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@bosh-admin-bot bosh-admin-bot released this 20 Sep 21:37
· 78 commits to ubuntu-jammy since this release

Metadata:

BOSH Agent Version: 2.688.0
Kernel Version: 5.15.0.122.122

USNs:

Title: USN-6993-1: Vim vulnerabilities
URL: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6993-1
Priorities: medium
Description:
It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory when closing a
window, leading to a double-free vulnerability. If a user was tricked
into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could crash the
application, leading to a denial of service, or possibly achieve code
execution with user privileges. (CVE-2024-41957)

It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory when adding a new
file to an argument list, leading to a use-after-free. If a user was
tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could crash
the application, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2024-43374)
CVEs:

Title: USN-6995-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
URL: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6995-1
Priorities: medium
Description:
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-2024-7521, CVE-2024-7526,
CVE-2024-7527, CVE-2024-7529, CVE-2024-8382)

It was discovered that Thunderbird did not properly manage certain memory
operations when processing graphics shared memory. An attacker could
potentially exploit this issue to escape the sandbox. (CVE-2024-7519)

Irvan Kurniawan discovered that Thunderbird did not properly check an
attribute value in the editor component, leading to an out-of-bounds read
vulnerability. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service or expose sensitive information. (CVE-2024-7522)

Rob Wu discovered that Thunderbird did not properly check permissions when
creating a StreamFilter. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
modify response body of requests on any site using a web extension.
(CVE-2024-7525)

Nils Bars discovered that Thunderbird contained a type confusion
vulnerability when performing certain property name lookups. An attacker
could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service, or
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-8381)

It was discovered that Thunderbird did not properly manage memory during
garbage collection. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to
cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-8384)
CVEs:

Title: USN-6997-1: LibTIFF vulnerability
URL: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6997-1
Priorities: medium
Description:
It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled memory. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause the application to crash, resulting
in a denial of service.
CVEs:

Title: USN-7000-2: Expat vulnerabilities
URL: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7000-2
Priorities: critical
Description:
USN-7000-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Expat. This update
provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

Shang-Hung Wan discovered that Expat did not properly handle certain
function calls when a negative input length was provided. An attacker
could use this issue to cause a denial of service or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-45490)

Shang-Hung Wan discovered that Expat did not properly handle the
potential for an integer overflow on 32-bit platforms. An attacker
could use this issue to cause a denial of service or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-45491, CVE-2024-45492)
CVEs:

Title: USN-7007-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
URL: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7007-1
Priorities: medium,unknown,high,low,critical
Description:
Chenyuan Yang discovered that the CEC driver driver in the Linux kernel
contained a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this
to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary
code. (CVE-2024-23848)

Chenyuan Yang discovered that the USB Gadget subsystem in the Linux kernel
did not properly check for the device to be enabled before writing. A local
attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2024-25741)

It was discovered that the JFS file system contained an out-of-bounds read
vulnerability when printing xattr debug information. A local attacker could
use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2024-40902)

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:

Title: USN-7008-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
URL: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7008-1
Priorities: medium,unknown,high
Description:
Chenyuan Yang discovered that the CEC driver driver in the Linux kernel
contained a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this
to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary
code. (CVE-2024-23848)

It was discovered that the JFS file system contained an out-of-bounds read
vulnerability when printing xattr debug information. A local attacker could
use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2024-40902)

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:

Title: USN-7010-1: DCMTK vulnerabilities
URL: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7010-1
Priorities: high,medium,unknown
Description:
Jinsheng Ba discovered that DCMTK incorrectly handled certain requests. If
a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a certain specially
crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
(CVE-2021-41687, CVE-2021-41688, CVE-2021-41689, CVE-2021-41690)

Sharon Brizinov and Noam Moshe discovered that DCMTK incorrectly handled
pointers. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a
certain specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-2121)

It was discovered that DCMTK incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a
user or an automated system were tricked into opening a certain specially
crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
(CVE-2022-43272)

It was discovered that DCMTK incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a
user or an automated system were tricked into opening a certain specially
crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
execute arbitrary code. This issue was only addressed in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-28130)

