Category Archives: Advisories

Advisories

USN-6659-1: libde265 vulnerabilities

Read Time:49 Second

It was discovered that libde265 could be made to write out of bounds. If a
user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-43244, CVE-2022-43249,
CVE-2022-43250, CVE-2022-47665, CVE-2023-25221)

It was discovered that libde265 could be made to read out of bounds. If a
user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service. (CVE-2022-43245)

It was discovered that libde265 could be made to dereference invalid
memory. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially
crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service. (CVE-2023-24751, CVE-2023-24752, CVE-2023-24754,
CVE-2023-24755, CVE-2023-24756, CVE-2023-24757, CVE-2023-24758)

Read More

Advisories

USN-6657-1: Dnsmasq vulnerabilities

Read Time:32 Second

Elias Heftrig, Haya Schulmann, Niklas Vogel, and Michael Waidner discovered
that Dnsmasq icorrectly handled validating DNSSEC messages. A remote
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Dnsmasq to consume
resources, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2023-50387)

It was discovered that Dnsmasq incorrectly handled preparing an NSEC3
closest encloser proof. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause Dnsmasq to consume resources, leading to a denial of service.
(CVE-2023-50868)

It was discovered that Dnsmasq incorrectly set the maximum EDNS.0 UDP
packet size as required by DNS Flag Day 2020. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 23.10. (CVE-2023-28450)

Read More

Advisories

USN-6656-1: PostgreSQL vulnerability

Read Time:13 Second

It was discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled dropping privileges
when handling REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW CONCURRENTLY commands. If a user or
automatic system were tricked into running a specially crafted command, a
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary SQL
functions.

Read More

Advisories

USN-6655-1: GNU binutils vulnerabilities

Read Time:38 Second

It was discovered that GNU binutils was not properly handling the logic
behind certain memory management related operations, which could lead to
an invalid memory access. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-47695)

It was discovered that GNU binutils was not properly performing bounds
checks when dealing with memory allocation operations, which could lead
to excessive memory consumption. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-48063)

It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled memory management
operations in several of its functions, which could lead to excessive
memory consumption due to memory leaks. An attacker could possibly use
these issues to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-48065)

Read More