Ubuntu Secutity Notices

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, trick a user into accepting unwanted permissions, conduct header splitting attacks, conduct spoofing attacks, bypass security restrictions, confuse the user, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-4129, CVE-2021-4140, CVE-2021-29981, CVE-2021-29982, CVE-2021-29987, CVE-2021-29991, CVE-2021-38495, CVE-2021-38496, CVE-2021-38497, CVE-2021-38498, CVE-2021-38500, CVE-2021-38501, CVE-2021-38503, CVE-2021-38504, CVE-2021-38506, CVE-2021-38507, CVE-2021-38508, CVE-2021-38509, CVE-2021-43534, CVE-2021-43535, CVE-2021-43536, CVE-2021-43537, CVE-2021-43538, CVE-2021-43539, CVE-2021-43541, CVE-2021-43542, CVE-2021-43543, CVE-2021-43545, CVE-2021-43656, CVE-2022-22737, CVE-2022-22738, CVE-2022-22739, CVE-2022-22740, CVE-2022-22741, CVE-2022-22742, CVE-2022-22743, CVE-2022-22745, CVE-2022-22747, CVE-2022-22748, CVE-2022-22751) It was discovered that Thunderbird ignored the configuration to require STARTTLS for an SMTP connection. A person-in-the-middle could potentially exploit this to perform a downgrade attack in order to intercept messages or take control of a session. (CVE-2021-38502) It was discovered that JavaScript was unexpectedly enabled in the composition area. An attacker could potentially exploit this in combination with another vulnerability, with unspecified impacts. (CVE-2021-43528) A buffer overflow was discovered in the Matrix chat library bundled with Thunderbird. An attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-44538) It was discovered that Thunderbird's OpenPGP integration only considered the inner signed message when checking signature validity in a message that contains an additional outer MIME layer. An attacker could potentially exploit this to trick the user into thinking that a message has a valid signature. (CVE-2021-4126)

It was discovered that USBView allowed unprivileged users to run usbview as root. A local attacker could use this vulnerability to gain administrative privileges or cause a denial of service.

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, conduct spoofing attacks, bypass security restrictions, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-4129, CVE-2021-4140, CVE-2021-43536, CVE-2021-43537, CVE-2021-43538, CVE-2021-43539, CVE-2021-43541, CVE-2021-43542, CVE-2021-43543, CVE-2021-43545, CVE-2021-43656, CVE-2022-22737, CVE-2022-22738, CVE-2022-22739, CVE-2022-22740, CVE-2022-22741, CVE-2022-22742, CVE-2022-22743, CVE-2022-22745, CVE-2022-22747, CVE-2022-22748, CVE-2022-22751) It was discovered that JavaScript was unexpectedly enabled in the composition area. An attacker could potentially exploit this in combination with another vulnerability, with unspecified impacts. (CVE-2021-43528) A buffer overflow was discovered in the Matrix chat library bundled with Thunderbird. An attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-44538) It was discovered that Thunderbird's OpenPGP integration only considered the inner signed message when checking signature validity in a message that contains an additional outer MIME layer. An attacker could potentially exploit this to trick the user into thinking that a message has a valid signature. (CVE-2021-4126)

Daniel Onaca discovered that DBus contained a use-after-free vulnerability, caused by the incorrect handling of usernames sharing the same UID. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause DBus to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

USN-5243-1 fixed a vulnerability in aide. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: David Bouman discovered that AIDE incorrectly handled base64 operations. A local attacker could use this issue to cause AIDE to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

David Bouman discovered that AIDE incorrectly handled base64 operations. A local attacker could use this issue to cause AIDE to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

It was discovered that Open vSwitch incorrectly handled certain fragmented packets. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Open vSwitch to consume resources, leading to a denial of service.

USN-5021-1 fixed vulnerabilities in curl. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Harry Sintonen and Tomas Hoger discovered that curl incorrectly handled TELNET connections when the -t option was used on the command line. Uninitialized data possibly containing sensitive information could be sent to the remote server, contrary to expectations. (CVE-2021-22898, CVE-2021-22925)

William Liu and Jamie Hill-Daniel discovered that the file system context functionality in the Linux kernel contained an integer underflow vulnerability, leading to an out-of-bounds write. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code.(CVE-2022-0185)

It was discovered that QtSvg incorrectly handled certain malformed SVG images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted image file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause QtSvg to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

William Liu and Jamie Hill-Daniel discovered that the file system context functionality in the Linux kernel contained an integer underflow vulnerability, leading to an out-of-bounds write. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code.

USN-5233-1 fixed a vulnerability in ClamAV. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled memory when the CL_SCAN_GENERAL_COLLECT_METADATA scan option was enabled. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Sander Bos discovered that Byobu incorrectly handled certain Apport data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.

It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain HTML files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 21.04, and Ubuntu 21.10. (CVE-2021-41816) It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a regular expression denial of service. (CVE-2021-41817) It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain cookie names. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access or expose sensitive information. (CVE-2021-41819)

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled memory when the CL_SCAN_GENERAL_COLLECT_METADATA scan option was enabled. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

USN-5227-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Pillow. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain image files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could cause Pillow to hang, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2021-23437) It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain image files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue ony affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 21.04. (CVE-2021-34552) It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain image files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-22815) It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain image files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2022-22816) It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain image files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-22817)

Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, spoof the browser UI, bypass security restrictions, obtain sensitive information across domains, or execute arbitrary code.

USN-5224-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Ghostscript. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain PostScript files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Ghostscript to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain image files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could cause Pillow to hang, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2021-23437) It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain image files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue ony affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 21.04. (CVE-2021-34552) It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain image files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-22815) It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain image files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2022-22816) It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain image files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-22817)

It was discovered that systemd-tmpfiles employed uncontrolled recursion when removing deeply nested directory hierarchies. A local attacker could exploit this to cause systemd-tmpfiles to crash or have other unspecified impacts.