USN-2542-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

The Linux kernel's splice system call did not correctly validate its parameters. A local, unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2014-7822 A flaw was discovered in how Thread Local Storage TLS is handled by the task switching function in the Linux...

USN-2541-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

The Linux kernel's splice system call did not correctly validate its parameters. A local, unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2014-7822 A flaw was discovered in how Thread Local Storage TLS is handled by the task switching function in the Linux...

USN-2540-1: GnuTLS vulnerabilities

It was discovered that GnuTLS did not perform date and time checks on CA certificates, contrary to expectations. This issue only affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. CVE-2014-8155 Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly verified that signature algorithms matched. A remote attacker could...

USN-2539-1: Django vulnerabilities

Andrey Babak discovered that Django incorrectly handled striptags. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Django to enter an infinite loop, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.10. CVE-2015-2316 Daniel Chatfield discovered tha...

USN-2538-1: Firefox vulnerabilities

A flaw was discovered in the implementation of typed array bounds checking in the Javascript just-in-time compilation. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacked could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox...

USN-2537-1: OpenSSL vulnerabilities

It was discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled malformed EC private key files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause OpenSSL to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. CVE-2015-0209 Stephen Henson discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled...

USN-2536-1: libXfont vulnerabilities

Ilja van Sprundel, Alan Coopersmith, and William Robinet discovered that libXfont incorrectly handled malformed bdf fonts. A local attacker could use this issue to cause libXfont to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code in order to gain privileges...

USN-2535-1: PHP vulnerabilities

Thomas Jarosch discovered that PHP incorrectly limited recursion in the fileinfo extension. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PHP to consume resources or crash, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2014-8117 S. Paraschoudis discovered that PHP incorrectly handled memory in...

USN-2534-1: 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-2532-1: cups-filters vulnerability

It was discovered that cups-browsed incorrectly filtered remote printer names and strings. A remote attacker could use this issue to possibly execute arbitrary commands...

USN-2533-1: Sudo vulnerability

Jakub Wilk and Stephane Chazelas discovered that Sudo incorrectly handled the TZ environment variable. An attacker with Sudo access could possibly use this issue to open arbitrary files, bypassing intended permissions...

USN-2531-1: Requests vulnerability

Matthew Daley discovered that Requests incorrectly handled cookies without host values when being redirected. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform session fixation or cookie stealing attacks...

USN-2530-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

It was discovered that the Linux kernel's Infiniband subsystem did not properly sanitize its input parameters while registering memory regions from userspace. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or to potentially gain administrative privileges...

USN-2529-1: Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerability

It was discovered that the Linux kernel's Infiniband subsystem did not properly sanitize its input parameters while registering memory regions from userspace. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or to potentially gain administrative privileges...

USN-2528-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

It was discovered that the Linux kernel's Infiniband subsystem did not properly sanitize its input parameters while registering memory regions from userspace. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or to potentially gain administrative privileges...

USN-2527-1: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerability

It was discovered that the Linux kernel's Infiniband subsystem did not properly sanitize its input parameters while registering memory regions from userspace. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or to potentially gain administrative privileges...

USN-2526-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

It was discovered that the Linux kernel's Infiniband subsystem did not properly sanitize its input parameters while registering memory regions from userspace. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or to potentially gain administrative privileges...

USN-2525-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

It was discovered that the Linux kernel's Infiniband subsystem did not properly sanitize its input parameters while registering memory regions from userspace. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or to potentially gain administrative privileges...

USN-2524-1: eCryptfs vulnerability

Sylvain Pelissier discovered that eCryptfs did not generate a random salt when encrypting the mount passphrase with the login password. An attacker could use this issue to discover the login password used to protect the mount passphrase and gain unintended access to the encrypted files...

USN-2522-3: ICU vulnerabilities

USN-2522-1 fixed vulnerabilities in ICU. On Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, the font patches caused a regression when using LibreOffice Calc. The patches have now been updated to fix the regression. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that ICU incorrectly handled...

USN-2521-1: Oxide vulnerabilities

Several out-of-bounds write bugs were discovered in Skia. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program...

USN-2523-1: Apache HTTP Server vulnerabilities

Martin Holst Swende discovered that the modheaders module allowed HTTP trailers to replace HTTP headers during request processing. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass RequestHeaders directives. CVE-2013-5704 Mark Montague discovered that the modcache module incorrectly handl...

USN-2505-2: Firefox regression

USN-2505-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update removed the deprecated "-remote" command-line switch that some older software still depends on. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Matthew Noorenberghe discovered that allowlisted...

USN-2522-2: ICU regression

USN-2522-1 fixed vulnerabilities in ICU. On Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, the font patches caused a regression when using LibreOffice Calc. The patches have been temporarily backed out until the regression is investigated. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that...

USN-2522-1: ICU vulnerabilities

It was discovered that ICU incorrectly handled memory operations when processing fonts. If an application using ICU processed crafted data, an attacker could cause it to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. This issue only affected Ubun...

USN-2516-3: Linux kernel vulnerabilities regression

USN-2516-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel, and the fix in USN-2516-2 was incomplete. There was an unrelated regression in the use of the virtual counter CNTVCT on arm64 architectures. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: A flaw w...

