: thenify vulnerability

It was discovered that thenify 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 execute arbitrary code...

USN-5892-1: NSS vulnerabilities

It was discovered that NSS incorrectly handled client authentication without a user certificate in the database. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a NSS client to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.10. CVE-2022-3479 Christian Holler...

USN-5729-2: Linux kernel 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 Hsin-Wei Hung discovered that the BPF subsystem in the Linux kernel contained an...

USN-5371-3: nginx vulnerability

USN-5371-1 and USN-5371-2 fixed several vulnerabilities in nginx. This update provides the corresponding update for CVE-2020-11724 for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that nginx Lua module mishandled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perfo...

USN-5595-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Asaf Modelevsky discovered that the IntelR 10GbE PCI Express ixgbe Ethernet driver for the Linux kernel performed insufficient control flow management. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. CVE-2021-33061 It was discovered that the virtual terminal driver in the...

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-5382-1: libinput vulnerability

Albin Eldstål-Ahrens and Lukas Lamster discovered libinput did not properly handle input devices with specially crafted names. A local attacker with physical access could use this to cause libinput to crash or expose sensitive information...

USN-4615-1: Yerase's TNEF vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Yerase's TNEF had null pointer dereferences, infinite loop, buffer overflow, out of bounds reads, directory traversal issues and other vulnerabilities. An attacker could use those issues to cause a crash and consequently a denial of service. CVE-2017-6298, CVE-2017-6299,...

USN-4519-1: PulseAudio vulnerability

Ratchanan Srirattanamet discovered that an Ubuntu-specific patch caused PulseAudio to incorrectly handle memory under certain error conditions in the Bluez 5 module. An attacker could use this issue to cause PulseAudio to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-4456-1: Dovecot vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled deeply nested MIME parts. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Dovecot to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2020-12100 It was discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled memory when using NTLM. A remote...

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-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-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-3894-1: GNOME Keyring vulnerability

It was discovered that GNOME Keyring incorrectly cleared out credentials supplied to the PAM module. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to discover login credentials...

USN-3868-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, bypass same-origin restrictions, or execute arbitrary code...

USN-3836-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Jann Horn discovered that the Linux kernel mishandles mapping UID or GID ranges inside nested user namespaces in some situations. A local attacker could use this to bypass access controls on resources outside the namespace. CVE-2018-18955 Philipp Wendler discovered that the overlayfs implementati...

USN-3833-1: Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities

Jann Horn discovered that the Linux kernel mishandles mapping UID or GID ranges inside nested user namespaces in some situations. A local attacker could use this to bypass access controls on resources outside the namespace. CVE-2018-18955 Philipp Wendler discovered that the overlayfs implementati...

USN-3747-2: OpenJDK 10 regression

USN-3747-1 fixed vulnerabilities in OpenJDK 10 for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Unfortunately, that update introduced a regression around accessability support that prevented some Java applications from starting. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: I...

USN-3610-1: ICU vulnerability

It was discovered that ICU incorrectly handled certain calendars. If an application using ICU processed crafted data, a remote attacker could possibly cause it to crash, leading to a denial of service...

USN-3595-1: Samba vulnerabilities

Björn Baumbach discovered that Samba incorrectly validated permissions when changing account passwords via LDAP. An authenticated attacker could use this issue to change the password of other users, including administrators, and perform actions as those users. CVE-2018-1057 It was discovered that...