Vulnerabilities > Ubuntu

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2006-12-14 CVE-2006-5649 Multiple vulnerability in Linux Kernel
Unspecified vulnerability in the "alignment check exception handling" in Ubuntu 5.10, 6.06 LTS, and 6.10 for the PowerPC (PPC) allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via unspecified vectors.
local
low complexity
ubuntu
4.6
2006-12-14 CVE-2006-5648 Local Denial of Service vulnerability in Ubuntu Linux 6.10
Ubuntu Linux 6.10 for the PowerPC (PPC) allows local users to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by using the (1) sys_get_robust_list and (2) sys_set_robust_list functions to create processes that cannot be killed.
local
low complexity
ubuntu
4.6
2006-12-07 CVE-2006-6235 A "stack overwrite" vulnerability in GnuPG (gpg) 1.x before 1.4.6, 2.x before 2.0.2, and 1.9.0 through 1.9.95 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted OpenPGP packets that cause GnuPG to dereference a function pointer from deallocated stack memory.
network
low complexity
gnu gpg4win redhat rpath slackware ubuntu
critical
10.0
2006-11-06 CVE-2006-5466 Heap-based buffer overflow in the showQueryPackage function in librpm in RPM Package Manager 4.4.8, when the LANG environment variable is set to ru_RU.UTF-8, might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted RPM packages.
network
high complexity
rpm ubuntu
5.4
2006-07-18 CVE-2006-3597 Local Security vulnerability in Ubuntu Linux 6.06Lts
passwd before 1:4.0.13 on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS leaves the root password blank instead of locking it when the administrator selects the "Go Back" option after the final "Installation complete" message and uses the main menu, which causes the password to be zeroed out in the installer's memory.
local
low complexity
ubuntu
7.2
2006-07-06 CVE-2006-3378 Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Ubuntu Linux 5.04/5.10/6.06Lts
passwd command in shadow in Ubuntu 5.04 through 6.06 LTS, when called with the -f, -g, or -s flag, does not check the return code of a setuid call, which might allow local users to gain root privileges if setuid fails in cases such as PAM failures or resource limits.
local
low complexity
ubuntu
7.2
2006-03-13 CVE-2006-1183 Local Installation Password Disclosure vulnerability in Ubuntu Linux 5.10
The Ubuntu 5.10 installer does not properly clear passwords from the installer log file (questions.dat), and leaves the log file with world-readable permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges.
local
low complexity
ubuntu
7.2
2006-01-09 CVE-2006-0151 sudo 1.6.8 and other versions does not clear the PYTHONINSPECT environment variable, which allows limited local users to gain privileges via a Python script, a variant of CVE-2005-4158.
local
low complexity
todd-miller ubuntu
7.2
2005-12-31 CVE-2005-3626 Resource Management Errors vulnerability in multiple products
Xpdf, as used in products such as gpdf, kpdf, pdftohtml, poppler, teTeX, CUPS, libextractor, and others, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted FlateDecode stream that triggers a null dereference.
5.0
2005-12-31 CVE-2005-3625 Resource Management Errors vulnerability in multiple products
Xpdf, as used in products such as gpdf, kpdf, pdftohtml, poppler, teTeX, CUPS, libextractor, and others, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via streams that end prematurely, as demonstrated using the (1) CCITTFaxDecode and (2) DCTDecode streams, aka "Infinite CPU spins."
10.0