Ubuntu Updates
1732Warning Date
Severity Level
Warning Number
Target Sector
10 January, 2021
● Medium
2021-2295
All
Description:
Ubuntu has released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in the following versions:
- Linux kernel (OEM)
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- EDK II
- Ubuntu 20.10
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- OpenJPEG
- Ubuntu 20.10
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ghostscript
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Firefox
- Ubuntu 20.10
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Threats:
An 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: