Ubuntu Updates
1747Warning Date
Severity Level
Warning Number
Target Sector
4 March, 2021
● Medium
2021-2563
All
Description:
Ubuntu has released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in the following products:
- Python 2.7
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- wpa_supplicant
- Ubuntu 20.10
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- hostapd
- Ubuntu 20.10
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Threats:
Attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by doing the following:
- Denial of service (DoS)
- Buffer overflow
- Execute arbitrary code
Best practice and Recommendations:
The CERT team encourages users to review Ubuntu security advisory and apply the necessary updates: