Articles by KENNETH

USN-5864-1: Fig2dev vulnerabilities Frederic Cambus discovered that Fig2dev incorrectly handled certain image files. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a certain specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-14275) It was discovered that Fig2dev incorrectly handled certain image files. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a certain specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2019-19555, CVE-2019-19797, CVE-2020-21529, CVE-2020-21530, CVE-2020-21531, CVE-2020-21532, CVE-2020-21533, CVE-2020-21534, CVE-2020-21535, CVE-2020-21675, CVE-2020-21676, CVE-2021-3561) It was discovered that Fig2dev incorrectly handled certain image files. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a certain specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue [ more… ]

USN-5867-1: WebKitGTK vulnerabilities Several security issues were discovered in the WebKitGTK Web and JavaScript engines. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote attacker could exploit a variety of issues related to web browser security, including cross-site scripting attacks, denial of service attacks, and arbitrary code execution. Source: USN-5867-1: WebKitGTK vulnerabilities

USN-5866-1: Nova vulnerabilities It was discovered that Nova did not properly manage data logged into the log file. An attacker with read access to the service’s logs could exploit this issue and may obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-9543) It was discovered that Nova did not properly handle attaching and reattaching the encrypted volume. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a denial of service attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2017-18191) It was discovered that Nova did not properly handle the updation of domain XML after live migration. An attacker could possibly use this issue to corrupt the volume or perform a denial of service attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-17376) It was discovered that Nova was not properly validating the URL passed [ more… ]