Ubuntu Updates
2827Warning Date
Severity Level
Warning Number
Target Sector
25 August, 2020
● Medium
2020-1676
All
Description:
Ubuntu has released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in the following versions:
- sane-backends
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Bind
- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
- Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
- Ghostscript
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Net-SNMP
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
- Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
Threats:
Attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by doing the following:
- Denial of service (DoS).
- Access sensitive information.
- Execute arbitrary code.
Best practice and Recommendations:
The CERT team encourages users to review Ubuntu security advisory and apply the necessary updates: