USN-5311-2: containerd regression

USN-5311-1 released updates for contained. Unfortunately, a subsequent update reverted the fix for this CVE by mistake. This update corrects the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that containerd allows attackers to gain access to read- only...

USN-5422-1: libxml2 vulnerabilities

Shinji Sato discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain XML files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. CVE-2022-23308 It was...

USN-5421-1: LibTIFF vulnerabilities

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affects Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. CVE-2020-35522 Chintan Shah discovere...

USN-5420-1: Vorbis vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Vorbis incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2017-14160, CVE-2018-10392, CVE-2018-10393...

USN-5419-1: Rsyslog vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Rsyslog improperly handled certain invalid input. An attacker could use this issue to cause Rsyslog to crash...

USN-5418-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Ke Sun, Alyssa Milburn, Henrique Kawakami, Emma Benoit, Igor Chervatyuk, Lisa Aichele, and Thais Moreira Hamasaki discovered that the Spectre Variant 2 mitigations for AMD processors on Linux were insufficient in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive...

USN-5417-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Ke Sun, Alyssa Milburn, Henrique Kawakami, Emma Benoit, Igor Chervatyuk, Lisa Aichele, and Thais Moreira Hamasaki discovered that the Spectre Variant 2 mitigations for AMD processors on Linux were insufficient in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive...

USN-5416-1: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities

Qiuhao Li, Gaoning Pan and Yongkang Jia discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly perform guest page table updates in some situations. An attacker in a guest vm could possibly use this to crash the host OS. CVE-2022-1158 It was discovered that the implementation ...

USN-5415-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Jeremy Cline discovered a use-after-free in the nouveau graphics driver of the Linux kernel during device removal. A privileged or physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2020-27820 Ke Sun, Alyssa Milburn, Henrique Kawakami, Emma Benoit, Igor...

USN-5413-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Jeremy Cline discovered a use-after-free in the nouveau graphics driver of the Linux kernel during device removal. A privileged or physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2020-27820 It was discovered that a race condition existed in the network...

USN-5411-1: Firefox vulnerabilities

Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, spoof the browser UI, bypass permission prompts, obtain sensitive information, bypass security...

USN-5412-1: curl vulnerabilities

Axel Chong discovered that curl incorrectly handled percent-encoded URL separators. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to trick curl into using the wrong URL and bypass certain checks or filters. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. CVE-2022-27780 Florian Kohnhuser discovered...

USN-5410-1: NSS vulnerability

Lenny Wang discovered that NSS incorrectly handled certain messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause servers compiled with NSS to stop responding, resulting in a denial of service...

USN-5259-3: Cron regression

USN-5259-1 and USN-5259-2 fixed vulnerabilities in Cron. Unfortunately that update was incomplete and could introduce a regression. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that the postinst maintainer script in Cron unsafely...

USN-5409-1: libsndfile vulnerability

It was discovered that libsndfile was incorrectly performing memory management operations and incorrectly using buffers when executing its FLAC codec. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted sound file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a...

USN-5408-1: Dnsmasq vulnerability

Petr Menšík and Richard Johnson discovered that Dnsmasq incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or expose sensitive information...

USN-5407-1: Cairo vulnerabilities

Gustavo Grieco, Alberto Garcia, Francisco Oca, Suleman Ali, and others discovered that Cairo incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. CVE-2016-9082, CVE-2017-9814, CVE-2019-6462 Stephan Bergmann discovered that Cairo incorrectly...

USN-5179-2: BusyBox vulnerability

USN-5179-1 fixed vulnerabilities in BusyBox. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that BusyBox incorrectly handled certain malformed gzip archives. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially...

USN-5244-2: DBus vulnerability

USN-5244-1 fixed a vulnerability in DBus. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Original advisory details: Daniel Onaca discovered that DBus contained a use-after-free vulnerability, caused by the incorrect handling of usernames sharing the same...

USN-5259-2: Cron vulnerabilities

USN-5259-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Cron. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that the postinst maintainer script in Cron unsafely handled file permissions during package install or update operations. An attacker...

USN-5405-1: jbig2dec vulnerabilities

It was discovered that jbig2dec incorrectly handled memory when parsing invalid files. An attacker could use this issue to cause jbig2dec to crash, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2017-9216 It was discovered that jbig2dec incorrectly handled memory when processing untrusted input. An attacker...

USN-5404-1: Rsyslog vulnerability

Pieter Agten discovered that Rsyslog incorrectly handled certain requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash...

USN-5403-1: SQLite vulnerability

It was discovered that SQLite command-line component incorrectly handled certain queries. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-5400-3: MySQL regression

USN-5400-1 fixed vulnerabilities in MySQL. The fix breaks existing charm configurations. This updated fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update includes new upstream MySQL versions to fix the...

