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USN-6145-1: Sysstat vulnerabilities It was discovered that Sysstat incorrectly handled certain arithmetic multiplications. An attacker could use this issue to cause Sysstat to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue was only fixed for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-39377) It was discovered that Sysstat incorrectly handled certain arithmetic multiplications in 64-bit systems, as a result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2022-39377. An attacker could use this issue to cause Sysstat to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-33204) Source: USN-6145-1: Sysstat vulnerabilities

USN-6028-2: libxml2 vulnerabilities USN-6028-1 fixed vulnerabilities in libxml2. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 23.04. Original advisory details: It was discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain XML files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash. (CVE-2022-2309) It was discovered that lixml2 incorrectly handled certain XML files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-28484) It was discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain XML files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash. (CVE-2023-29469) Source: USN-6028-2: libxml2 vulnerabilities

USN-6144-1: LibreOffice vulnerabilities It was discovered that LibreOffice did not properly validate the number of parameters passed to the formula interpreter, leading to an array index underflow attack. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted spreadsheet file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-0950) Amel Bouziane-Leblond discovered that LibreOffice did not prompt the user before loading the host document inside an IFrame. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause information disclosure or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-2255) Source: USN-6144-1: LibreOffice vulnerabilities

USN-6143-1: Firefox vulnerabilities Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information across domains, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-34414, CVE-2023-34416, CVE-2023-34417) Jun Kokatsu discovered that Firefox did not properly validate site-isolated process for a document loaded from a data: URL that was the result of a redirect, leading to an open redirect attack. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform phishing attacks. (CVE-2023-34415) Source: USN-6143-1: Firefox vulnerabilities