USN-4137-1: Mosquitto vulnerability

It was discovered that Mosquitto incorrectly handled certain specially crafted input and network packets. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service...

USN-4134-2: IBus regression

USN-4134-1 fixed a vulnerability in IBus. The security fix introduced a regression when being used with Qt applications. This update reverts the security fix pending further investigation. Original advisory details: Simon McVittie discovered that IBus did not enforce appropriate access controls o...

USN-4128-2: Tomcat vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Tomcat 9 SSI printenv command echoed user provided data without escaping it. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform an XSS attack. CVE-2019-0221 It was discovered that Tomcat 9 did not address HTTP/2 connection window exhaustion on write while addressing...

USN-4136-2: wpa_supplicant and hostapd vulnerability

USN-4136-1 fixed a vulnerability in wpasupplicant. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that wpasupplicant incorrectly handled certain management frames. An attacker could possibly use this issue to...

USN-4136-1: wpa_supplicant and hostapd vulnerability

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

USN-4135-2: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Peter Pi discovered a buffer overflow in the virtio network backend vhostnet implementation in the Linux kernel. An attacker in a guest may be able to use this to cause a denial of service host OS crash or possibly execute arbitrary code in the host OS. CVE-2019-14835 It was discovered that the...

USN-4135-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Peter Pi discovered a buffer overflow in the virtio network backend vhostnet implementation in the Linux kernel. An attacker in a guest may be able to use this to cause a denial of service host OS crash or possibly execute arbitrary code in the host OS. CVE-2019-14835 It was discovered that the...

USN-4113-2: Apache HTTP Server regression

USN-4113-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Apache HTTP server. Unfortunately, that update introduced a regression when proxying balancer manager connections in some configurations. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Stefan Eissing discovered...

USN-4124-2: Exim vulnerability

USN-4124-1 fixed a vulnerability in Exim. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Exim incorrectly handled certain decoding operations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands...

USN-4134-1: IBus vulnerability

Simon McVittie discovered that IBus did not enforce appropriate access controls on its private D-Bus socket. A local unprivileged user who discovers the IBus socket address of another user could exploit this to capture the key strokes of the other user...

USN-4133-1: Wireshark vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Wireshark improperly handled certain input. A remote or local attacker could cause Wireshark to crash by injecting malformed packets onto the wire or convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file...

USN-4129-2: curl vulnerability

USN-4129-1 fixed a vulnerability in curl. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Thomas Vegas discovered that curl incorrectly handled memory during TFTP transfers. A remote attacker could use this issue to crash curl, resultin...

USN-4132-2: Expat vulnerability

USN-4132-1 fixed a vulnerability in Expat. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Expat incorrectly handled certain XML files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive...

USN-4132-1: Expat vulnerability

It was discovered that Expat incorrectly handled certain XML files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information...

USN-4131-1: VLC vulnerabilities

It was discovered that VLC incorrectly handled certain media files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause VLC to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-4130-1: 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-4129-1: curl vulnerabilities

Thomas Vegas discovered that curl incorrectly handled memory when using Kerberos over FTP. A remote attacker could use this issue to crash curl, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2019-5481 Thomas Vegas discovered that curl incorrectly handled memory during TFTP transfers. A remote attacker...

USN-4115-2: Linux kernel regression

USN 4115-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux 4.15 kernel for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Unfortunately, as part of the update, a regression was introduced that caused a kernel crash when handling fragmented packets in some situations. This update addresses the issue. We apologize for...

USN-4120-2: systemd regression

USN-4120-1 fixed a vulnerability in systemd. The update included a recent SRU from the updates pocket that introduced networking problems for some users. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that the systemd-resolved D-Bus...

USN-4128-1: Tomcat vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Tomcat 8 SSI printenv command echoed user provided data without escaping it. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform an XSS attack. CVE-2019-0221 It was discovered that Tomcat 8 did not address HTTP/2 connection window exhaustion on write while addressing...

USN-4127-2: Python vulnerabilities

USN-4127-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Python. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Python incorrectly handled certain pickle files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to consume...

USN-4126-2: FreeType vulnerabilities

USN-4126-1 fixed a vulnerability in FreeType. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. It was discovered that FreeType incorrectly handled certain font files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information. CVE-2015-9381,...

USN-4127-1: Python vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Python incorrectly handled certain pickle files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to consume memory, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. CVE-2018-20406 It was discovered that Python incorrectly validated t...

USN-4126-1: FreeType vulnerability

It was discovered that FreeType incorrectly handled certain font files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information...

USN-4125-1: Memcached vulnerability

It was discovered that Memcached incorrectly handled certain UNIX sockets. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information...

