USN-2956-1: ubuntu-core-launcher vulnerability

Zygmunt Krynicki discovered that ubuntu-core-launcher did not properly sanitize its input and contained a logic error when determining the mountpoint of bind mounts when using snaps on Ubuntu classic systems eg, traditional desktop and server. If a user were tricked into installing a malicious sn...

USN-2934-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

Bob Clary, Christoph Diehl, Christian Holler, Andrew McCreight, Daniel Holbert, Jesse Ruderman, and Randell Jesup discovered multiple memory safety issues in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted message, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denia...

USN-2955-1: Oxide vulnerabilities

A use-after-free was discovered when responding synchronously to permission requests. 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 invoking the program. CVE-2016-1578 An out-of-bounds read...

USN-2952-2: PHP regression

USN-2952-1 fixed vulnerabilities in PHP. One of the backported patches caused a regression in the PHP Soap client. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that the PHP Zip extension incorrectly handled directories when...

USN-2936-1: Firefox vulnerabilities

Christian Holler, Tyson Smith, Phil Ringalda, Gary Kwong, Jesse Ruderman, Mats Palmgren, Carsten Book, Boris Zbarsky, David Bolter, Randell Jesup, Andrew McCreight, and Steve Fink discovered multiple memory safety issues in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website...

USN-2954-1: MySQL vulnerabilities

Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update includes new upstream MySQL versions to fix these issues. MySQL has been updated to 5.7.12 in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. In addition to security fixes, the updated packages contain bug fixes, new features, and possibly incompatible changes...

USN-2953-1: MySQL vulnerabilities

Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update includes new upstream MySQL versions to fix these issues. MySQL has been updated to 5.5.49 in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Ubuntu 15.10 has been updated to MySQL 5.6.30. In addition to security fixes, the updated packages...

USN-2952-1: PHP vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the PHP Zip extension incorrectly handled directories when processing certain zip files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to create arbitrary directories. CVE-2014-9767 It was discovered that the PHP Soap client incorrectly validated data types. A remote...

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-2951-1: OptiPNG vulnerabilities

Gustavo Grieco discovered that OptiPNG incorrectly handled memory. A remote attacker could use this issue with a specially crafted image file to cause OptiPNG to crash, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2015-7801 Gustavo Grieco discovered that OptiPNG incorrectly handled memory. A remote...

USN-2950-1: Samba vulnerabilities

Jouni Knuutinen discovered that Samba contained multiple flaws in the DCE/RPC implementation. A remote attacker could use this issue to perform a denial of service, downgrade secure connections by performing a machine-in-the-middle attack, or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2015-5370 Stefan...

USN-2948-2: Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) regression

USN-2948-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Ubuntu 14.10 Linux kernel backported to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. An incorrect reference counting fix in the radeon driver introduced a regression that could cause a system crash. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory...

USN-2917-2: Firefox regressions

USN-2917-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update caused several regressions that could result in search engine settings being lost, the list of search providers appearing empty or the location bar breaking after typing an invalid URL. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the...

USN-2949-1: Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities

Venkatesh Pottem discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's CXGB3 driver. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2015-8812 Xiaofei Rex Guo discovered a timing side channel vulnerability in the Linux...

USN-2948-1: Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities

Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the USB driver for Clie devices in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the endpoints reported by the device. An attacker with physical access could cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2015-7566 Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the usbvision driver in...

USN-2947-3: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities

Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the usbvision driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the interfaces and endpoints reported by the device. An attacker with physical access could cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2015-7833 Venkatesh Pottem discovered a use-after-free...

USN-2947-2: Linux kernel (Wily HWE) vulnerabilities

Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the usbvision driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the interfaces and endpoints reported by the device. An attacker with physical access could cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2015-7833 Venkatesh Pottem discovered a use-after-free...

USN-2947-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the usbvision driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the interfaces and endpoints reported by the device. An attacker with physical access could cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2015-7833 Venkatesh Pottem discovered a use-after-free...

USN-2946-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

Venkatesh Pottem discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's CXGB3 driver. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2015-8812 Xiaofei Rex Guo discovered a timing side channel vulnerability in the Linux...

USN-2946-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Venkatesh Pottem discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's CXGB3 driver. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2015-8812 Xiaofei Rex Guo discovered a timing side channel vulnerability in the Linux...

USN-2945-1: XChat-GNOME vulnerability

It was discovered that XChat-GNOME incorrectly verified the hostname in an SSL certificate. An attacker could trick XChat-GNOME into trusting a rogue server's certificate, which was signed by a trusted certificate authority, to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack...

USN-2944-1: Libav vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Libav incorrectly handled certain malformed media files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted media file, an attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program...

