Articles by KENNETH

USN-4279-2: PHP regression php7.0 regression A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary USN-4279-1 introduced a regression in PHP. Software Description php7.0 – HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter Details USN-4279-1 fixed vulnerabilities in PHP. The updated packages caused a regression. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain scripts. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 ESM, Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-9253) It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2020-7059) It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only [ more… ]

USN-4287-2: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities linux-azure vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 14.04 ESM Summary Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel. Software Description linux-azure – Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems Details USN-4287-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly clear data structures on context switches for certain Intel graphics processors. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2019-14615) It was discovered that the Atheros 802.11ac wireless USB device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate device metadata. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system [ more… ]