Ubuntu Security Advisories

Harry Sintonen discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain cookies. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 21.10, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-32205) Harry Sintonen discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain HTTP compressions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-32206) Harry Sintonen incorrectly handled certain file permissions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 21.10, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-32207) Harry Sintonen discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain FTP-KRB messages. An attacker could possibly use this to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack. (CVE-2022-32208)

It was discovered that SpiderMonkey JavaScript Library incorrectly generated certain assembly code. An remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-28285) It was discovered that SpiderMonkey JavaScript Library incorrectly generated certain assembly code. An remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash. (CVE-2022-31740)

It was discovered that the 8 Devices USB2CAN interface implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle certain error conditions, leading to a double-free. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).

It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory when opening and searching the contents of certain files. If an attacker could trick a user into opening a specially crafted file, it could cause Vim to crash.

USN-5487-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Apache HTTP Server. Unfortunately it caused regressions. USN-5487-2 reverted the patches that caused the regression in Ubuntu 14.04 ESM for further investigation. This update re-adds the security fixes for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and fixes two different regressions: one affecting mod_proxy only in Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and another in mod_sed affecting also Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Apache HTTP Server mod_proxy_ajp incorrectly handled certain crafted request. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform an HTTP Request Smuggling attack. (CVE-2022-26377) It was discovered that Apache HTTP Server incorrectly handled certain request. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-28614) It was discovered that Apache HTTP Server incorrectly handled certain request. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-28615) It was discovered that Apache HTTP Server incorrectly handled certain request. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-29404) It was discovered that Apache HTTP Server incorrectly handled certain request. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash. (CVE-2022-30522) It was discovered that Apache HTTP Server incorrectly handled certain request. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or cause a crash. (CVE-2022-30556) It was discovered that Apache HTTP Server incorrectly handled certain request. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass IP based authentication. (CVE-2022-31813)

USN-5487-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Apache. Unfortunately, that update introduced a regression when proxying balancer manager connections in some configurations on Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. This update reverts those changes till further fix. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Apache HTTP Server mod_proxy_ajp incorrectly handled certain crafted request. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform an HTTP Request Smuggling attack. (CVE-2022-26377) It was discovered that Apache HTTP Server incorrectly handled certain request. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-28614) It was discovered that Apache HTTP Server incorrectly handled certain request. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-28615) It was discovered that Apache HTTP Server incorrectly handled certain request. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-29404) It was discovered that Apache HTTP Server incorrectly handled certain request. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash. (CVE-2022-30522) It was discovered that Apache HTTP Server incorrectly handled certain request. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or cause a crash. (CVE-2022-30556) It was discovered that Apache HTTP Server incorrectly handled certain request. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass IP based authentication. (CVE-2022-31813)

Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled the Gopher protocol. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

It was discovered that Protocol Buffers did not properly parse certain symbols. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact.

Alexander Bulekov discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled floppy disk emulation. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly leak sensitive information. (CVE-2021-3507) It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled NVME controller emulation. An attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-3929) It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled QXL display device emulation. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-4206, CVE-2021-4207) Jietao Xiao, Jinku Li, Wenbo Shen, and Nanzi Yang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the virtiofsd shared file system daemon. An attacker inside the guest could use this issue to create files with incorrect ownership, possibly leading to privilege escalation. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-0358) It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled virtio-net devices. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-26353) It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled vhost-vsock devices. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-26354)

Chancen and Daniel Fiala discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled the c_rehash script. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands when c_rehash is run.

It was discovered that Apache HTTP Server mod_proxy_ajp incorrectly handled certain crafted request. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform an HTTP Request Smuggling attack. (CVE-2022-26377) It was discovered that Apache HTTP Server incorrectly handled certain request. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-28614) It was discovered that Apache HTTP Server incorrectly handled certain request. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-28615) It was discovered that Apache HTTP Server incorrectly handled certain request. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-29404) It was discovered that Apache HTTP Server incorrectly handled certain request. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash. (CVE-2022-30522) It was discovered that Apache HTTP Server incorrectly handled certain request. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or cause a crash. (CVE-2022-30556) It was discovered that Apache HTTP Server incorrectly handled certain request. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass IP based authentication. (CVE-2022-31813)

It was discovered that some Intel processors did not implement sufficient control flow management. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2021-0127) Joseph Nuzman discovered that some Intel processors did not properly initialise shared resources. A local attacker could use this to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2021-0145) Mark Ermolov, Dmitry Sklyarov and Maxim Goryachy discovered that some Intel processors did not prevent test and debug logic from being activated at runtime. A local attacker could use this to escalate privileges. (CVE-2021-0146) It was discovered that some Intel processors did not properly restrict access in some situations. A local attacker could use this to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2021-33117) Brandon Miller discovered that some Intel processors did not properly restrict access in some situations. A local attacker could use this to obtain sensitive information or a remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2021-33120) It was discovered that some Intel processors did not completely perform cleanup actions on multi-core shared buffers. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-21123, CVE-2022-21127) Alysa Milburn, Jason Brandt, Avishai Redelman and Nir Lavi discovered that some Intel processors improperly optimised security-critical code. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-21151) It was discovered that some Intel processors did not properly perform cleanup during specific special register write operations. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-21166)

It was discovered that some Intel processors did not completely perform cleanup actions on multi-core shared buffers. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-21123) It was discovered that some Intel processors did not completely perform cleanup actions on microarchitectural fill buffers. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-21125) It was discovered that some Intel processors did not properly perform cleanup during specific special register write operations. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-21166)

It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly restrict access to the kernel debugger when booted in secure boot environments. A privileged attacker could use this to bypass UEFI Secure Boot restrictions. (CVE-2022-21499) It was discovered that a race condition existed in the network scheduling subsystem of the Linux kernel, leading to 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-2021-39713) It was discovered that some Intel processors did not completely perform cleanup actions on multi-core shared buffers. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-21123) It was discovered that some Intel processors did not completely perform cleanup actions on microarchitectural fill buffers. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-21125) It was discovered that some Intel processors did not properly perform cleanup during specific special register write operations. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-21166)

It was discovered that SPIP incorrectly validated inputs. An authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-28984) Charles Fol and Théo Gordyjan discovered that SPIP is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS). If a user were tricked into browsing a malicious SVG file, an attacker could possibly exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue was only fixed in Ubuntu 21.10. (CVE-2021-44118, CVE-2021-44120, CVE-2021-44122, CVE-2021-44123) It was discovered that SPIP incorrectly handled certain forms. A remote authenticated editor could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code, and a remote unauthenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2022-26846, CVE-2022-26847)

It was discovered that Exempi incorrectly handled certain media files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could cause Exempi to stop responding or crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Aaron Adams discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle the removal of stateful expressions in some situations, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code.(CVE-2022-1966) Ziming Zhang discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly validate sets with multiple ranged fields. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.(CVE-2022-1972)

It was discovered that BlueZ incorrectly validated certain capabilities and lengths when handling the A2DP profile. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause BlueZ to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Charles Fol discovered that PHP incorrectly handled initializing certain arrays when handling the pg_query_params function. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-31625) Charles Fol discovered that PHP incorrectly handled passwords in mysqlnd. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-31626)

Christian Moch and Michael Gruhn discovered that the libblkid library of util-linux did not properly manage memory under certain circumstances. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause denial of service by consuming all memory through a specially crafted MSDOS partition table.