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USN-3605-1: Sharutils vulnerability sharutils vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 17.10 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary Sharutils could be made to execute arbitrary code if it opened a specially crafted file. Software Description sharutils – shar, unshar, uuencode, uudecode Details It was discovered that Sharutils incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 17.10 sharutils – 1:4.15.2-2ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS sharutils – 1:4.15.2-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS sharutils – 1:4.14-1ubuntu1.1 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-2018-1000097 Source: USN-3605-1: Sharutils vulnerability

USN-3604-1: libvorbis vulnerability libvorbis vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 17.10 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary libvorbis could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file. Software Description libvorbis – The Vorbis General Audio Compression Codec Details Richard Zhu discovered that libvorbis incorrectly handled certain sound files. An attacker could use this to cause libvorbis to crash, resulting in a denial or service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 17.10 libvorbis0a – 1.3.5-4ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS libvorbis0a – 1.3.5-3ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS libvorbis0a – 1.3.2-1.3ubuntu1.2 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. After a standard system upgrade you need to restart any applications that [ more… ]

USN-3603-2: Paramiko vulnerability paramiko vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 12.04 ESM Summary Paramiko could be made to run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic. Software Description paramiko – Make ssh v2 connections with Python Details USN-3603-1 fixed a vulnerability in Paramiko. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Matthijs Kooijman discovered that Paramiko’s SSH server implementation did not properly require authentication before processing requests. An unauthenticated remote attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.04 ESM python-paramiko – 1.7.7.1-2ubuntu1.1 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. After a standard system update you need to restart any applications using Paramiko’s server implementation to make [ more… ]

USN-3603-1: Paramiko vulnerability paramiko vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 17.10 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary Paramiko could be made to run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic. Software Description paramiko – Python SSH2 library Details Matthijs Kooijman discovered that Paramiko’s SSH server implementation did not properly require authentication before processing requests. An unauthenticated remote attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 17.10 python-paramiko – 2.0.0-1ubuntu0.1 python3-paramiko – 2.0.0-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS python-paramiko – 1.16.0-1ubuntu0.1 python3-paramiko – 1.16.0-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS python-paramiko – 1.10.1-1git1ubuntu0.1 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. After a standard system update you need to restart any applications using Paramiko’s server implementation to make [ more… ]

USN-3602-1: LibTIFF vulnerabilities tiff vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary LibTIFF could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file. Software Description tiff – Tag Image File Format (TIFF) library Details It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain malformed images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS libtiff-tools – 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.3 libtiff5 – 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.3 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS libtiff-tools – 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.8 libtiff5 – 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.8 To update your system, please follow these instructions: [ more… ]