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The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system is used to identify, define, and catalog publicly disclosed cybersecurity vulnerabilities. Canonical keeps track of all CVEs affecting Ubuntu, and releases a security notice when an issue is fixed. You can find additional guidance for high-profile vulnerabilities in the Ubuntu Vulnerability Knowledge Base section
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The /charms endpoint on a Juju controller lacked sufficient authorization checks, allowing any user with an account on the controller to upload a charm. Uploading a malicious charm that exploits a Zip Slip vulnerability could...
1 affected package
juju
In Canonical Multipass up to and including version 1.15.1 on macOS, incorrect default permissions allow a local attacker to escalate privileges by modifying files executed with administrative privileges by a Launch Daemon during...
0 affected package
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In Juju versions prior to 3.6.8 and 2.9.52, any authenticated controller user was allowed to upload arbitrary agent binaries to any model or to the controller itself, without verifying model membership or requiring explicit...
1 affected package
juju
Sudo before 1.9.17p1 allows local users to obtain root access because /etc/nsswitch.conf from a user-controlled directory is used with the --chroot option.
1 affected package
sudo
Sudo before 1.9.17p1, when used with a sudoers file that specifies a host that is neither the current host nor ALL, allows listed users to execute commands on unintended machines.
1 affected package
sudo
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