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USN-4355-1: PulseAudio vulnerability pulseaudio vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Ubuntu 19.10 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary PulseAudio could allow unintended access to snap packages. Software Description pulseaudio – PulseAudio sound server Details PulseAudio in Ubuntu contains additional functionality to mediate audio recording for snap packages and it was discovered that this functionality did not mediate PulseAudio module unloading. An attacker-controlled snap with only the audio-playback interface connected could exploit this to bypass access controls and record audio. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pulseaudio – 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.2 Ubuntu 19.10 pulseaudio – 1:13.0-1ubuntu1.2 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS pulseaudio – 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.7 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS pulseaudio – 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.12 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. After a standard [ more… ]

USN-4353-2: Firefox regression firefox regression A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Ubuntu 19.10 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary USN-4353-1 caused a regression in Firefox. Software Description firefox – Mozilla Open Source web browser Details USN-4353-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update caused a regression that impaired the functionality of some addons. 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, bypass security restrictions, spoof the URL bar, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-6831, CVE-2020-12387, CVE-2020-12390, CVE-2020-12391, CVE-2020-12394, CVE-2020-12395, CVE-2020-12396) It was discovered that the Devtools’ ‘Copy as cURL’ feature did not properly HTTP POST data of [ more… ]

USN-4354-1: Mailman vulnerability mailman vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary Mailman could be made to inject arbitrary content in the login page if it received a specially crafted input. Software Description mailman – Web-based mailing list manager (legacy branch) Details It was discovered that Mailman incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to inject arbitrary content in the login page. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS mailman – 1:2.1.26-1ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS mailman – 1:2.1.20-1ubuntu0.5 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References CVE-2020-12108 Source: USN-4354-1: Mailman vulnerability

USN-4353-1: Firefox vulnerabilities firefox vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Ubuntu 19.10 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary Firefox could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a malicious website. Software Description firefox – Mozilla Open Source web browser 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, bypass security restrictions, spoof the URL bar, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-6831, CVE-2020-12387, CVE-2020-12390, CVE-2020-12391, CVE-2020-12394, CVE-2020-12395, CVE-2020-12396) It was discovered that the Devtools’ ‘Copy as cURL’ feature did not properly HTTP POST data of a request. If a user were tricked in to using the ‘Copy as cURL’ feature to copy and [ more… ]

USN-4352-2: OpenLDAP vulnerability openldap vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 14.04 ESM Ubuntu 12.04 ESM Summary OpenLDAP could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic. Software Description openldap – Lightweight Directory Access Protocol Details USN-4352-1 fixed a vulnerability in OpenLDAP. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that OpenLDAP incorrectly handled certain queries. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause OpenLDAP to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 ESM slapd – 2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.5+esm2 Ubuntu 12.04 ESM slapd – 2.4.28-1.1ubuntu4.10 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. In general, a standard system update [ more… ]