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USN-5427-1: Apport vulnerabilities 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 to Apport sockets inside containers. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to connect to arbitrary sockets as the root user. (CVE-2022-1242) Gerrit Venema discovered that Apport incorrectly handled user settings files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Apport to consume resources, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2022-28652) Gerrit Venema discovered that Apport did not limit the amount of logging from D-Bus connections. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to fill up the Apport log file, leading to denial of service. (CVE-2022-28654) Gerrit Venema discovered that [ more… ]

USN-5426-1: needrestart vulnerability Jakub Wilk discovered that needrestart incorrectly used some regular expressions. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. Source: USN-5426-1: needrestart vulnerability

USN-5423-2: ClamAV vulnerabilities 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 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 attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to stop responding, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2022-20771) Michał Dardas discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing HTML files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2022-20785) Michał Dardas discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled loading the signature database. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV [ more… ]