Articles by KENNETH

USN-5306-1: WebKitGTK vulnerabilities A large number of 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-5306-1: WebKitGTK vulnerabilities

USN-5305-1: MariaDB vulnerabilities Several security issues were discovered in MariaDB and this update includes new upstream MariaDB versions to fix these issues. MariaDB has been updated to 10.3.34 in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and to 10.5.15 in Ubuntu 21.10. In addition to security fixes, the updated packages contain bug fixes, new features, and possibly incompatible changes. Source: USN-5305-1: MariaDB vulnerabilities

USN-5303-1: PHP vulnerability It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain scripts. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Source: USN-5303-1: PHP vulnerability

USN-5304-1: PolicyKit vulnerability Kevin Backhouse discovered that PolicyKit incorrectly handled file descriptors. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PolicyKit to crash, resulting in a denial of service. Source: USN-5304-1: PolicyKit vulnerability