Konni Campaign Deploys Advanced RAT With UAC Bypass Capabilities

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Fortinet researchers have detected a malicious Word document displaying Russian text

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USN-6500-1: Squid vulnerabilities

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Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled validating certain
SSL certificates. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 23.04, and Ubuntu 23.10. (CVE-2023-46724)

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. Gopher support has been disabled
in this update. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04
LTS, and Ubuntu 23.04. (CVE-2023-46728)

Keran Mu and Jianjun Chen discovered that Squid incorrectly handled the
chunked decoder. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform
HTTP request smuggling attacks. (CVE-2023-46846)

Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled HTTP Digest
Authentication. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-46847)

Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain FTP urls.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-46848)

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USN-6495-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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Yu Hao discovered that the UBI driver in the Linux kernel did not properly
check for MTD with zero erasesize during device attachment. A local
privileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system
crash). (CVE-2023-31085)

Manfred Rudigier discovered that the Intel(R) PCI-Express Gigabit (igb)
Ethernet driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate received
frames that are larger than the set MTU size, leading to a buffer overflow
vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service
(system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-45871)

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USN-6492-1: Mosquitto vulnerabilities

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Kathrin Kleinhammer discovered that Mosquitto incorrectly handled certain
inputs. If a user or an automated system were provided with a specially crafted
input, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-34431)

Zhanxiang Song discovered that Mosquitto incorrectly handled certain inputs. If
a user or an automated system were provided with a specially crafted input, a
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause an authorisation bypass.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 23.04. (CVE-2021-34434)

Zhanxiang Song, Bin Yuan, DeQing Zou, and Hai Jin discovered that Mosquitto
incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were
provided with a specially crafted input, a remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04
LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-41039)

Zhengjie Du discovered that Mosquitto incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a
user or an automated system were provided with a specially crafted input file,
a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2023-0809)

It was discovered that Mosquitto incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user
or an automated system were provided with a specially crafted input, a remote
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2023-3592)

Mischa Bachmann discovered that Mosquitto incorrectly handled certain inputs.
If a user or an automated system were provided with a specially crafted input,
a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
This issue was only fixed in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 23.04.
(CVE-2023-28366)

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USN-6497-1: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities

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Maxim Levitsky discovered that the KVM nested virtualization (SVM)
implementation for AMD processors in the Linux kernel did not properly
handle x2AVIC MSRs. An attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause a
denial of service (host kernel crash). (CVE-2023-5090)

Alon Zahavi discovered that the NVMe-oF/TCP subsystem in the Linux kernel
did not properly handle queue initialization failures in certain
situations, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A remote attacker
could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-5178)

Budimir Markovic discovered that the perf subsystem in the Linux kernel did
not properly handle events grouping, leading to an out-of-bounds write. A
local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash)
or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-5717)

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USN-6496-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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Ivan D Barrera, Christopher Bednarz, Mustafa Ismail, and Shiraz Saleem
discovered that the InfiniBand RDMA driver in the Linux kernel did not
properly check for zero-length STAG or MR registration. A remote attacker
could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-25775)

Yu Hao discovered that the UBI driver in the Linux kernel did not properly
check for MTD with zero erasesize during device attachment. A local
privileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system
crash). (CVE-2023-31085)

Manfred Rudigier discovered that the Intel(R) PCI-Express Gigabit (igb)
Ethernet driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate received
frames that are larger than the set MTU size, leading to a buffer overflow
vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service
(system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-45871)

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USN-6494-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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Yu Hao discovered that the UBI driver in the Linux kernel did not properly
check for MTD with zero erasesize during device attachment. A local
privileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system
crash). (CVE-2023-31085)

Lucas Leong discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did
not properly validate some attributes passed from userspace. A local
attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or
possibly expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2023-39189)

Sunjoo Park discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did
not properly validate u32 packets content, leading to an out-of-bounds read
vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service
(system crash) or possibly expose sensitive information. (CVE-2023-39192)

Lucas Leong discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did
not properly validate SCTP data, leading to an out-of-bounds read
vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service
(system crash) or possibly expose sensitive information. (CVE-2023-39193)

Lucas Leong discovered that the Netlink Transformation (XFRM) subsystem in
the Linux kernel did not properly handle state filters, leading to an out-
of-bounds read vulnerability. A privileged local attacker could use this to
cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly expose sensitive
information. (CVE-2023-39194)

Kyle Zeng discovered that the IPv4 implementation in the Linux kernel did
not properly handle socket buffers (skb) when performing IP routing in
certain circumstances, leading to a null pointer dereference vulnerability.
A privileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system
crash). (CVE-2023-42754)

It was discovered that the USB ENE card reader driver in the Linux kernel
did not properly allocate enough memory when processing the storage device
boot blocks. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2023-45862)

Manfred Rudigier discovered that the Intel(R) PCI-Express Gigabit (igb)
Ethernet driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate received
frames that are larger than the set MTU size, leading to a buffer overflow
vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service
(system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-45871)

Budimir Markovic discovered that the perf subsystem in the Linux kernel did
not properly handle events grouping, leading to an out-of-bounds write. A
local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash)
or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-5717)

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