This update is based on the upstream 5.6.14 kernel and fixes atleast the following security issues: A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel's SELinux subsystem in versions before 5.7. This flaw occurs while importing the
Updated clamav packages fix security vulnerabilities: Fixed a vulnerability in the ARJ archive-parsing module in ClamAV 0.102.2 that could cause a denial-of-service condition. Improper bounds checking of an unsigned variable results in an out-of-bounds read which causes a
Updated wireshark packages fix security vulnerability: The NFS dissector could crash. References:
Updated unbound packages fix security vulnerabilities: Unbound can be tricked into amplifying an incoming query into a large number of queries directed to a target (CVE-2020-12662).
Updated pdns-recursor packages fix security vulnerabilities: An issue in the DNS protocol has been found that allow malicious parties to use recursive DNS services to attack third party authoritative name servers. The attack uses a crafted reply by an authoritative name server
Dovecot has been updated to fix several security issues. Sending malformed NOOP command causes crash in submission, submission-login or lmtp service (CVE-2020-10957).
Updated viewvc package fixes security vulnerability: ViewVC before versions 1.1.28 has an XSS vulnerability in CVS show_subdir_lastmod support. The impact of this vulnerability is mitigated by the need for an attacker to have commit privileges to a CVS repository
Updated glpi packages fix security vulnerabilities: In GLPI from version 9.1 and before version 9.4.6, any API user with READ right on User itemtype will have access to full list of users when querying apirest.php/User. The response contains: - All api_tokens which can be used
Updated libntlm packages fix security vulnerability: It was discovered that libntlm through 1.5 relies on a fixed buffer size for tSmbNtlmAuthRequest, tSmbNtlmAuthChallenge, and tSmbNtlmAuthResponse read and write operations, as demonstrated by a stack-based buffer
Updated the file-roller package in order to fix a security vulnerability: fr-archive-libarchive.c: File Roller lacks a check of whether a file's parent is a symlink to a directory outside of the intended extraction location. Thus, directory traversal is not prevented (CVE-2020-11736).
Updated ansible package fixes security vulnerabilities: A race condition flaw was found in Ansible Engine when running a playbook with an unprivileged become user. When Ansible needs to run a module with become user, the temporary directory is created in /var/tmp. This directory
Updated nmap packages fix security vulnerability: nse_libssh2.cc in Nmap 7.70 is subject to a denial of service condition due to a double free when an SSH connection fails, as demonstrated by a leading \n character to ssh-brute.nse or ssh-auth-methods.nse
Updated libreswan packages fix security vulnerability: An out-of-bounds buffer read flaw was found in the pluto daemon of libreswan. An unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash libreswan by sending specially-crafted IKEv1 Informational Exchange
Updated suricata packages fix security vulnerabilities: The suricata package has been updated to version 4.1.8, which fixes security issues and other bugs. See the upstream announcements for details.
Updated jbig2dec packages fix security vulnerability: jbig2_image_compose in jbig2_image.c in Artifex jbig2dec before 0.18 has a heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-2020-12268).
The updated packages fix security vulnerabilities including: ntpd in ntp before 4.2.8p14 and 4.3.x before 4.3.100 allows an off-path attacker to block unauthenticated synchronization via a server mode packet with a spoofed source IP address, because transmissions are rescheduled
Updated netkit-telnetd packages fix security vulnerability: A vulnerability was found where incorrect bounds checks in the telnet server’s (telnetd) handling of short writes and urgent data, could lead to information disclosure and corruption of heap data. An unauthenticated
Chromium-browser 81.0.4044.138 fixes security issues: Multiple flaws were found in the way Chromium 81.0.4044.129 processes various types of web content, where loading a web page containing malicious content could cause Chromium to crash, execute arbitrary code,
Updated libvncserver packages fix security vulnerability: libvncclient/cursor.c in LibVNCServer through 0.9.12 has a HandleCursorShape integer overflow and heap-based buffer overflow via a large height or width value (CVE-2019-20788).
Updated roundcubemail packages fix security vulnerabilities: - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via malicious HTML content (CVE-2020-12625) - CSRF attack can cause an authenticated user to be logged out
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