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  • Unscored
    USN-3427-1 1 CVE

    emacs24 vulnerability

    Charles A. Roelli discovered that Emacs incorrectly handled certain files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file (e.g., email messages in gnus), an attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code.

    first Sep 21, 2017
  • Unscored
    USN-3420-2 4 CVEs

    linux-lts-xenial vulnerabilities

    USN-3420-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. It was discovered that a buffer overflow exist…

    first Sep 18, 2017
  • Unscored
    USN-3419-2 2 CVEs

    linux-hwe vulnerabilities

    USN-3419-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 17.04. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 17.04 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. It was discovered that a buffer overflow existed in th…

    first Sep 18, 2017
  • Critical max 9.8
    USN-3415-1 90 CVEs

    tcpdump vulnerabilities

    Wilfried Kirsch discovered a buffer overflow in the SLIP decoder in tcpdump. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-11543) Bhargava Shastry discovered a buffer overflow i…

    first Sep 14, 2017
  • Unscored
    USN-3414-2 0 CVEs

    qemu regression

    USN-3414-1 fixed vulnerabilities in QEMU. The patch backport for CVE-2017-9375 was incomplete and caused a regression in the USB xHCI controller emulation support. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: L…

    first Sep 20, 2017
  • Unscored
    USN-3414-1 13 CVEs

    qemu vulnerabilities

    Leo Gaspard discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled VirtFS access control. A guest attacker could use this issue to elevate privileges inside the guest. (CVE-2017-7493) Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled VMWare PVSCSI emulation. A privileged a…

    first Sep 13, 2017
  • Unscored
    USN-3411-1 0 CVEs

    bzr vulnerability

    Adam Collard discovered that Bazaar did not properly handle host names in 'bzr+ssh://' URLs. A remote attacker could use this to construct a bazaar repository URL that when accessed could run arbitrary code with the privileges of the user.

    first Sep 6, 2017
  • High max 7.5
    USN-3407-1 1 CVE

    pyjwt vulnerability

    It was discovered that a vulnerability in PyJWT doesn't check invalid_strings properly for some public keys. A remote attacker could take advantage of a key confusion to craft JWTs from scratch.

    first Aug 30, 2017
  • Unscored
    USN-3404-2 1 CVE

    linux-hwe vulnerability

    USN-3404-1 fixed a vulnerability in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 17.04. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 17.04 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. A reference count bug was discovered in the Linux kern…

    first Aug 28, 2017
  • High max 7.5
    USN-3402-1 1 CVE

    python-pysaml2 vulnerability

    It was discovered that PySAML2 incorrectly handled certain SAML XML requests and responses. A remote attacker could use this issue to read arbitrary files.

    first Aug 24, 2017
  • Unscored
    USN-3401-1 1 CVE

    texlive-base vulnerability

    It was discovered that TeX Live incorrectly handled certain system commands. If a user were tricked into processing a specially crafted TeX file, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code.

    first Aug 22, 2017
  • Unscored
    USN-3399-1 1 CVE

    cvs vulnerability

    Hank Leininger discovered that cvs did not properly handle SSH for remote repositories. A remote attacker could use this to construct a cvs repository that when accessed could run arbitrary code with the privileges of the user.

    first Aug 21, 2017
  • High max 7.5
    USN-3397-1 1 CVE

    strongswan vulnerability

    It was discovered that strongSwan incorrectly handled verifying specific RSA signatures. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause strongSwan to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

    first Aug 21, 2017
  • Unscored
    USN-3396-1 20 CVEs

    openjdk-7 vulnerabilities

    It was discovered that the JPEGImageReader class in OpenJDK would incorrectly read unused image data. An attacker could use this to specially construct a jpeg image file that when opened by a Java application would cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-10053) …

    first Aug 18, 2017
  • Unscored
    USN-3392-2 0 CVEs

    linux-lts-xenial regression

    USN-3392-1 fixed a regression in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. USN-3378-2 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux Har…

    first Aug 16, 2017
  • Unscored
    USN-3391-2 0 CVEs

    ubufox update

    USN-3391-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubufox. Original advisory details: Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacke…

    first Aug 16, 2017
  • Unscored
    USN-3387-1 1 CVE

    git vulnerability

    Brian Neel, Joern Schneeweisz, and Jeff King discovered that Git did not properly handle host names in 'ssh://' URLs. A remote attacker could use this to construct a git repository that when accessed could run arbitrary code with the privileges of the user.

    first Aug 11, 2017
  • Unscored
    USN-3385-2 2 CVEs

    linux-lts-xenial vulnerabilities

    USN-3385-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Andrey Konovalov discovered a race condition i…

    first Aug 11, 2017
  • Unscored
    USN-3384-2 2 CVEs

    linux-hwe vulnerabilities

    USN-3384-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 17.04. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 17.04 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Andrey Konovalov discovered a race condition in the UD…

    first Aug 11, 2017
  • Unscored
    USN-3379-1 1 CVE

    shotwell vulnerability

    It was discovered that Shotwell is vulnerable to an information disclosure in the web publishing plugins resulting in potential password and oauth token plaintext transmission.