It was discovered that DCMTK incorrectly handled memory when processing an
invalid incoming DIMSE message. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-34508, CVE-2024-34509)
CVEs:

Title: USN-7011-1: ClamAV vulnerabilities
URL: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7011-1
Priorities: high,medium
Description:
It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled certain PDF files. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2024-20505)

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled logfile privileges. A
local attacker could use this issue to cause ClamAV to overwrite arbitrary
files, possibly leading to privilege escalation. (CVE-2024-20506)
CVEs:

Title: USN-7014-1: nginx vulnerability
URL: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7014-1
Priorities: medium
Description:
It was discovered that the nginx ngx_http_mp4 module incorrectly handled
certain malformed mp4 files. In environments where the mp4 directive is in
use, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause nginx to
crash, resulting in a denial of service.
CVEs:

Title: USN-7015-1: Python vulnerabilities
URL: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7015-1
Priorities: medium,high,unknown
Description:
It was discovered that the Python email module incorrectly parsed email
addresses that contain special characters. A remote attacker could possibly
use this issue to bypass certain protection mechanisms. (CVE-2023-27043)

It was discovered that Python allowed excessive backtracking while parsing
certain tarfile headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause Python to consume resources, leading to a denial of service.
(CVE-2024-6232)

It was discovered that the Python email module incorrectly quoted newlines
for email headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
perform header injection. (CVE-2024-6923)

It was discovered that the Python http.cookies module incorrectly handled
parsing cookies that contained backslashes for quoted characters. A remote
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Python to consume
resources, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2024-7592)

It was discovered that the Python zipfile module incorrectly handled
certain malformed zip files. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause Python to stop responding, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2024-8088)
CVEs:

Title: USN-7016-1: FRR vulnerability
URL: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7016-1
Priorities: high
Description:
Iggy Frankovic discovered that FRR incorrectly handled certain BGP
messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause FRR to
crash, resulting in a denial of service.
CVEs:

Title: USN-7019-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
URL: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7019-1
Priorities: medium,unknown,high,low,critical
Description:
Ziming Zhang discovered that the DRM driver for VMware Virtual GPU did not
properly handle certain error conditions, leading to a NULL pointer
dereference. A local attacker could possibly trigger this vulnerability to
cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-38096)

Gui-Dong Han discovered that the software RAID driver in the Linux kernel
contained a race condition, leading to an integer overflow vulnerability. A
privileged attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service
(system crash). (CVE-2024-23307)

Chenyuan Yang discovered that the CEC driver driver in the Linux kernel
contained a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this
to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary
code. (CVE-2024-23848)

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Bluetooth subsystem
in the Linux kernel when modifying certain settings values through debugfs.
A privileged local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2024-24857, CVE-2024-24858, CVE-2024-24859)

Bai Jiaju discovered that the Xceive XC4000 silicon tuner device driver in
the Linux kernel contained a race condition, leading to an integer overflow
vulnerability. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of
service (system crash). (CVE-2024-24861)

Chenyuan Yang discovered that the Unsorted Block Images (UBI) flash device
volume management subsystem did not properly validate logical eraseblock
sizes in certain situations. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a
denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2024-25739)

Chenyuan Yang discovered that the USB Gadget subsystem in the Linux kernel
did not properly check for the device to be enabled before writing. A local
attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2024-25741)

Benedict Schlüter, Supraja Sridhara, Andrin Bertschi, and Shweta Shinde
discovered that an untrusted hypervisor could inject malicious #VC
interrupts and compromise the security guarantees of AMD SEV-SNP. This flaw
is known as WeSee. A local attacker in control of the hypervisor could use
this to expose sensitive information or possibly execute arbitrary code in
the trusted execution environment. (CVE-2024-25742)

It was discovered that the JFS file system contained an out-of-bounds read
vulnerability when printing xattr debug information. A local attacker could
use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2024-40902)

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:

Title: USN-7020-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
URL: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7020-1
Priorities: medium,critical,high
Description:
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:

Full Changelog: ubuntu-jammy/v1.555...ubuntu-jammy/v1.572