USN-4878-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Marvell WiFi-Ex device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate ad-hoc SSIDs. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2020-36158 Ryota Shiga discovered that the sockopt BPF hooks in th...

USN-4877-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Marvell WiFi-Ex device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate ad-hoc SSIDs. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2020-36158 吴异 discovered that the NFS implementation in the Linux...

USN-4876-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Olivier Benjamin and Pawel Wieczorkiewicz discovered a race condition the Xen paravirt block backend in the Linux kernel, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. An attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service in the host OS. CVE-2020-29569 It was discovered that the...

USN-4875-1: OpenSMTPD vulnerabilities

It was discovered that OpenSMTPD incorrectly verified the sender's or receiver's e-mail addresses under certain conditions. An attacker could possibly use this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands as root. CVE-2020-7247 It was discovered that OpenSMTPD did not properly handle hardlinks und...

USN-4874-1: Apache Ant vulnerability

It was discovered that Apache Ant created temporary files with insecure permissions. An attacker could use this vulnerability to read sensitive information leaked into /tmp, or potentially inject malicious code into a project that is built with Apache Ant...

USN-4872-1: Axel vulnerability

It was discovered that Axel did not properly verify the certificates for hostnames. An attacker could use this vulnerability to impersonate another server and obtain sensitive information...

USN-4871-1: targetcli-fb vulnerabilities

It was discovered that targetcli-fb did not properly manage socket permissions. A local attacker could use this issue to modify the iSCSI configuration resulting in a denial of service, obtain sensitive information or execute arbitrary code. CVE-2020-10699 It was discovered that targetcli-fb did...

USN-4870-1: Bundler vulnerability

It was discovered that Bundler incorrectly created directories with insecure permissions in /tmp. An attacker could write malicious libraries to this location for later execution...

USN-4869-1: aria2 vulnerability

It was discovered that aria2 could accidentally leak authentication data. An attacker could possibly use this to gain access to sensitive information...

USN-4868-1: LibTomCrypt vulnerability

It was discovered that LibTomCrypt incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or read sensitive information...

USN-4863-1: fstream vulnerability

It was discovered that fstream incorrectly handled certain crafted tarballs. An attacker could use this vulnerability to write arbitrary files to the filesystem...

USN-4862-1: Neovim vulnerability

It was discovered that Neovim incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code...

USN-4860-1: Monit vulnerabilities

Zack Flack discovered that Monit incorrectly handled certain input. A remote authenticated user could exploit this to conduct cross-site scripting XSS attacks. CVE-2019-11454 Zack Flack discovered a buffer overread when Monit decoded certain crafted URLs. An attacker could exploit this to...

USN-4859-1: MediaInfoLib vulnerabilities

It was discovered that MediaInfoLib contained multiple security issues when handling certain multimedia files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted multimedia file, an attacker could cause MediaInfoLib to crash, resulting in a denial of service...

USN-4858-1: Gradle vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Gradle used an insecure HTTP URL to download dependencies when the built-in JavaScript or CoffeeScript Gradle plugins were used. A remote unauthenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack. CVE-2019-11065 It was discovered that...

USN-4857-1: BWA vulnerability

It was discovered that Burrows-Wheeler Aligner BWA mishandled certain crafted .alt files. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service crash or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-4856-1: docker-credential-helpers vulnerability

Jasiel Spelman discovered that docker-credential-helpers has a double free. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service crash or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-4855-1: IPython vulnerability

It was discovered that IPython did not properly sanitize certain input. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted notebook file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code...

USN-4854-1: AsyncSSH vulnerability

Matthijs Kooijman discovered that AsyncSSH server did not properly handle authentication under certain conditions. An attacker with a specially crafted client could use this vulnerability to skip authentication of SSH sessions...

USN-4853-1: liveMedia vulnerabilities

It was discovered that liveMedia incorrectly handled certain network packets. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. CVE-2018-4013 It was discovered that liveMedia incorrectly handled certain network sessions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a deni...

USN-4852-1: VTK vulnerabilities

It was discovered that VTK incorrectly handled certain XML files in the embedded Expat library. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or expose sensitive information...

USN-4851-1: Libsolv vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Libsolv incorrectly handled certain malformed input. An attacker could use this issue to cause Libsolv to crash, resulting in a denial of service...

USN-4848-1: mini_httpd vulnerability

It was discovered that ACME minihttpd did not properly handle HTTP GET requests with empty headers. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to read arbitrary files...

