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USN-6243-2: Graphite-Web regression USN-6243-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Graphite-Web. It was discovered that the applied fix was incomplete. This update fixes the problem. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Graphite-Web incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform server-side request forgery and obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-18638) It was discovered that Graphite-Web incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform cross site scripting and obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2022-4728, CVE-2022-4729, CVE-2022-4730) Source: USN-6243-2: Graphite-Web regression

USN-4336-3: GNU binutils vulnerabilities USN-4336-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in GNU. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that GNU binutils contained a large number of security issues. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could cause GNU binutils to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Source: USN-4336-3: GNU binutils vulnerabilities

USN-6279-1: OpenSSH update It was discovered that OpenSSH has an observable discrepancy leading to an information leak in the algorithm negotiation. This update mitigates the issue by tweaking the client hostkey preference ordering algorithm to prefer the default ordering if the user has a key that matches the best-preference default algorithm. Source: USN-6279-1: OpenSSH update