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USN-8908-2: BlueZ regression

USN-8908-1 fixed vulnerabilities in BlueZ. Unfortunately, that update introduced a regression in the A2DP profile: cached remote stream endpoints were no longer loaded at startup, which could cause…

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USN-8923-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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: - SCSI subsystem; -…

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USN-8917-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that some AMD processors did not properly perform Reverse Map Table (RMP) checks when the IOMMU accessed certain host buffers. A local attacker with hypervisor access could possibly…

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USN-8916-1: PyJWT vulnerabilities

YuSung Han discovered that PyJWT did not properly validate certain JWK keys when performing HMAC verification. An attacker could possibly use this issue to forge authentication tokens. This issue…

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USN-8915-1: FFmpeg vulnerabilities

Momoko Shiraishi discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain memory operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04…

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USN-8913-1: libx11 vulnerabilities

Adam Bedard discovered that libx11 incorrectly handled certain XKB keyboard map replies. If a user were tricked into connecting to a malicious X server, a remote attacker could possibly use this…

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USN-8887-3: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that some AMD processors did not properly perform Reverse Map Table (RMP) checks when the IOMMU accessed certain host buffers. A local attacker with hypervisor access could possibly…

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