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Felix Wilhelm reported that several buffer handling functions in libxml2, a library providing support to read, modify and write XML and HTML files, don't check for integer overflows, resulting in out-of-bounds memory writes if specially crafted, multi-gigabyte XML files are processed. An...

Manfred Paul discovered two security issues in the Mozilla Firefox web browser, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code. Continue reading...

Several flaws have been discovered in HTCondor, a distributed workload management system, which allow users with only READ access to any daemon to use a different authentication method than the administrator has specified. If the administrator has configured the READ or WRITE methods to include...

Jacek Konieczny discovered a SQL injection vulnerability in the back-sql backend to slapd in OpenLDAP, a free implementation of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, allowing an attacker to alter the database during an LDAP search operation when a specially crafted search filter is...

Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird, which could result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code. Continue reading...

USN-5424-1 fixed a vulnerability in OpenLDAP. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that OpenLDAP incorrectly handled certain SQL statements within LDAP queries in the experimental back-sql backend. A...

Thomas Amgarten discovered that Bind incorrectly handled certain TLS connections being destroyed. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Bind to crash, resulting in a denial of service. Continue reading...

It was discovered that GNOME Settings incorrectly handled the remote desktop sharing configuration. When turning off desktop sharing, it may be turned on again after rebooting, contrary to expectations. Continue reading...

It was discovered that the Waitress WSGI server was susceptible to HTTP request smuggling in some scenarios when used behind a proxy. Continue reading...

Elison Niven discovered that the c_rehash script included in OpenSSL did not sanitise shell meta characters which could result in the execution of arbitrary commands. Continue reading...

Tobias Stoeckmann discovered that libXrandr incorrectly handled certain responses. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-7947, CVE-2016-7948) Continue reading...

Jakub Wilk discovered a local privilege escalation in needrestart, a utility to check which daemons need to be restarted after library upgrades. Regular expressions to detect the Perl, Python, and Ruby interpreters are not anchored, allowing a local user to escalate privileges when needrestart...

Yunho Kim discovered that PCRE incorrectly handled memory when handling certain regular expressions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications using PCRE to expose sensitive information. This issue only affects Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 21.10 and Ubuntu...

USN-5423-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in ClamAV. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Michał Dardas discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing CHM files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause...

Jakub Wilk discovered that needrestart incorrectly used some regular expressions. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. Continue reading...

Muqing Liu and neoni discovered that Apport incorrectly handled detecting if an executable was replaced after a crash. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code as the root user. (CVE-2021-3899) Gerrit Venema discovered that Apport incorrectly handled connections...

Michał Dardas discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing CHM files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to stop responding, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2022-20770) Michał Dardas discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing TIFF files. A remote...

It was discovered that OpenLDAP incorrectly handled certain SQL statements within LDAP queries in the experimental back-sql backend. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform an SQL injection attack and alter the database. Continue reading...

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...

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...