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USN-5009-2: libslirp vulnerabilities USN-5009-1 fixed vulnerabilities in libslirp. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 21.10. Original advisory details: Qiuhao Li discovered that libslirp incorrectly handled certain header data lengths. An attacker inside a guest could possibly use this issue to leak sensitive information from the host. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.10. (CVE-2020-29129, CVE-2020-29130) It was discovered that libslirp incorrectly handled certain udp packets. An attacker inside a guest could possibly use this issue to leak sensitive information from the host. (CVE-2021-3592, CVE-2021-3593, CVE-2021-3594, CVE-2021-3595) Source: USN-5009-2: libslirp vulnerabilities

USN-5122-2: Apport vulnerability USN-5122-1 fixed a vulnerability in Apport. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Apport could be tricked into writing core files as root into arbitrary directories in certain scenarios. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges. On Ubuntu 16.04 ESM This update will cause Apport to generate all core files in the /var/lib/apport/coredump directory. On Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, core file generation has been disabled by default. Source: USN-5122-2: Apport vulnerability

USN-5124-1: GNU binutils vulnerabilities It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled certain hash lookups. An attacker could use this issue to cause GNU binutils to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-16592) It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled certain corrupt DWARF debug sections. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GNU binutils to consume memory, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2021-3487) Source: USN-5124-1: GNU binutils vulnerabilities