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  • Low max 2.0
    USN-4668-1 1 CVE

    python-apt vulnerability

    Kevin Backhouse discovered that python-apt incorrectly handled resources. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause python-apt to consume resources, leading to a denial of service.

    first Dec 9, 2020
  • Medium max 5.7
    USN-4667-1 1 CVE

    apt vulnerability

    Kevin Backhouse discovered that APT incorrectly handled certain packages. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause APT to crash or stop responding, resulting in a denial of service.

    first Dec 9, 2020
  • High max 8.1
    USN-4737-1 1 CVE

    bind9 vulnerability

    It was discovered that Bind incorrectly handled GSSAPI security policy negotiation. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Bind to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. In the default installation, attackers wou…

    first Feb 18, 2021
  • Unscored
    USN-4673-1 1 CVE

    libproxy vulnerability

    Li Fei discovered that libproxy incorrectly handled certain PAC files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code.

    first Jan 4, 2021
  • Unscored
    USN-4671-1 11 CVEs

    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, obtain sensitive information, bypass the CSS sanitizer, bypass secu…

    first Dec 15, 2020
  • Unscored
    USN-4717-2 0 CVEs

    firefox regression

    USN-4717-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update caused a startup hang in some circumstances. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user w…

    first Feb 8, 2021
  • High max 8.0
    USN-4706-1 3 CVEs

    ceph vulnerabilities

    Olle Segerdahl found that ceph-mon and ceph-mgr daemons did not properly restrict access, resulting in gaining access to unauthorized resources. An authenticated user could use this vulnerability to modify the configuration and possibly conduct further attack…

    first Jan 28, 2021
  • Unscored
    USN-4674-2 1 CVE

    dovecot vulnerability

    USN-4674-1 fixed a vulnerability in Dovecot. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Innokentii Sennovskiy discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled MIME parsing. A remote attacker could possibly use th…

    first Jan 4, 2021
  • Unscored
    USN-4677-1 3 CVEs

    p11-kit vulnerabilities

    David Cook discovered that p11-kit incorrectly handled certain memory operations. An attacker could use this issue to cause p11-kit to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

    first Jan 5, 2021
  • Unscored
    USN-4670-1 3 CVEs

    imagemagick vulnerabilities

    It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain specially crafted image files. If a user or automated system using ImageMagick were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service or o…

    first Dec 15, 2020
  • Unscored
    USN-4668-3 0 CVEs

    python-apt regression

    USN-4668-1 fixed vulnerabilities in python-apt. The update caused a regression when using certain APIs with a file handle. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Kevin Backhouse discovered that python-apt…

    first Jan 4, 2021
  • Unscored
    USN-4660-2 0 CVEs

    linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-azure, linux-azure-4.15, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-4.15, linux-gke-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-snapdragon regression

    USN-4660-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. Unfortunately, that update introduced a regression in the software raid10 driver when used with fstrim that could lead to data corruption. This update fixes the problem. Original advisory details: It was d…

    first Dec 13, 2020
  • Unscored
    USN-4648-1 5 CVEs

    webkit2gtk 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 s…

    first Nov 26, 2020
  • Unscored
    USN-4674-1 2 CVEs

    dovecot vulnerabilities

    It was discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled certain imap hibernation commands. A remote authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to access other users' email. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.10. (C…

    first Jan 4, 2021
  • Unscored
    USN-4651-1 0 CVEs

    mysql-8.0 vulnerabilities

    Tom Reynolds discovered that due to a packaging error, the MySQL X Plugin was listening to all network interfaces by default, contrary to expectations. This update changes the default MySQL configuration to bind the MySQL X Plugin to localhost only. This chan…

    first Nov 30, 2020
  • Medium max 4.4
    USN-4640-1 1 CVE

    pulseaudio vulnerability

    James Henstridge discovered that an Ubuntu-specific patch caused PulseAudio to incorrectly handle snap client connections. An attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information.

    first Nov 23, 2020
  • Unscored
    USN-4644-1 1 CVE

    igraph vulnerability

    It was discovered that igraph mishandled certain malformed XML. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (crash).

    first Nov 27, 2020
  • Unscored
    USN-4637-2 15 CVEs

    firefox vulnerabilities

    USN-4637-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Original advisory details: Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website,…

    first Nov 19, 2020
  • Unscored
    USN-4615-1 12 CVEs

    libytnef vulnerabilities

    It was discovered that Yerase's TNEF had null pointer dereferences, infinite loop, buffer overflow, out of bounds reads, directory traversal issues and other vulnerabilities. An attacker could use those issues to cause a crash and consequently a denial of ser…

    first Nov 3, 2020
  • Medium max 5.5
    USN-4611-1 3 CVEs

    samba vulnerabilities

    Steven French discovered that Samba incorrectly handled ChangeNotify permissions. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain file name information. (CVE-2020-14318) Bas Alberts discovered that Samba incorrectly handled certain winbind requests.…

    first Nov 2, 2020
  • Unscored
    USN-4634-1 2 CVEs

    openldap vulnerabilities

    It was discovered that OpenLDAP incorrectly handled certain malformed inputs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause OpenLDAP to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

    first Nov 17, 2020
  • Unscored
    USN-4637-1 15 CVEs

    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 cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information across origins, bypass security restr…

    first Nov 18, 2020
  • High max 7.4
    USN-5901-1 1 CVE

    gnutls28 vulnerability

    Hubert Kario discovered that GnuTLS had a timing side-channel when handling certain RSA messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to recover sensitive information.

