ubuntu Updates
2925Warning Date
Severity Level
Warning Number
Target Sector
17 September, 2020
● Medium
2020-1796
All
Description:
ubuntu has released security updates to address several vulnerabilities in the following products:
- Perl DBI module
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
- Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
- websocket-extensions
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- OpenSSL
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- PHPMailer
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- MCabber
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- ncmpc
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- StoreBackup
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Perl DBI module
- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
Threats:
Attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by doing the following:
- Denial of service attack (DoS)
- Elevate privileges
- Sensitive information disclosure
Best practice and Recommendations:
The CERT team encourages users to review ubuntu security advisory and apply the necessary updates:
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4503-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4502-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4504-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4506-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4506-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4507-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4508-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4509-1