These are the Ubuntu security notices that affect the current supported releases of Ubuntu. These notices are also posted to the ubuntu-security-announce mailing list (list archive). To report a security vulnerability in an Ubuntu package, please contact the Ubuntu Security Team. You may also be interested in learning about Ubuntu security policies. For more details on a specific CVE or source package, please see the Ubuntu CVE Tracker.

You can also view the latest notices by subscribing to the RSS or the Atom feeds.

Latest notices

USN-3655-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3655-1 fixed vulnerabilities and added mitigations in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Jann Horn and Ken Johnson discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution of a memory read may…

22 May 2018 | ubuntu-12.04-esm

USN-3655-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Jann Horn and Ken Johnson discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution of a memory read may allow unauthorized memory reads via a sidechannel attack. This flaw is known as Spectre Variant 4. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information, including kernel memory. (CVE-2018-3639) Jan H. Schönherr discovered that…

22 May 2018 | ubuntu-14.04-lts

USN-3654-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3654-1 fixed vulnerabilities and added mitigations in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Jann Horn and Ken Johnson discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution of a memory read may…

22 May 2018 | ubuntu-14.04-lts

USN-3654-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Jann Horn and Ken Johnson discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution of a memory read may allow unauthorized memory reads via a sidechannel attack. This flaw is known as Spectre Variant 4. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information, including kernel memory. (CVE-2018-3639) Tuba Yavuz discovered that a…

22 May 2018 | ubuntu-16.04-lts

USN-3653-2: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3653-1 fixed vulnerabilities and added mitigations in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 17.10. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 17.10 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Jann Horn and Ken Johnson discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution of a memory read may allow…

22 May 2018 | ubuntu-16.04-lts

USN-3653-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Jann Horn and Ken Johnson discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution of a memory read may allow unauthorized memory reads via a sidechannel attack. This flaw is known as Spectre Variant 4. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information, including kernel memory. (CVE-2018-3639) It was discovered that the…

22 May 2018 | ubuntu-17.10

USN-3652-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

Jann Horn and Ken Johnson discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution of a memory read may allow unauthorized memory reads via a sidechannel attack. This flaw is known as Spectre Variant 4. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information, including kernel memory.

22 May 2018 | ubuntu-18.04-lts

USN-3651-1: QEMU update

Ken Johnson and Jann Horn independently discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution of a memory read may allow unauthorized memory reads via sidechannel attacks. An attacker in the guest could use this to expose sensitive guest information, including kernel memory. This update allows QEMU to expose new CPU features added by…

21 May 2018 | ubuntu-18.04-lts, ubuntu-17.10, ubuntu-16.04-lts, ubuntu-14.04-lts

USN-3650-1: xdg-utils vulnerability

It was discovered that xdg-utils incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code.

21 May 2018 | ubuntu-18.04-lts, ubuntu-17.10, ubuntu-16.04-lts, ubuntu-14.04-lts

USN-3645-2: Firefox regression

USN-3645-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update caused an issue where users experienced long UI pauses in some circumsances. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted…

18 May 2018 | ubuntu-18.04-lts, ubuntu-17.10, ubuntu-16.04-lts, ubuntu-14.04-lts

Releases