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USN-4134-1: IBus vulnerability ibus vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 19.04 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary IBus would allow local users to capture key strokes of other locally logged in users. Software Description ibus – Intelligent Input Bus – core Details Simon McVittie discovered that IBus did not enforce appropriate access controls on its private D-Bus socket. A local unprivileged user who discovers the IBus socket address of another user could exploit this to capture the key strokes of the other user. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 19.04 ibus – 1.5.19-1ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS ibus – 1.5.17-3ubuntu5.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ibus – 1.5.11-1ubuntu2.2 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. After a standard system update you need [ more… ]

USN-4133-1: Wireshark vulnerabilities Wireshark vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 19.04 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary Wireshark could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic or input files. Software Description wireshark – network traffic analyzer Details It was discovered that Wireshark improperly handled certain input. A remote or local attacker could cause Wireshark to crash by injecting malformed packets onto the wire or convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 19.04 libwireshark-data – 2.6.10-1~ubuntu19.04.0 libwireshark11 – 2.6.10-1~ubuntu19.04.0 libwiretap8 – 2.6.10-1~ubuntu19.04.0 libwscodecs2 – 2.6.10-1~ubuntu19.04.0 libwsutil9 – 2.6.10-1~ubuntu19.04.0 tshark – 2.6.10-1~ubuntu19.04.0 wireshark – 2.6.10-1~ubuntu19.04.0 wireshark-common – 2.6.10-1~ubuntu19.04.0 wireshark-gtk – 2.6.10-1~ubuntu19.04.0 wireshark-qt – 2.6.10-1~ubuntu19.04.0 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS libwireshark-data – 2.6.10-1~ubuntu18.04.0 libwireshark11 [ more… ]

USN-4129-2: curl vulnerability curl vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 14.04 ESM Ubuntu 12.04 ESM Summary curl could be made to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code if it incorrectly handled memory during TFTP transfers. Software Description curl – HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP client and client libraries Details USN-4129-1 fixed a vulnerability in curl. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Thomas Vegas discovered that curl incorrectly handled memory during TFTP transfers. A remote attacker could use this issue to crash curl, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 ESM curl – 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm3 libcurl3 – 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm3 libcurl3-gnutls – 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm3 libcurl3-nss – 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm3 [ more… ]

USN-4132-2: Expat vulnerability expat vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 14.04 ESM Ubuntu 12.04 ESM Summary Expat could be made to expose sensitive information if it received a specially crafted XML file. Software Description expat – XML parsing C library Details USN-4132-1 fixed a vulnerability in Expat. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Expat incorrectly handled certain XML files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 ESM lib64expat1 – 2.1.0-4ubuntu1.4+esm2 libexpat1 – 2.1.0-4ubuntu1.4+esm2 Ubuntu 12.04 ESM lib64expat1 – 2.0.1-7.2ubuntu1.7 libexpat1 – 2.0.1-7.2ubuntu1.7 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. In general, a standard system [ more… ]

USN-4132-1: Expat vulnerability expat vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 19.04 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary Expat could be made to expose sensitive information if it received a specially crafted XML file. Software Description expat – XML parsing C library Details It was discovered that Expat incorrectly handled certain XML files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 19.04 libexpat1 – 2.2.6-1ubuntu0.19.5 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS libexpat1 – 2.2.5-3ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS lib64expat1 – 2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5 libexpat1 – 2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5 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-2019-15903 Source: USN-4132-1: Expat vulnerability