Category Archives: Advisories

USN-7040-2: ConfigObj vulnerability

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USN-7040-1 fixed a vulnerability in ConfigObj. This update
provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that ConfigObj contains regex that is susceptible to
catastrophic backtracking. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a regular expression denial of service.

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USN-7014-3: nginx vulnerability

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USN-7014-1 fixed a vulnerability in nginx. This update
provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that the nginx ngx_http_mp4 module incorrectly handled
certain malformed mp4 files. In environments where the mp4 directive is in
use, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause nginx to
crash, resulting in a denial of service.

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USN-6968-3: PostgreSQL vulnerability

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USN-6968-1 fixed CVE-2024-7348 in PostgreSQL-12, PostgreSQL-14, and
PostgreSQL-16.

This update provides the corresponding updates for PostgreSQL-9.3 in
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and PostgreSQL-10 in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

Noah Misch discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled certain
SQL objects. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute
arbitrary SQL functions as the superuser.

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USN-7015-4: Python vulnerability

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USN-7015-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Python. This update provides the
corresponding update for CVE-2023-27043 for python2.7 and python3.5 in
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that the Python email module incorrectly parsed email
addresses that contain special characters. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to bypass certain protection mechanisms.
(CVE-2023-27043)

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.
(CVE-2024-6232)

It was discovered that the Python email module incorrectly quoted newlines
for email headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
perform header injection. (CVE-2024-6923)

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)

It was discovered that the Python zipfile module incorrectly handled
certain malformed zip files. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause Python to stop responding, resulting in a denial of
service. (CVE-2024-8088)

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