A Spectre gadget was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of system interrupts. An attacker with local access could use this information to reveal private data through a Spectre like side channel.
A flaw was found in computer hardware of the Intel microprocessors related to the instruction-side TLB (Translation Lookaside Buffer) that caches translations from guest (and host) virtual addresses into physical addresses.
This is a software fix that attempts to prevent exploitation of the hardware through preventing a hacker from creating an exploitable condition
Additional information:
https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/ifu-page-mce
A vulnerability was found in icoutils in extract.c. It is possible to access unallocated memory via wrestool while parsing maliciously crafted file which would make the application crash or possibly allow code execution.
References:
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q1/56
Upstream patch:
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/icoutils.git/commit/?id=1aa9f28f7bcbdfff6a84a15ac8d9a87559b1596a
Last updated 24 July 2024
Last updated 24 July 2024
It was reported [1] that the Linux kernel suffered from a flaw when doing key garbage collection. The patch [1] describes the issue as:
""" When a key is being garbage collected, it's key->user would get put before the ->destroy() callback is called, where the key is removed from it's respective tracking structures.
This leaves a key hanging in a semi-invalid state which leaves a window open for a different task to try an access key->user. An example is findkeyringbyname() which would dereference key->user for a key that is in the process of being garbage collected (where key->user was freed but ->destroy() wasn't called yet - so it's still present in the linked list).
"""
An unprivileged local user could use this flaw to crash the system.
[1] http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=141986398232547&w=2
It was reported [1] that iptables can allow protocols that do not have a protocol handler kernel module loaded.
Given following iptables ruleset: -P FORWARD DROP -A FORWARD -m sctp --dport 9 -j ACCEPT -A FORWARD -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT -A FORWARD -p tcp -m conntrack -m state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
One would assume that this allows SCTP on port 9 and TCP on port 80. Unfortunately, if the SCTP conntrack module is not loaded, this allows all SCTP communication to pass through, i.e. -p sctp -j ACCEPT
[1]: http://www.spinics.net/lists/netfilter-devel/msg33430.html
A flaw was found in ghostscript, versions 9.x before 9.50, in the setsystemparams procedure where it did not properly secure its privileged calls, enabling scripts to bypass -dSAFER restrictions. A specially crafted PostScript file could disable security protection and then have access to the file system, or execute arbitrary commands.
In ghostscript before version 9.50, the .buildfont1 procedure did not properly secure its privileged calls, enabling scripts to bypass -dSAFER restrictions. An attacker could abuse this flaw by creating a specially crafted PostScript file that could escalate privileges and access files outside of restricted areas.
Last updated 25 August 2025
An integer overflow vulnerability was found in extract.c while transferring resources into file memory. A maliciously crafted file could make the application crash or possibly allow code execution.
References:
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q1/56
Upstream patch:
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/icoutils.git/commit/?id=1a108713ac26215c7568353f6e02e727e6d4b24a
An out-of-bounds read in cmstypes.c in TypeMLURead function was found, leading to heap memory leak triggered by crafted ICC profile.
Upstream patch:
https://github.com/mm2/Little-CMS/commit/5ca71a7bc18b6897ab21d815d15e218e204581e2
CVE request:
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q3/288
A flaw was found in grub2 in versions prior to 2.06. Setparamprefix() in the menu rendering code performs a length calculation on the assumption that expressing a quoted single quote will require 3 characters while it actually requires 4 characters which allows an attacker to corrupt memory by one byte for each quote in the input. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
A flaw was found in grub2 in versions prior to 2.06. The rmmod implementation allows the unloading of a module used as a dependency without checking if any other dependent module is still loaded leading to a use-after-free scenario. This could allow arbitrary code to be executed or a bypass of Secure Boot protections. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
A heap overflow vulnerability was found in openslp, that may result in remote code execution.
Last updated 25 August 2025
Last updated 25 August 2025
Last updated 25 August 2025
Heap-based buffer overflow in the testcompreb function in Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted zip file in the -t command argument to the unzip command.
Heap-based buffer overflow in the CRC32 verification in Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted zip file in the -t command argument to the unzip command.
The following flaw was found in ntpd:
Using a crafted packet to create a peer association with hmode > 7 causes the MATCHASSOC() lookup to make an out-of-bounds reference.
Upstream bugs:
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3009
External References:
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#April2016NTP428p7Security
A vulnerability was found in popd. It can be tricked to free a user supplied address in the following way:
$ popd +-111111
This could be used to bypass restricted shells (rsh) on some environments to cause use-after-free.
References:
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/445
A flaw was found in grub2 in versions prior to 2.06. The option parser allows an attacker to write past the end of a heap-allocated buffer by calling certain commands with a large number of specific short forms of options. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
An attacker within bluetooth transmission range can cause a stack buffer overflow in the Bluetooth system of the Linux kernel while processing pending L2CAP configuration responses from a client. An unauthenticated user able to connect to a system via Bluetooth could use this flaw to potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the system.
External References:
https://www.armis.com/blueborne/ https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/blueborne https://access.redhat.com/solutions/3177231 https://access.redhat.com/blogs/product-security/posts/blueborne
An upstream patch:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e860d2c904d1a9f38a24eb44c9f34b8f915a6ea3
A flaw was found in mutt before 1.10.1. There is a path traversal flaw for UID values in POP bcache directory.
References:
http://www.mutt.org/news.html https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/blob/master/ChangeLog
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. They allow remote IMAP servers to execute arbitrary commands via backquote characters, related to the mailboxes command associated with an automatic subscription.
A flaw was found in mutt before 1.10.1. When "subscribing" to an IMAP mailbox, either via $imapchecksubscribed, or via the <subscribe> function in the browser menu, the lack of proper input parsing may lead to remote code injection from a malicous IMAP server.
Upstream patch:
References:
http://www.mutt.org/news.html https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/blob/master/ChangeLog
MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.12.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) by injecting invalid tokens into a GSSAPI application session.
It was discovered that the Tomcat packages installed configuration file /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tomcat.conf writeable to the tomcat group. A member of the group or a malicious web application deployed on Tomcat could use this flaw to escalate their privileges.
A flaw was found in grub2 in versions prior to 2.06. The cutmem command does not honor secure boot locking allowing an privileged attacker to remove address ranges from memory creating an opportunity to circumvent SecureBoot protections after proper triage about grub's memory layout. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.