linux: Linux kernel Details: USN-2516-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel, and the fix in USN-2516-2 was incomplete. There was an unrelated regression in the use of the virtual counter on arm64 architectures. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory USN-2516-1 introduced a regression in the Linux kernel.
firefox: Mozilla Open Source web browser Details: USN-2505-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update removed the deprecated quot;-remotequot; command-line switch that some older software still depends on. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory USN-2505-1 introduced a regression in Firefox.
tiff: Tag Image File Format library Details: USN-2553-1 fixed vulnerabilities in LibTIFF. One of the security fixes caused a regression when saving certain TIFF files with a Predictor tag. The problematic patch has been temporarily backed out until a more complete fix is available. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory USN-2553-1 introduced a regression in LibTIFF.
apport: automatically generate crash reports for debugging Details: USN-2569-1 fixed a vulnerability in Apport. Tavis Ormandy discovered that the fixed packages were still vulnerable to a privilege escalation attack. This update completely disables crash report handling for containers until a more complete solution is available. Original advisory Apport could be tricked into running programs as an ...
linux-lts-utopic: Linux hardware enablement kernel from Utopic Details: USN-2599-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel, however an unrelated regression in the auditing of some path names was introduced. Due to the regression the system could crash under certain conditions. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory USN-2599-1 Introduced a regression ...
linux: Linux kernel Details: USN-2598-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel, however an unrelated regression in the auditing of some path names was introduced. Due to the regression the system could crash under certain conditions. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory USN-2598-1 Introduced a regression in the Linux kernel.
linux-lts-utopic: Linux hardware enablement kernel from Utopic Details: The Fix for CVE-2015-1328 introduced a regression into the Linux kernel"s overlayfs file system. The removal of a directory that only exists on the lower layer results in a kernel panic. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.