USN-4124-1: Exim vulnerability

It was discovered that Exim incorrectly handled certain decoding operations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands...

USN-4123-1: npm/fstream vulnerability

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

USN-4122-1: Firefox vulnerabilities

Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to obtain sensitive information, bypass Content Security Policy CSP protections, bypass same-origin restrictions, conduct cross-site...

USN-4121-1: Samba vulnerability

Stefan Metzmacher discovered that the Samba SMB server did not properly prevent clients from escaping outside the share root directory in some situations. An attacker could use this to gain access to files outside of the Samba share, where allowed by the permissions of the underlying filesystem...

USN-4120-1: systemd vulnerability

It was discovered that the systemd-resolved D-Bus interface did not enforce appropriate access controls. A local unprivileged user could exploit this to modify a system's DNS resolver settings...

USN-4119-1: Irssi vulnerability

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

USN-4118-1: Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the alarmtimer implementation in the Linux kernel contained an integer overflow vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. CVE-2018-13053 Wen Xu discovered that the XFS filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly track...

USN-4117-1: Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a heap buffer overflow existed in the Marvell Wireless LAN device driver for the Linux kernel. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2019-10126 Amit Klein and Benny Pinkas discovered that the Linux kerne...

USN-4116-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a use-after-free error existed in the block layer subsystem of the Linux kernel when certain failure conditions occurred. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2018-20856 Amit Klein and Ben...

USN-4115-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Hui Peng and Mathias Payer discovered that the Option USB High Speed driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate metadata received from the device. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2018-19985 Zhipeng Xie discovered that an...

USN-4114-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Amit Klein and Benny Pinkas discovered that the Linux kernel did not sufficiently randomize IP ID values generated for connectionless networking protocols. A remote attacker could use this to track particular Linux devices. CVE-2019-10638 Praveen Pandey discovered that the Linux kernel did not...

USN-3934-2: PolicyKit vulnerability

USN-3934-1 fixed a vulnerability in Policykit. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that PolicyKit incorrectly relied on the fork system call in the Linux kernel being atomic. A local attacker could possibly use this issu...

USN-4113-1: Apache HTTP Server vulnerabilities

Stefan Eissing discovered that the HTTP/2 implementation in Apache did not properly handle upgrade requests from HTTP/1.1 to HTTP/2 in some situations. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service daemon crash. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 19.04...

USN-4112-1: Ceph vulnerability

Abhishek Lekshmanan discovered that the RADOS gateway implementation in Ceph did not handle client disconnects properly in some situations. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service...

USN-4111-1: Ghostscript vulnerabilities

Hiroki Matsukuma discovered that the PDF interpreter in Ghostscript did not properly restrict privileged calls when ‘-dSAFER’ restrictions were in effect. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to access...

USN-4110-4: Dovecot regression

USN-4110-1 fixed a vulnerability in Dovecot. The update introduced a regression causing a wrong check. This update fixes the problem for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Nick Roessler and Rafi Rubin discovered that Dovecot...

USN-4110-3: Dovecot regression

USN-4110-1 fixed a vulnerability in Dovecot. The update introduced a regression causing a wrong check. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Nick Roessler and Rafi Rubin discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled certain data. An attacker...

USN-4110-2: Dovecot vulnerability

USN-4110-1 fixed a vulnerability in Dovecot. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Nick Roessler and Rafi Rubin discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled certain data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to caus...

USN-4110-1: Dovecot vulnerability

Nick Roessler and Rafi Rubin discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled certain data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code...

USN-4109-1: OpenJPEG vulnerabilities

It was discovered that OpenJPEG incorrectly handled certain PGX files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or possibly remote code execution. CVE-2017-17480 It was discovered that OpenJPEG incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this...

USN-4108-1: Zstandard vulnerability

It was discovered that Zstandard incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code...

USN-4107-1: GIFLIB vulnerabilities

It was discovered that GIFLIB incorrectly handled certain GIF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. CVE-2016-3977 It was discovered that GIFLIB incorrectly handled certain GIF files. An attacker could possibly use...

USN-4106-1: NLTK vulnerability

Mike Salvatore discovered that NLTK mishandled crafted ZIP archives during extraction. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to write arbitrary files to the filesystem...

USN-4105-1: CUPS vulnerabilities

Stephan Zeisberg discovered that the CUPS SNMP backend incorrectly handled encoded ASN.1 inputs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause CUPS to crash by providing specially crafted network traffic. CVE-2019-8696, CVE-2019-8675 It was discovered that CUPS did not properly handle...

USN-4104-1: Nova vulnerability

Donny Davis discovered that the Nova Compute service could return configuration or other information in response to a failed API request in some situations. A remote attacker could use this to expose sensitive information...