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Ubuntu Updates

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Classification
These posts contain security alerts, including digital loopholes, electronic attacks, technical updates, and they are classified base on the level of severity.

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Warning Date

Severity Level

Warning Number

Target Sector

6 November, 2019

● Medium

2019-596

All

Description:

Ubuntu has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in the following versions:

  • Ubuntu 19.10
  • Ubuntu 19.04
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Threats:

Attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by doing the following:

  • heap memory corruption remotely.
  • Execute arbitrary code.
  • Unauthorized disclosure of information.
  • Escalation of privilege.
  • Command injection.

Best practice and Recommendations:

The CERT team encourages users to review Ubuntu security advisory and apply the necessary updates: https://usn.ubuntu.com/

Last updated at 23 December, 2019

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