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USN-4727-1: Linux kernel vulnerability Alexander Popov discovered that multiple race conditions existed in the AF_VSOCK implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code. Source: USN-4727-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

USN-4726-1: OpenJDK vulnerability It was discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly handled the direct buffering of characters. An attacker could use this issue to cause OpenJDK to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or cause other unspecified impact. Source: USN-4726-1: OpenJDK vulnerability

USN-4717-2: Firefox regression USN-4717-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update caused a startup hang in some circumstances. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information, conduct clickjacking attacks, or execute arbitrary code. Source: USN-4717-2: Firefox regression

USN-4725-1: QEMU vulnerabilities It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled memory in iSCSI emulation. An attacker inside the guest could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-11947) Alexander Bulekov discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled Intel e1000e emulation. An attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-15859) Alexander Bulekov discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled memory region cache. An attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.10. (CVE-2020-27821) Cheol-woo Myung discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled Intel e1000e emulation. An attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause a denial of service. [ more… ]

USN-4724-1: OpenLDAP vulnerabilities It was discovered that OpenLDAP incorrectly handled Certificate Exact Assertion processing. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause OpenLDAP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-36221) It was discovered that OpenLDAP incorrectly handled saslAuthzTo processing. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause OpenLDAP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-36222, CVE-2020-36224, CVE-2020-36225, CVE-2020-36226) It was discovered that OpenLDAP incorrectly handled Return Filter control handling. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause OpenLDAP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-36223) It was discovered that OpenLDAP incorrectly handled certain cancel operations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause OpenLDAP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-36227) It was discovered that OpenLDAP [ more… ]