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USN-5023-1: Aspell vulnerability It was discovered that Aspell incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or cause a crash. Source: USN-5023-1: Aspell vulnerability

USN-5022-1: 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 8.0.26 in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 21.04. Ubuntu 18.04 LTS has been updated to MySQL 5.7.35. In addition to security fixes, the updated packages contain bug fixes, new features, and possibly incompatible changes. Please see the following for more information: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.7/en/news-5-7-35.html https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/8.0/en/news-8-0-26.html https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2021.html Source: USN-5022-1: MySQL vulnerabilities

LSN-0079-1: Kernel Live Patch Security Notice It was discovered that the eBPF implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly track bounds information for 32 bit registers when performing div and mod operations. A local attacker could use this to possibly execute arbitrary code.(CVE-2021-3600) It was discovered that the virtual file system implementation in the Linux kernel contained an unsigned to signed integer conversion error. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code.(CVE-2021-33909) Source: LSN-0079-1: Kernel Live Patch Security Notice