USN-2943-1: PCRE vulnerabilities

It was discovered that PCRE incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause applications using PCRE to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-2942-1: OpenJDK 7 vulnerability

A vulnerability was discovered in the JRE related to information disclosure, data integrity, and availability. An attacker could exploit these to cause a denial of service, expose sensitive data over the network, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-2941-1: Quagga vulnerabilities

Kostya Kortchinsky discovered that Quagga incorrectly handled certain route data when configured with BGP peers enabled for VPNv4. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Quagga to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2016-2342 It was discovered...

USN-2939-1: 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-2938-1: Git vulnerabilities

Laël Cellier discovered that Git incorrectly handled path strings in crafted Git repositories. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Git. CVE-2016-2315, CVE-2016-2324...

USN-2937-1: 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-2935-3: PAM regression

USN-2935-1 fixed vulnerabilities in PAM. The updates contained a packaging change that prevented upgrades in certain multiarch environments. USN-2935-2 intended to fix the problem but was incomplete for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. This update fixes the problem in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. We apologize for the...

USN-2935-2: PAM regression

USN-2935-1 fixed vulnerabilities in PAM. The updates contained a packaging change that prevented upgrades in certain multiarch environments. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that the PAM pamuserdb module incorrectly us...

USN-2935-1: PAM vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the PAM pamuserdb module incorrectly used a case-insensitive method when comparing hashed passwords. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to make brute force attacks easier. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. CVE-2013-7041 Sebastian...

USN-2930-3: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities

Ben Hawkes discovered that the Linux netfilter implementation did not correctly perform validation when handling IPTSOSETREPLACE events. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges...

USN-2933-1: Exim vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Exim incorrectly filtered environment variables when used with the perlstartup configuration option. If the perlstartup option was enabled, a local attacker could use this issue to escalate their privileges to the root user. This issue has been fixed by having Exim clean th...

USN-2932-1: Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities

Ben Hawkes discovered that the Linux netfilter implementation did not correctly perform validation when handling IPTSOSETREPLACE events. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges...

USN-2929-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Ben Hawkes discovered that the Linux netfilter implementation did not correctly perform validation when handling IPTSOSETREPLACE events. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges...

USN-2929-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

Ben Hawkes discovered that the Linux netfilter implementation did not correctly perform validation when handling IPTSOSETREPLACE events. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges...

USN-2931-1: Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities

Ben Hawkes discovered that the Linux netfilter implementation did not correctly perform validation when handling IPTSOSETREPLACE events. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges...

USN-2930-2: Linux kernel (Wily HWE) vulnerabilities

Ben Hawkes discovered that the Linux netfilter implementation did not correctly perform validation when handling IPTSOSETREPLACE events. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges...

USN-2930-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Ben Hawkes discovered that the Linux netfilter implementation did not correctly perform validation when handling IPTSOSETREPLACE events. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges...

USN-2928-2: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerability

Andrey Konovalov discovered that the ALSA USB MIDI driver incorrectly performed a double-free. A local attacker with physical access could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges...

USN-2928-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

Andrey Konovalov discovered that the ALSA USB MIDI driver incorrectly performed a double-free. A local attacker with physical access could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges...

USN-2927-1: graphite2 vulnerabilities

It was discovered that graphite2 incorrectly handled certain malformed fonts. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially- crafted font file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause graphite2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary...

USN-2920-1: Oxide vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the ContainerNode::parserRemoveChild function in Blink mishandled widget updates in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to bypass same-origin restrictions. CVE-2016-1630 It was...

USN-2926-1: OTR vulnerability

Markus Vervier discovered that OTR incorrectly handled large incoming messages. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause OTR to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-2925-1: Bind vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Bind incorrectly handled input received by the rndc control channel. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Bind to crash, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2016-1285 It was discovered that Bind incorrectly parsed resource record signatures for DNAME...

USN-2924-1: NSS vulnerability

Francis Gabriel discovered that NSS incorrectly handled decoding certain ASN.1 data. An remote attacker could use this issue to cause NSS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

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-2923-1: BeanShell vulnerability

Alvaro Muñoz and Christian Schneider discovered that BeanShell incorrectly handled deserialization. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code...

USN-2922-1: Samba vulnerabilities

Jeremy Allison discovered that Samba incorrectly handled ACLs on symlink paths. A remote attacker could use this issue to overwrite the ownership of ACLs using symlinks. CVE-2015-7560 Garming Sam and Douglas Bagnall discovered that the Samba internal DNS server incorrectly handled certain DNS TXT...

USN-2904-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

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. CVE-2015-7575 Yves Younan discovered that...