Category Archives: Advisories

USN-7169-2: Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities

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Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
– Ext4 file system;
– Network traffic control;
– VMware vSockets driver;
(CVE-2024-49967, CVE-2024-53057, CVE-2024-50264)

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USN-7172-1: libvpx vulnerability

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It was discovered that libvpx did not properly handle certain malformed
media files. If an application using libvpx opened a specially crafted
file, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04
LTS, and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS were previously addressed in USN-6403-1,
USN-6403-2, and USN-6403-3. This update addresses the issue in Ubuntu 14.04
LTS.

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