USN-2515-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities regression

USN-2515-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. There was an unrelated regression in the use of the virtual counter CNTVCT on arm64 architectures. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: A flaw was discovered in the Kernel Virtual...

USN-2506-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

Armin Razmdjou discovered that contents of locally readable files could be made available via manipulation of form autocomplete in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted message with scripting enabled, an attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain...

USN-2516-2: Linux kernel vulnerability regression

USN-2516-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. There was an unrelated regression in the use of the virtual counter CNTVCT on arm64 architectures. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: A flaw was discovered in the Kernel Virtual...

USN-2520-1: CUPS vulnerability

Peter De Wachter discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled certain malformed compressed raster files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause CUPS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-2519-1: GNU C Library vulnerabilities

Arnaud Le Blanc discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled file descriptors when resolving DNS queries under high load. This may cause a denial of service in other applications, or an information leak. This issue only affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS...

USN-2518-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

A flaw was discovered in the Kernel Virtual Machine's KVM emulation of the SYSTENTER instruction when the guest OS does not initialize the SYSENTER MSRs. A guest OS user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service of the guest OS crash or potentially gain privileges on the guest OS...

USN-2517-1: Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities

A flaw was discovered in the Kernel Virtual Machine's KVM emulation of the SYSTENTER instruction when the guest OS does not initialize the SYSENTER MSRs. A guest OS user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service of the guest OS crash or potentially gain privileges on the guest OS...

USN-2516-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

A flaw was discovered in the Kernel Virtual Machine's KVM emulation of the SYSTENTER instruction when the guest OS does not initialize the SYSENTER MSRs. A guest OS user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service of the guest OS crash or potentially gain privileges on the guest OS...

USN-2515-1: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

A flaw was discovered in the Kernel Virtual Machine's KVM emulation of the SYSTENTER instruction when the guest OS does not initialize the SYSENTER MSRs. A guest OS user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service of the guest OS crash or potentially gain privileges on the guest OS...

USN-2514-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

A flaw was discovered in the Kernel Virtual Machine's KVM emulation of the SYSTENTER instruction when the guest OS does not initialize the SYSENTER MSRs. A guest OS user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service of the guest OS crash or potentially gain privileges on the guest OS...

USN-2513-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

A flaw was discovered in the Kernel Virtual Machine's KVM emulation of the SYSTENTER instruction when the guest OS does not initialize the SYSENTER MSRs. A guest OS user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service of the guest OS crash or potentially gain privileges on the guest OS...

USN-2512-1: Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities

A race condition was discovered in the Linux kernel's key ring. A local user could cause a denial of service memory corruption or panic or possibly have unspecified impact via the keyctl commands. CVE-2014-9529 A memory leak was discovered in the ISO 9660 CDROM file system when parsing rock ridge...

USN-2511-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

A race condition was discovered in the Linux kernel's key ring. A local user could cause a denial of service memory corruption or panic or possibly have unspecified impact via the keyctl commands. CVE-2014-9529 A memory leak was discovered in the ISO 9660 CDROM file system when parsing rock ridge...

USN-2505-1: Firefox vulnerabilities

Matthew Noorenberghe discovered that Mozilla domains in the allowlist could make UITour API calls from background tabs. If one of these domains were compromised and open in a background tab, an attacker could potentially exploit this to conduct clickjacking attacks. CVE-2015-0819 Jan de Mooij...

USN-2510-1: FreeType vulnerabilities

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges...

USN-2509-1: ca-certificates update

The ca-certificates package contained outdated CA certificates. This update refreshes the included certificates to those contained in the 20141019 package...

USN-2508-1: Samba vulnerability

Richard van Eeden discovered that the Samba smbd file services incorrectly handled memory. A remote attacker could use this issue to possibly execute arbitrary code with root privileges...

USN-2507-1: e2fsprogs vulnerabilities

Jose Duart discovered that e2fsprogs incorrectly handled invalid block group descriptor data. A local attacker could use this issue with a crafted filesystem image to possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2015-0247, CVE-2015-1572...

USN-2504-1: NSS update

The NSS package contained outdated CA certificates. This update refreshes the NSS package to version 3.17.4 which includes the latest CA certificate bundle...

USN-2503-1: Bind vulnerability

Jan-Piet Mens discovered that Bind incorrectly handled Trust Anchor Management. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause bind to crash, resulting in a denial of service...

USN-2502-1: unzip vulnerabilities

William Robinet discovered that unzip incorrectly handled certain malformed zip archives. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted zip archive, an attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-2501-1: PHP vulnerabilities

Stefan Esser discovered that PHP incorrectly handled unserializing objects. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2014-8142, CVE-2015-0231 Brian Carpenter discovered that the PHP CGI component...

USN-2500-1: X.Org X server vulnerabilities

Olivier Fourdan discovered that the X.Org X server incorrectly handled XkbSetGeometry requests resulting in an information leak. An attacker able to connect to an X server, either locally or remotely, could use this issue to possibly obtain sensitive information. CVE-2015-0255 It was discovered...

USN-2488-2: ClamAV vulnerability

USN-2488-1 fixed a vulnerability in ClamAV for Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. Original advisory details: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled certain upack packer files. An...