USN-5354-2: Twisted vulnerability

USN-5354-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Twisted. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Twisted incorrectly processed SSH handshake data on connection establishments. A remote attack...

USN-5395-2: networkd-dispatcher regression

USN-5395-1 fixed vulnerabilities in networkd-dispatcher. Unfortunately that update was incomplete and could introduce a regression. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that networkd-dispatcher incorrectly handled internal...

USN-5402-1: OpenSSL vulnerabilities

Elison Niven discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled the crehash script. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands when crehash is run. CVE-2022-1292 Raul Metsma discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly verified certain response signing certificates. A remote...

USN-5400-2: MySQL vulnerabilities

USN-5400-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in MySQL. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update includes new upstream MySQL versions to fix these issues. MySQL has been updated in...

USN-5401-1: DPDK vulnerabilities

Wenxiang Qian discovered that DPDK incorrectly checked certain payloads. An attacker could use this issue to cause DPDK to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2021-3839 It was discovered that DPDK incorrectly handled inflight type messages. An attacker...

USN-4797-1: LibASS vulnerabilities

It was discovered that LibASS incorrectly handled certain ASS files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. One of the issues, CVE-2016-7970, only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. CVE-2016-7969, CVE-2016-7970, CVE-2016-7972 It was discovered that LibASS incorrectl...

USN-5390-2: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities

David Bouman discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly validate passed user register indices. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-1015 David Bouman discovered that the netfilter subsystem in t...

USN-5400-1: 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 8.0.29 in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 21.10, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Ubuntu 18.04 LTS has been updated to MySQL 5.7.38. In addition to security fixes, t...

USN-5399-1: libvirt vulnerabilities

It was discovered that libvirt incorrectly handled certain locking operations. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libvirt to stop accepting connections, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. CVE-2021-3667 It was discovered that libvirt...

USN-5382-2: libinput vulnerability

USN-5382-1 fixed a vulnerability in libinput. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Original advisory details: Albin Eldstål-Ahrens and Lukas Lamster discovered libinput did not properly handle input devices with specially crafted names. A local attacker with physic...

USN-5398-1: Simple DirectMedia Layer vulnerability

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

USN-5397-1: curl vulnerabilities

Patrick Monnerat discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain OAUTH2. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information. CVE-2022-22576 Harry Sintonen discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensiti...

USN-5396-1: Ghostscript vulnerability

It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain PostScript files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to access arbitrary files, execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of service...

USN-5395-1: networkd-dispatcher vulnerabilities

It was discovered that networkd-dispatcher incorrectly handled internal scripts. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a race condition, escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-29799, CVE-2022-29800...

USN-5394-1: 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-5392-1: Mutt vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Mutt incorrectly handled certain requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. CVE-2021-32055 It was discovered that Mutt incorrectly handled certain input. An attacker could possibly use this...

USN-5371-2: nginx vulnerability

USN-5371-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in nginx. This update provides the fix for CVE-2021-3618 for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that nginx Lua module mishandled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform an HTTP Request Smuggling...

USN-5393-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, conduct spoofing attacks, or execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-1097,...

USN-5391-1: libsepol vulnerabilities

Nicolas Iooss discovered that libsepol incorrectly handled memory when handling policies. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2021-36084 It was discovered that libsepol incorrectly handled memory whe...

USN-5366-2: FriBidi vulnerabilities

USN-5366-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in FriBidi. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that FriBidi incorrectly handled processing of input strings resulting in memory corruption. An attacker could use this issue to...

USN-5389-1: Libcroco vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Libcroco was incorrectly accessing data structures when reading bytes from memory, which could cause a heap buffer overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. CVE-2017-7960 It was discovered that Libcroco was incorrectly handling invali...

USN-5390-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

David Bouman discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly validate passed user register indices. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-1015 David Bouman discovered that the netfilter subsystem in t...

USN-5388-2: OpenJDK vulnerabilities

It was discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly verified ECDSA signatures. An attacker could use this issue to bypass the signature verification process. CVE-2022-21449 It was discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly limited memory when compiling a specially crafted XPath expression. An attacker could...

USN-5388-1: OpenJDK vulnerabilities

It was discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly limited memory when compiling a specially crafted XPath expression. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. CVE-2022-21426 It was discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly handled converting certain object arguments into their...

USN-5376-3: Git regression

USN-5376-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Git, some patches were missing to properly fix the issue. This update fixes the problem. Original advisory details: 俞晨东 discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain repository paths in platforms with multiple users support. An attacker could possibly use thi...

USN-5387-1: Barbican vulnerabilities

Douglas Mendizábal discovered that Barbican incorrectly handled access restrictions. An authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to consume protected resources and possibly cause a denial of service. CVE-2022-23451, CVE-2022-23452...