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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6095-1

Ubuntu Security Notice 6095-1 - Jordy Zomer and Alexandra Sandulescu discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly implement speculative execution barriers in usercopy functions in certain situations. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. Xingyuan Mo discovered that the x86 KVM implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize some data structures. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information.

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CVE-2023-31584: GitHub - cu/silicon: Silicon Notes, a web-based personal knowledge base with few frills

GitHub repository cu/silicon commit a9ef36 was discovered to contain a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the User Input field.

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6093-1

Ubuntu Security Notice 6093-1 - It was discovered that the Traffic-Control Index implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly perform filter deactivation in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to gain elevated privileges. Please note that with the fix for this CVE, kernel support for the TCINDEX classifier has been removed. It was discovered that the Traffic-Control Index implementation in the Linux kernel contained a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5900-2

Ubuntu Security Notice 5900-2 - USN-5900-1 fixed vulnerabilities in tar. This update fixes it to Ubuntu 23.04. It was discovered that tar incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information or cause a crash.

CVE-2023-33250: KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in iopt_unmap_iova_range

The Linux kernel 6.3 has a use-after-free in iopt_unmap_iova_range in drivers/iommu/iommufd/io_pagetable.c.

CVE-2023-30775: Heap buffer overflow in extractContigSamples32bits, tiffcrop.c (#464) · Issues · libtiff / libtiff · GitLab

A vulnerability was found in the libtiff library. This security flaw causes a heap buffer overflow in extractContigSamples32bits, tiffcrop.c.

CVE-2023-30774: heap-buffer-overflow in tiffcrop (#463) · Issues · libtiff / libtiff · GitLab

A vulnerability was found in the libtiff library. This flaw causes a heap buffer overflow issue via the TIFFTAG_INKNAMES and TIFFTAG_NUMBEROFINKS values.

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6092-1

Ubuntu Security Notice 6092-1 - Jordy Zomer and Alexandra Sandulescu discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly implement speculative execution barriers in usercopy functions in certain situations. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. Xingyuan Mo discovered that the x86 KVM implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize some data structures. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information.

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6091-1

Ubuntu Security Notice 6091-1 - It was discovered that some AMD x86-64 processors with SMT enabled could speculatively execute instructions using a return address from a sibling thread. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information. Ziming Zhang discovered that the VMware Virtual GPU DRM driver in the Linux kernel contained an out-of-bounds write vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service.