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Advisories

Critical Patches Issued for Microsoft Products, November 8, 2022

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Microsoft products, the most severe of which could allow for remote code execution in the context of the logged on user. Depending on the privileges associated with the user, an attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than those who operate with administrative user rights.

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USN-5717-1: PHP vulnerabilities

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It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain gzip files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2022-31628)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain cookies.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to compromise the data
(CVE-2022-31629)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain image fonts.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.10, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
(CVE-2022-31630)

Nicky Mouha discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain SHA-3 operations.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash
or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 22.10, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-37454)

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Multiple Vulnerabilities in Google Android OS Could Allow for Privilege Escalation

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Google Android OS, the most severe of which could allow for privilege escalation. Android is an operating system developed by Google for mobile devices, including, but not limited to, smartphones, tablets, and watches. Successful exploitation of the most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow for privilege escalation. Depending on the privileges associated with the exploited component, an attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full rights.

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USN-5714-1: LibTIFF vulnerabilities

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It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain memory operations
when using tiffcrop. An attacker could trick a user into processing a specially
crafted tiff image file and potentially use this issue to cause a denial of
service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2022-2519, CVE-2022-2520,
CVE-2022-2521, CVE-2022-2953)

It was discovered that LibTIFF did not properly perform bounds checking in
certain operations when using tiffcrop. An attacker could trick a user into
processing a specially crafted tiff image file and potentially use this issue
to allow for information disclosure or to cause the application to crash. This
issue only affected to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
(CVE-2022-2867, CVE-2022-2868, CVE-2022-2869)

It was discovered that LibTIFF did not properly perform bounds checking in
certain operations when using tiffsplit. An attacker could trick a user into
processing a specially crafted tiff image file and potentially use this issue
to allow for information disclosure or to cause the application to crash. This
issue only affected to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-34526)

Chintan Shah discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled memory in certain
conditions when using tiffcrop. An attacker could trick a user into processing
a specially crafted image file and potentially use this issue to allow for
information disclosure or to cause the application to crash. This issue only
affected to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04
LTS and Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2022-3570)

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled memory in certain conditions
when using tiffcrop. An attacker could trick a user into processing a specially
crafted tiff file and potentially use this issue to cause a denial of service.
This issue only affected to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04
LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2022-3598)

It was discovered that LibTIFF did not properly perform bounds checking in
certain operations when using tiffcrop. An attacker could trick a user into
processing a specially crafted tiff image file and potentially use this issue
to allow for information disclosure or to cause the application to crash.
(CVE-2022-3599)

It was discovered that LibTIFF did not properly perform bounds checking in
certain operations when using tiffcrop. An attacker could trick a user into
processing a specially crafted tiff image file and potentially use this issue
to allow for information disclosure or to cause the application to crash. This
issue only affected to Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2022-3626, CVE-2022-3627)

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