Vulnerabilities > Canonical > Ubuntu Linux > High

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2016-02-17 CVE-2016-0766 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls vulnerability in multiple products
PostgreSQL before 9.1.20, 9.2.x before 9.2.15, 9.3.x before 9.3.11, 9.4.x before 9.4.6, and 9.5.x before 9.5.1 does not properly restrict access to unspecified custom configuration settings (GUCS) for PL/Java, which allows attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
network
low complexity
postgresql canonical debian CWE-264
8.8
2016-02-15 CVE-2016-0742 NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in multiple products
The resolver in nginx before 1.8.1 and 1.9.x before 1.9.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and worker process crash) via a crafted UDP DNS response.
network
low complexity
f5 canonical debian opensuse apple redhat CWE-476
7.5
2016-02-12 CVE-2016-2330 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in multiple products
libavcodec/gif.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.6 does not properly calculate a buffer size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .tga file, related to the gif_image_write_image, gif_encode_init, and gif_encode_close functions.
network
low complexity
ffmpeg canonical CWE-119
8.8
2016-02-12 CVE-2016-2326 Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in multiple products
Integer overflow in the asf_write_packet function in libavformat/asfenc.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PTS (aka presentation timestamp) value in a .mov file.
network
low complexity
debian canonical ffmpeg CWE-190
8.8
2016-02-08 CVE-2016-0728 The join_session_keyring function in security/keys/process_keys.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.1 mishandles object references in a certain error case, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (integer overflow and use-after-free) via crafted keyctl commands.
local
low complexity
google hp linux debian canonical
7.8
2016-02-08 CVE-2015-8539 Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in multiple products
The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (BUG) via crafted keyctl commands that negatively instantiate a key, related to security/keys/encrypted-keys/encrypted.c, security/keys/trusted.c, and security/keys/user_defined.c.
local
low complexity
suse canonical linux CWE-269
7.8
2016-01-29 CVE-2016-0755 Improper Authentication vulnerability in multiple products
The ConnectionExists function in lib/url.c in libcurl before 7.47.0 does not properly re-use NTLM-authenticated proxy connections, which might allow remote attackers to authenticate as other users via a request, a similar issue to CVE-2014-0015.
network
low complexity
haxx canonical debian CWE-287
7.3
2016-01-22 CVE-2016-1572 Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in multiple products
mount.ecryptfs_private.c in eCryptfs-utils does not validate mount destination filesystem types, which allows local users to gain privileges by mounting over a nonstandard filesystem, as demonstrated by /proc/$pid.
8.4
2016-01-13 CVE-2015-8607 Improper Input Validation vulnerability in multiple products
The canonpath function in the File::Spec module in PathTools before 3.62, as used in Perl, does not properly preserve the taint attribute of data, which might allow context-dependent attackers to bypass the taint protection mechanism via a crafted string.
network
low complexity
canonical perl debian CWE-20
7.3
2016-01-12 CVE-2015-1779 Resource Exhaustion vulnerability in multiple products
The VNC websocket frame decoder in QEMU allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a large (1) websocket payload or (2) HTTP headers section.
8.6