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The following updates has been released for Ubuntu Linux:

USN-4031-1: Linux kernel vulnerability
USN-4032-1: Firefox vulnerability
USN-4033-1: libmysofa vulnerability



USN-4031-1: Linux kernel vulnerability


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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4031-1
June 24, 2019

linux, linux-hwe vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Summary:

64-Bit PowerPC systems could be made to expose sensitive information.

Software Description:
- linux: Linux kernel
- linux-hwe: Linux hardware enablement (HWE) kernel

Details:

It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly separate certain
memory mappings when creating new userspace processes on 64-bit Power
(ppc64el) systems. A local attacker could use this to access memory
contents or cause memory corruption of other processes on the system.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 19.04:
linux-image-5.0.0-19-generic 5.0.0-19.20
linux-image-generic 5.0.0.19.20
linux-image-virtual 5.0.0.19.20

Ubuntu 18.10:
linux-image-4.18.0-24-generic 4.18.0-24.25
linux-image-generic 4.18.0.24.25
linux-image-powerpc-e500mc 4.18.0.24.25
linux-image-powerpc-smp 4.18.0.24.25
linux-image-powerpc64-emb 4.18.0.24.25
linux-image-powerpc64-smp 4.18.0.24.25
linux-image-virtual 4.18.0.24.25

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
linux-image-4.18.0-24-generic 4.18.0-24.25~18.04.1
linux-image-generic-hwe-18.04 4.18.0.24.74
linux-image-virtual-hwe-18.04 4.18.0.24.74

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

ATTENTION: Due to an unavoidable ABI change the kernel updates have
been given a new version number, which requires you to recompile and
reinstall all third party kernel modules you might have installed.
Unless you manually uninstalled the standard kernel metapackages
(e.g. linux-generic, linux-generic-lts-RELEASE, linux-virtual,
linux-powerpc), a standard system upgrade will automatically perform
this as well.

References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4031-1
CVE-2019-12817

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/5.0.0-19.20
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/4.18.0-24.25
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-hwe/4.18.0-24.25~18.04.1

USN-4032-1: Firefox vulnerability


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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4032-1
June 24, 2019

firefox vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

A sandbox escape was discovered in Firefox.

Software Description:
- firefox: Mozilla Open Source web browser

Details:

It was discovered that a sandboxed child process could open arbitrary web
content in the parent process via the Prompt:Open IPC message. When
combined with another vulnerability, an attacker could potentially exploit
this to execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 19.04:
firefox 67.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.19.04.1

Ubuntu 18.10:
firefox 67.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.18.10.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
firefox 67.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
firefox 67.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make
all the necessary changes.

References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4032-1
CVE-2019-11708

Package Information:

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/67.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.19.04.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/67.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.18.10.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/67.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/67.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1


USN-4033-1: libmysofa vulnerability


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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4033-1
June 24, 2019

libmysofa vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Summary:

libmysofa could be made to crash if it received specially crafted
input.

Software Description:
- libmysofa: library to read HRTFs stored in the AES69-2015 SOFA format

Details:

It was discovered that a libmysofa component does not properly validate
multiplications and additions, and may crash with some specific input.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 19.04:
libmysofa0 0.6~dfsg0-2ubuntu0.19.04.1

Ubuntu 18.10:
libmysofa0 0.6~dfsg0-2ubuntu0.18.10.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
libmysofa0 0.6~dfsg0-2ubuntu0.18.04.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4033-1
CVE-2019-10672

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libmysofa/0.6~dfsg0-2ubuntu0.19.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libmysofa/0.6~dfsg0-2ubuntu0.18.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libmysofa/0.6~dfsg0-2ubuntu0.18.04.1