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USN-5082-1: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities Maxim Levitsky and Paolo Bonzini discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation for AMD processors in the Linux kernel allowed a guest VM to disable restrictions on VMLOAD/VMSAVE in a nested guest. An attacker in a guest VM could use this to read or write portions of the host’s physical memory. (CVE-2021-3656) Maxim Levitsky discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation for AMD processors in the Linux kernel did not properly prevent a guest VM from enabling AVIC in nested guest VMs. An attacker in a guest VM could use this to write to portions of the host’s physical memory. (CVE-2021-3653) Norbert Slusarek discovered a race condition in the CAN BCM networking protocol of the Linux kernel leading to multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities. A local attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-3609) Source: USN-5082-1: Linux [ more… ]

USN-5081-1: Qt vulnerabilities It was discovered that Qt incorrectly handled certain XBM image files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted PPM file, a remote attacker could cause Qt to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-17507) It was discovered that Qt incorrectly handled certain graphics operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into performing certain graphics operations, a remote attacker could cause Qt to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2021-38593) Source: USN-5081-1: Qt vulnerabilities

USN-5080-2: Libgcrypt vulnerabilities USN-5080-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Libgcrypt. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Libgcrypt incorrectly handled ElGamal encryption. An attacker could possibly use this issue to recover sensitive information. Source: USN-5080-2: Libgcrypt vulnerabilities