Ubuntu Security Advisories

Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information across domains, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-10458 CVE-2024-10459, CVE-2024-10460, CVE-2024-10461, CVE-2024-10462, CVE-2024-10463, CVE-2024-10464, CVE-2024-10465, CVE-2024-10466, CVE-2024-10467, CVE-2024-10468)

It was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled certain RAR archive files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted RAR archive, an attacker could use this issue to cause libarchive to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

USN-7085-1 fixed a vulnerability in X.Org. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Original advisory details: Jan-Niklas Sohn discovered that the X.Org X Server incorrectly handled certain memory operations in the X Keyboard Extension. An attacker could use this issue to cause the X Server to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

USN-7084-1 fixed vulnerability in urllib3. This update provides the corresponding update for the urllib3 module bundled into pip. Original advisory details: It was discovered that urllib3 didn't strip HTTP Proxy-Authorization header on cross-origin redirects. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information.

Jan-Niklas Sohn discovered that the X.Org X Server incorrectly handled certain memory operations in the X Keyboard Extension. An attacker could use this issue to cause the X Server to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

It was discovered that urllib3 didn't strip HTTP Proxy-Authorization header on cross-origin redirects. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information.

USN-7064-1 fixed a vulnerability in nano. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that nano allowed a possible privilege escalation through an insecure temporary file. If nano was killed while editing, the permissions granted to the emergency save file could be used by an attacker to escalate privileges using a malicious symlink.