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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10 August 2012

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

  • Ubuntu 11.04

10 August 2012

Expat could be made to cause a denial of service by consuming excessive CPU and memory resources.

  • Ubuntu 12.04 ,
  • 11.10 ,
  • 11.04 ,
  • 10.04 ,
  • 8.04

9 August 2012

KOffice could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

  • Ubuntu 11.10 ,
  • 11.04

CVE ID

CVE-2012-3455


6 August 2012

NVIDIA graphics drivers could be made to run programs as an administrator.

  • Ubuntu 12.04 ,
  • 11.10 ,
  • 11.04 ,
  • 10.04

2 August 2012

QEMU could be made to overwrite files as the administrator, or expose sensitive information.

  • Ubuntu 12.04 ,
  • 11.10 ,
  • 11.04 ,
  • 10.04

CVE ID

CVE-2012-2652


31 July 2012

The IcedTea-Web Java web browser plugin could be made to crash or possibly run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted applet.

  • Ubuntu 12.04 ,
  • 11.10 ,
  • 11.04 ,
  • 10.04

31 July 2012

Several security issues were fixed in Kerberos.

  • Ubuntu 12.04 ,
  • 11.10 ,
  • 11.04 ,
  • 10.04

26 July 2012

DHCP could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.

  • Ubuntu 12.04 ,
  • 11.10 ,
  • 11.04

26 July 2012

Bind could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.

  • Ubuntu 12.04 ,
  • 11.10 ,
  • 11.04 ,
  • 10.04

CVE ID

CVE-2012-3817


25 July 2012

Mono could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

  • Ubuntu 12.04 ,
  • 11.10 ,
  • 11.04 ,
  • 10.04


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