SECURITY

USN-4877-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities It was discovered that the Marvell WiFi-Ex device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate ad-hoc SSIDs. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-36158) 吴异 discovered that the NFS implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly prevent access outside of an NFS export that is a subdirectory of a file system. An attacker could possibly use this to bypass NFS access restrictions. (CVE-2021-3178) Source: USN-4877-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

USN-4876-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities Olivier Benjamin and Pawel Wieczorkiewicz discovered a race condition the Xen paravirt block backend in the Linux kernel, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. An attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service in the host OS. (CVE-2020-29569) It was discovered that the Marvell WiFi-Ex device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate ad-hoc SSIDs. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-36158) 吴异 discovered that the NFS implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly prevent access outside of an NFS export that is a subdirectory of a file system. An attacker could possibly use this to bypass NFS access restrictions. (CVE-2021-3178) Source: USN-4876-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

USN-4764-1: GLib vulnerability It was discovered that GLib incorrectly handled certain symlinks when replacing files. If a user or automated system were tricked into extracting a specially crafted file with File Roller, a remote attacker could possibly create files outside of the intended directory. Source: USN-4764-1: GLib vulnerability

USN-4754-3: Python vulnerabilities USN-4754-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Python. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. In the case of Python 2.7 for 20.04 ESM, these additional fixes are included: It was dicovered that Python allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a ZIP bomb. (CVE-2019-9674) It was discovered that Python had potentially misleading information about whether sorting occurs. This fix updates the documentation about it. (CVE-2019-17514) It was discovered that Python incorrectly handled certain TAR archives. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2019-20907) It was discovered that Python allowed an HTTP server to conduct Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attacks against a client because of urllib.request.AbstractBasicAuthHandler catastrophic backtracking. (CVE-2020-8492) It was discovered that Python allowed CRLF injection if the attacker [ more… ]

USN-4763-1: Pillow vulnerabilities It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain Tiff image files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted Tiff file, a remote attacker could cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.10. (CVE-2021-25289, CVE-2021-25291) It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain Tiff image files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted Tiff file, a remote attacker could cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-25290) It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain PDF files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted PDF file, a remote attacker could cause Pillow to hang, resulting in a denial [ more… ]