Ubuntu security

USN-5810-3: Git vulnerabilities USN-5810-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Git. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Markus Vervier and Eric Sesterhenn discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain gitattributes. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-23521) Joern Schneeweisz discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain commands. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-41903) Source: USN-5810-3: Git vulnerabilities

USN-5843-1: tmux vulnerability It was discovered that tmux incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. Source: USN-5843-1: tmux vulnerability

USN-5842-1: EditorConfig Core C vulnerability Mark Esler and David Fernandez Gonzalez discovered that EditorConfig Core C incorrectly handled memory when handling certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications using EditorConfig Core C to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Source: USN-5842-1: EditorConfig Core C vulnerability

USN-5824-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information, bypass security restrictions, cross-site tracing, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-45403, CVE-2022-45404, CVE-2022-45405, CVE-2022-45406, CVE-2022-45408, CVE-2022-45409, CVE-2022-45410, CVE-2022-45411, CVE-2022-45418, CVE-2022-45420, CVE-2022-45421, CVE-2022-46878, CVE-2022-46880, CVE-2022-46881, CVE-2022-46882, CVE-2023-23605) Armin Ebert discovered that Thunderbird did not properly manage memory while resolving file symlink. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted weblink, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-45412) Sarah Jamie Lewis discovered that Thunderbird did not properly manage network request while handling HTML emails with certain tags. If a user were tricked into opening a specially HTML email, an attacker could potentially exploit these issue [ more… ]

USN-5816-2: Firefox regressions USN-5816-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update introduced several minor regressions. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Niklas Baumstark discovered that a compromised web child process of Firefox could disable web security opening restrictions, leading to a new child process being spawned within the file:// context. An attacker could potentially exploits this to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2023-23597) Tom Schuster discovered that Firefox was not performing a validation check on GTK drag data. An attacker could potentially exploits this to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2023-23598) Vadim discovered that Firefox was not properly sanitizing a curl command output when copying a network request from the developer tools panel. An attacker could potentially exploits this to hide and execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2023-23599) Luan Herrera discovered that Firefox was not stopping navigation when dragging a [ more… ]