Ubuntu Security Notices
Developers issue an Ubuntu Security Notice when a security issue is fixed in an official Ubuntu package. You can find additional guidance for high-profile vulnerabilities in the Ubuntu Vulnerability Knowledge Base section.
To report a security vulnerability in an Ubuntu package, please contact the Security Team.
The Security Team also produces OVAL files for each Ubuntu release. These are an industry-standard machine-readable format dataset that contain details of all known security vulnerabilities and fixes relevant to the Ubuntu release, and can be used to determine whether a particular patch is appropriate. OVAL files can also be used to audit a system to check whether the latest security fixes have been applied.
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28 February 2013
Sudo could be made to run programs as the administrator without a password prompt.
- Ubuntu 12.10 ,
- 12.04 ,
- 11.10 ,
- 10.04 ,
- 8.04
CVE ID
27 February 2013
GnuTLS could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.
- Ubuntu 12.10 ,
- 12.04 ,
- 11.10 ,
- 10.04 ,
- 8.04
CVE ID
21 February 2013
Several security issues were fixed in OpenSSL.
- Ubuntu 12.10 ,
- 12.04 ,
- 11.10 ,
- 10.04 ,
- 8.04
CVE ID
12 February 2013
PostgreSQL could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.
- Ubuntu 12.10 ,
- 12.04 ,
- 11.10 ,
- 10.04 ,
- 8.04
CVE ID
14 January 2013
FreeType could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
- Ubuntu 12.10 ,
- 12.04 ,
- 11.10 ,
- 10.04 ,
- 8.04
CVE ID
9 January 2013
GnuPG could be made to corrupt the keyring if it imported a specially crafted key.
- Ubuntu 12.10 ,
- 12.04 ,
- 11.10 ,
- 10.04 ,
- 8.04
CVE ID
17 December 2012
USN-1589-1 exposed a regression in the GNU C Library floating point parser.
- Ubuntu 8.04
CVE ID
11 December 2012
The system's firewall could be bypassed by a remote attacker.
- Ubuntu 8.04
CVE ID
6 December 2012
Applications using libxml2 could be made to crash or run programs as your login if they opened a specially crafted file.
- Ubuntu 12.10 ,
- 12.04 ,
- 11.10 ,
- 10.04 ,
- 8.04
CVE ID
5 December 2012
Programs that use LibTIFF could be made to crash or run programs if they opened a specially crafted file.
- Ubuntu 12.04 ,
- 11.10 ,
- 10.04 ,
- 8.04
CVE ID
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