USN-4846-1: Yubico PIV Tool vulnerabilities

It was discovered that libykpiv, a supporting library of the Yubico PIV tool and YubiKey PIV Manager, mishandled specially crafted input. An attacker with a custom-made, malicious USB device could potentially execute arbitrary code on a computer running the Yubico PIV Tool or Yubikey PIV Manager...

USN-4845-1: libcgroup vulnerability

It was discovered that libcgroup incorrectly handled log file permissions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information...

USN-4844-1: Cinnamon vulnerability

Matthias Gerstner discovered that the cinnamon-settings-users utility in Cinnamon did not safely handle symlinks. An unprivileged attacker could potentially use this vulnerability to overwrite arbitrary files as root...

USN-4842-1: ntopng vulnerability

It was discovered that ntopng did not properly seed its random number generator, leading to predictable session tokens. An attacker could use this vulnerability to hijack a user's session...

USN-4229-2: NTP vulnerability

USN-4229-1 fixed a vulnerability in NTP. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 18.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that ntpq and ntpdc incorrectly handled some arguments. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ntpq or ntpdc to crash, execute...

USN-4840-1: Singularity vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Singularity incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. CVE-2018-19295 It was discovered that Singularity incorrectly handled access control. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive...

USN-4839-1: python-gnupg vulnerabilities

Marcus Brinkmann discovered that python-gnupg improperly handled certain command line parameters. A remote attacker could use this to spoof the output of python-gnupg and cause unsigned e-mail to appear signed. CVE-2018-12020 It was discovered that python-gnupg incorrectly handled the GPG...

USN-4837-1: LibSass vulnerabilities

It was discovered that LibSass incorrectly handled certain specially crafted sass file. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact...

USN-4836-1: Symfony vulnerability

It was discovered that Symfony through the HttpFoundation component allowed unauthorized access on a misconfigured LDAP server. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access...

USN-4834-1: Prosody vulnerability

It was discovered that Prosody incorrectly validated the virtual host associated with a user session across stream restarts. A remote attacker could use this issue to gain unintended access to resources...

USN-4832-1: Plexus Archiver vulnerability

It was discovered that Plexus Archiver incorrectly handled directory traversal during extraction. An attacker could possibly use this for a Zip-Slip attack...

USN-4831-1: OpenMPT vulnerabilities

It was discovered that OpenMPT incorrectly handled certain files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact...

USN-4830-1: Okular vulnerability

It was discovered that Okular mishandled certain crafted archives during extraction. An attacker could use this vulnerability to write arbitrary files to the filesystem...

USN-4442-2: Sympa vulnerabilities

USN-4442-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Sympa. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Nicolas Chatelain discovered that Sympa incorrectly handled environment variables. An attacker could possibly use this...

USN-4828-1: librelp vulnerability

It was discovered that librelp did not properly manage x509 certificates, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code...

USN-4827-1: Crypto++ vulnerability

It was discovered that Crypto++ mishandled certain input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to leak potentially sensitive information...

USN-4826-1: SoundTouch vulnerabilities

It was discovered that SoundTouch incorrectly handled certain WAV files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. CVE-2017-9258, CVE-2017-9259, CVE-2017-9260 It was discovered that SoundTouch incorrectly handled...

USN-4825-1: Coin3D vulnerability

USN-3356-1 fix a vulnerability in Expat. This update provides the corresponding update for Coin3D for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM...

USN-4824-1: Varnish vulnerability

It was discovered that Varnish incorrectly handled certain inputs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information...

USN-4823-1: Mosquitto vulnerability

It was discovered that Mosquitto incorrectly handled certain inputs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service...

USN-4822-1: Firebird vulnerability

It was discovered that Firebird exposed certain UDF libraries. An authenticated attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service crash or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-4821-1: openpyxl vulnerability

It was discovered that openpyxl incorrectly handled certain documents. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact...

USN-4820-1: S-nail vulnerability

It was discovered that S-nail incorrectly handled paths. An attacker could possible use this issue to write arbitrary files and escalate privileges...

USN-4819-1: Leptonica vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Leptonica incorrectly handled path names. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. CVE-2017-18196 It was discovered that Leptonica incorrectly handled certain input arguments. An attacker could...

USN-4817-1: HDF5 vulnerabilities

It was discovered that HDF5 incorrectly handled certain hdf5 files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service...

USN-4816-1: game-music-emu vulnerability

It was discovered that game-music-emu mishandled certain crafted input. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to cause game-music-emu to crash...

USN-4815-1: xrdp vulnerabilities

It was discovered that xrdp did not properly validate certain input in the session manager. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact. CVE-2017-16927 It was discovered that xrdp did not properly initialize PAM session modules. A remote...