USN-7015-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Python. This update provides
one of the corresponding updates for python2.7 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and a second for
python3.5 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Python allowed excessive backtracking while
parsing certain tarfile headers. A remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause Python to consume resources, leading to a denial
of service. This issue only affected python3.5 for
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (CVE-2024-6232)

It was discovered that the Python http.cookies module incorrectly
handled parsing cookies that contained backslashes for quoted
characters. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
Python to consume resources, leading to a denial of service.
(CVE-2024-7592)

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It was discovered that Emacs incorrectly handled input sanitization. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04
LTS. (CVE-2022-45939)

Xi Lu discovered that Emacs incorrectly handled input sanitization. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-48337)

Xi Lu discovered that Emacs incorrectly handled input sanitization. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-48338)

Xi Lu discovered that Emacs incorrectly handled input sanitization. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04
LTS. (CVE-2022-48339)

It was discovered that Emacs incorrectly handled filename sanitization. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04
LTS. (CVE-2023-28617)

It was discovered that Emacs incorrectly handled certain crafted files. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to crash the program, resulting in
a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu
18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-30203,
CVE-2024-30204, CVE-2024-30205)

It was discovered that Emacs incorrectly handled certain crafted files. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands.
(CVE-2024-39331)

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It was discovered that tgt attempts to achieve entropy
by calling rand without srand. The PRNG seed is always 1,
and thus the sequence of challenges is always identical.

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FEDORA-2024-1b3089c689

Packages in this update:

helix-24.07-2.fc42
rust-cargo-0.79.0-4.fc42
rust-cargo-deny-0.14.24-3.fc42
rust-dua-cli-2.29.2-1.fc42
rust-gix-0.66.0-1.fc42
rust-gix-actor-0.32.0-1.fc42
rust-gix-archive-0.15.0-1.fc42
rust-gix-attributes-0.22.5-1.fc42
rust-gix-command-0.3.9-1.fc42
rust-gix-commitgraph-0.24.3-1.fc42
rust-gix-config-0.40.0-1.fc42
rust-gix-config-value-0.14.8-1.fc42
rust-gix-credentials-0.24.5-1.fc42
rust-gix-date-0.9.0-1.fc42
rust-gix-diff-0.46.0-1.fc42
rust-gix-dir-0.8.0-1.fc42
rust-gix-discover-0.35.0-1.fc42
rust-gix-features-0.38.2-3.fc42
rust-gix-filter-0.13.0-1.fc42
rust-gix-fs-0.11.3-1.fc42
rust-gix-glob-0.16.5-1.fc42
rust-gix-ignore-0.11.4-1.fc42
rust-gix-index-0.35.0-1.fc42
rust-gix-mailmap-0.24.0-1.fc42
rust-gix-negotiate-0.15.0-1.fc42
rust-gix-object-0.44.0-1.fc42
rust-gix-odb-0.63.0-1.fc42
rust-gix-pack-0.53.0-1.fc42
rust-gix-packetline-0.17.6-1.fc42
rust-gix-packetline-blocking-0.17.5-1.fc42
rust-gix-path-0.10.11-1.fc42
rust-gix-pathspec-0.7.7-1.fc42
rust-gix-prompt-0.8.7-1.fc42
rust-gix-protocol-0.45.3-1.fc42
rust-gix-ref-0.47.0-1.fc42
rust-gix-refspec-0.25.0-1.fc42
rust-gix-revision-0.29.0-1.fc42
rust-gix-revwalk-0.15.0-1.fc42
rust-gix-sec-0.10.8-1.fc42
rust-gix-status-0.13.0-1.fc42
rust-gix-submodule-0.14.0-1.fc42
rust-gix-tempfile-14.0.2-1.fc42
rust-gix-trace-0.1.10-1.fc42
rust-gix-transport-0.42.3-1.fc42
rust-gix-traverse-0.41.0-1.fc42
rust-gix-url-0.27.5-1.fc42
rust-gix-validate-0.9.0-1.fc42
rust-gix-worktree-0.36.0-1.fc42
rust-gix-worktree-state-0.13.0-1.fc42
rust-gix-worktree-stream-0.15.0-1.fc42
rust-onefetch-2.21.0-4.fc42
rust-prodash-29.0.0-1.fc42
rust-rustsec-0.29.3-3.fc42
rust-tame-index-0.12.0-3.fc42
rust-vergen-8.3.1-4.fc42
stgit-2.4.12-1.fc42

Update description:

Update gix to version 0.66

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It was discovered that LibreOffice would incorrectly handle digital
signature verification after repairing a corrupted document. A remote
attacker could possibly use this issue to forge valid signatures.

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FEDORA-2024-01501ccce2

Packages in this update:

webkitgtk-2.46.0-1.fc39

Update description:

Use Skia instead of cairo for 2D rendering and enable GPU rendering by default.
Enable offscreen canvas by default.
Add support for system tracing with Sysprof.
Implement printing using the Print portal.
Add new API to load settings from a config file.
Add a new setting to enable or disable the 2D canvas acceleration (enabled by default).
Undeprecate console messages API and make it available in 6.0 API.

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FEDORA-2024-b85d941d78

Packages in this update:

chromium-129.0.6668.58-1.fc41

Update description:

update to 129.0.6668.58

High CVE-2024-8904: Type Confusion in V8
Medium CVE-2024-8905: Inappropriate implementation in V8
Medium CVE-2024-8906: Incorrect security UI in Downloads
Medium CVE-2024-8907: Insufficient data validation in Omnibox
Low CVE-2024-8908: Inappropriate implementation in Autofill
Low CVE-2024-8909: Inappropriate implementation in UI

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FEDORA-EPEL-2024-2cc55c9f93

Packages in this update:

chromium-129.0.6668.58-1.el8

Update description:

update to 129.0.6668.58

High CVE-2024-8904: Type Confusion in V8
Medium CVE-2024-8905: Inappropriate implementation in V8
Medium CVE-2024-8906: Incorrect security UI in Downloads
Medium CVE-2024-8907: Insufficient data validation in Omnibox
Low CVE-2024-8908: Inappropriate implementation in Autofill
Low CVE-2024-8909: Inappropriate implementation in UI

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Maxime Escourbiac and Yassine Bengana discovered that Git incorrectly
handled some gettext machinery. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to allows the malicious placement of crafted messages. This issue was fixed
in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-25815)

It was discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain submodules.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
This issue was fixed in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-32002)

It was discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain cloned repositories.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This
issue was fixed in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-32004, CVE-2024-32465)

It was discovered that Git incorrectly handled local clones with hardlinked
files/directories. An attacker could possibly use this issue to place a
specialized repository on their target’s local system. This issue was fixed
in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-32020)

It was discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain symlinks. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to impact availability and
integrity creating hardlinked arbitrary files into users repository’s
objects/directory. This issue was fixed in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
(CVE-2024-32021)

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Posted by Andrey Stoykov on Sep 18

# Exploit Title: Stored XSS in “Edit Profile” – htmlyv2.9.9
# Date: 9/2024
# Exploit Author: Andrey Stoykov
# Version: 2.9.9
# Tested on: Ubuntu 22.04
# Blog:
https://msecureltd.blogspot.com/2024/09/friday-fun-pentest-series-11-stored-xss.html

Stored XSS #1:

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Login as author
2. Browse to “Edit Profile”
3. In “Content” field add payload “><img src=x onerror=alert(1)>
4. Then…

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