    first Feb 28, 2023
  • Low max 3.3
    USN-4616-2 2 CVEs

    accountsservice vulnerabilities

    USN-4616-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in AccountsService. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Kevin Backhouse discovered that AccountsService incorrectly dropped privileges. A local user could poss…

    first Nov 4, 2020
  • Unscored
    USN-4622-2 1 CVE

    openldap vulnerability

    USN-4622-1 fixed a vulnerability in OpenLDAP. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that OpenLDAP incorrectly handled certain network packets. A remote attacker co…

    first Nov 11, 2020
  • Low max 3.3
    USN-4616-1 3 CVEs

    accountsservice vulnerabilities

    Kevin Backhouse discovered that AccountsService incorrectly dropped privileges. A local user could possibly use this issue to cause AccountsService to crash or hang, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-16126) Kevin Backhouse discovered that AccountsSe…

    first Nov 3, 2020
  • Unscored
    USN-4625-1 1 CVE

    firefox vulnerability

    A use-after-free was discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code.

    first Nov 10, 2020
  • Unscored
    USN-4658-2 0 CVEs

    linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.4, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.4, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.4, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.4, linux-raspi, linux-raspi-5.4 regression

    USN-4658-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. Unfortunately, that update introduced a regression in the software raid10 driver when used with fstrim that could lead to data corruption. This update fixes the problem. Original advisory details: It was d…

    first Dec 13, 2020
  • Unscored
    USN-4656-2 2 CVEs

    xorg-server vulnerabilities

    USN-4656-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in X.Org. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Jan-Niklas Sohn discovered that the X.Org X Server XKB extension incorrectly handled certain inputs. A local atta…

    first Dec 7, 2020
  • Unscored
    USN-4602-2 3 CVEs

    perl vulnerabilities

    USN-4602-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Perl. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: ManhND discovered that Perl incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. In environments …

    first Oct 27, 2020
  • Unscored
    USN-4599-3 0 CVEs

    firefox regressions

    USN-4599-1 and USN-4599-2 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The updates introduced various minor regressions. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If…

    first Nov 5, 2020
  • High max 7.5
    USN-4635-1 1 CVE

    krb5 vulnerability

    Demi Obenour discovered that Kerberos incorrectly handled certain ASN.1. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

    first Nov 17, 2020
  • Unscored
    USN-4656-1 2 CVEs

    xorg-server, xorg-server-hwe-16.04, xorg-server-hwe-18.04 vulnerabilities

    Jan-Niklas Sohn discovered that the X.Org X Server XKB extension incorrectly handled certain inputs. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges.

    first Dec 1, 2020
  • Critical max 9.6
    USN-4593-1 1 CVE 1 exploited

    freetype vulnerability

    Sergei Glazunov 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 privi…

    first Oct 20, 2020
  • Unscored
    USN-4622-1 1 CVE

    openldap vulnerability

    It was discovered that OpenLDAP incorrectly handled certain network packets. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause OpenLDAP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

    first Nov 9, 2020
  • Unscored
    USN-4646-1 5 CVEs

    poppler vulnerabilities

    It was discovered that Poppler incorrectly handled certain files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause a denial of service.

    first Nov 25, 2020
  • Medium max 5.3
    USN-4568-1 1 CVE

    brotli vulnerability

    It was discovered that Brotli incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash.

    first Oct 5, 2020
  • Unscored
    USN-4634-2 2 CVEs

    openldap vulnerabilities

    USN-4634-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in OpenLDAP. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that OpenLDAP incorrectly handled certain malformed inputs. A remote at…

    first Nov 23, 2020
  • Critical max 9.6
    USN-4593-2 1 CVE 1 exploited

    freetype vulnerability

    USN-4593-1 fixed a vulnerability in FreeType. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Sergei Glazunov discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed font files. If a user were tricked…

    first Oct 22, 2020
  • Unscored
    USN-4567-1 1 CVE

    opendmarc vulnerability

    It was discovered that OpenDMARC is prone to a signature-bypass vulnerability with multiple "From:" addresses. An attacker could use it to bypass spam and abuse filters.

    first Oct 5, 2020