    first Aug 7, 2017
  • High max 7.1
    USN-3378-2 4 CVEs

    linux-lts-xenial vulnerabilities

    USN-3378-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Fan Wu and Shixiong Zhao discovered a race con…

    first Aug 3, 2017
  • High max 7.1
    USN-3377-2 4 CVEs

    linux-hwe vulnerabilities

    USN-3377-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 17.04. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 17.04 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Fan Wu and Shixiong Zhao discovered a race condition b…

    first Aug 3, 2017
  • Unscored
    USN-3374-1 1 CVE

    rabbitmq-server vulnerability

    It was discovered that RabbitMQ incorrectly handled MQTT (MQ Telemetry Transport) authentication. A remote attacker could use this issue to authenticate successfully with an existing username by omitting the password.

    first Jul 31, 2017
  • Unscored
    USN-3371-1 4 CVEs

    linux-hwe vulnerabilities

    It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly initialize a Wake- on-Lan data structure. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2014-9900) Alexander Potapenko discovered a race condition in the Advanced…

    first Jul 28, 2017
  • Unscored
    USN-3366-2 0 CVEs

    openjdk-8 regression

    USN-3366-1 fixed vulnerabilities in OpenJDK 8. Unfortunately, that update introduced a regression that caused some valid JAR files to fail validation. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discove…

    first Jul 31, 2017
  • Unscored
    USN-3366-1 24 CVEs

    openjdk-8 vulnerabilities

    It was discovered that the JPEGImageReader class in OpenJDK would incorrectly read unused image data. An attacker could use this to specially construct a jpeg image file that when opened by a Java application would cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-10053) …

    first Jul 26, 2017
  • Unscored
    USN-3364-3 6 CVEs

    linux-aws, linux-gke vulnerabilities

    It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly initialize a Wake- on-Lan data structure. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2014-9900) It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly restri…

    first Jul 25, 2017
  • Unscored
    USN-3364-2 6 CVEs

    linux-lts-xenial vulnerabilities

    USN-3364-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. It was discovered that the Linux kernel did no…

    first Jul 24, 2017
  • Unscored
    USN-3354-1 1 CVE

    apport vulnerability

    Felix Wilhelm discovered a path traversal vulnerability in Apport when handling the ExecutablePath field in crash files. An attacker could trick a user into opening a specially crafted crash file and execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.

    first Jul 18, 2017
  • Unscored
    USN-3352-1 1 CVE

    nginx vulnerability

    It was discovered that an integer overflow existed in the range filter feature of nginx. A remote attacker could use this to expose sensitive information.

    first Jul 13, 2017
  • Low max 3.7
    USN-3349-1 16 CVEs

    ntp vulnerabilities

    Yihan Lian discovered that NTP incorrectly handled certain large request data values. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause NTP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-2519) Miroslav …

    first Jul 5, 2017
  • Unscored
    USN-3344-2 8 CVEs

    linux-lts-xenial vulnerabilities

    USN-3344-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. USN 3334-1 fixed a vulnerability in the Linux …

    first Jun 29, 2017
  • Unscored
    USN-3342-2 10 CVEs

    linux-hwe vulnerabilities

    USN-3342-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.10. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 16.10 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. USN-3333-1 fixed a vulnerability in the Linux kernel. …

    first Jun 29, 2017
  • Unscored
    USN-3339-1 5 CVEs

    openvpn vulnerabilities

    Karthikeyan Bhargavan and Gaëtan Leurent discovered that 64-bit block ciphers are vulnerable to a birthday attack. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to recover cleartext data. Fixing this issue requires a configuration change to switch to a diff…

    first Jun 22, 2017
  • Unscored
    USN-3334-1 1 CVE

    linux-lts-xenial vulnerability

    USN-3328-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. It was discovered that the stack guard page fo…

    first Jun 22, 2017
  • Unscored
    USN-3333-1 1 CVE

    linux-hwe vulnerability

    USN-3326-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.10. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 16.10 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. It was discovered that the stack guard page for proces…

    first Jun 22, 2017
  • Unscored
    USN-3332-1 1 CVE

    linux-raspi2 vulnerability

    It was discovered that the stack guard page for processes in the Linux kernel was not sufficiently large enough to prevent overlapping with the heap. An attacker could leverage this with another vulnerability to execute arbitrary code and gain administrative …

    first Jun 22, 2017
  • Unscored
    USN-3331-1 1 CVE

    linux-aws vulnerability

    It was discovered that the stack guard page for processes in the Linux kernel was not sufficiently large enough to prevent overlapping with the heap. An attacker could leverage this with another vulnerability to execute arbitrary code and gain administrative …

    first Jun 22, 2017
  • Unscored
    USN-3330-1 1 CVE

    linux-snapdragon vulnerability

    It was discovered that the stack guard page for processes in the Linux kernel was not sufficiently large enough to prevent overlapping with the heap. An attacker could leverage this with another vulnerability to execute arbitrary code and gain administrative …

    first Jun 22, 2017
  • Unscored
    USN-3329-1 1 CVE

    linux-gke vulnerability

    It was discovered that the stack guard page for processes in the Linux kernel was not sufficiently large enough to prevent overlapping with the heap. An attacker could leverage this with another vulnerability to execute arbitrary code and gain administrative …

    first Jun 22, 2017