Category Archives: Advisories

USN-5699-1: GNU C Library vulnerabilities

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Jan Engelhardt, Tavis Ormandy, and others discovered that the GNU C Library
iconv feature incorrectly handled certain input sequences. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause the GNU C Library to hang or crash,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2021-3326)

It was discovered that the GNU C Library nscd daemon incorrectly handled
certain netgroup lookups. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause the GNU C Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2021-35942)

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USN-5698-2: Open vSwitch vulnerability

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USN-5698-1 fixed a vulnerability in Open. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Open vSwitch incorrectly handled comparison of
certain minimasks. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Open
vSwitch to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code.

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php-8.0.25-1.fc35

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FEDORA-2022-f2a5082860

Packages in this update:

php-8.0.25-1.fc35

Update description:

PHP version 8.0.25 (27 Oct 2022)

GD:

Fixed bug php#81739: OOB read due to insufficient input validation in imageloadfont(). (CVE-2022-31630) (cmb)

Hash:

Fixed bug php#81738: buffer overflow in hash_update() on long parameter. (CVE-2022-37454) (nicky at mouha dot be)

Session:

Fixed bug GH-9583 (session_create_id() fails with user defined save handler that doesn’t have a validateId() method). (Girgias)

Streams:

Fixed bug GH-9590 (stream_select does not abort upon exception or empty valid fd set). (Arnaud)

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