Your review has been sent successfully

Ubuntu Updates

2941
Classification
These posts contain security alerts, including digital loopholes, electronic attacks, technical updates, and they are classified base on the level of severity.

● Critical

● High

● Medium

● Low

Most Viewed Warnings

Dell EMC Alert

● Critical

F5 Alert

● High

IBM Alert

● Critical

Fortinet Alert

● High

Red Hat Alert

● High

حملات تصيدية تستهدف مايكروسوفت تيمز (Microsoft Teams)

● High

Warning Date

Severity Level

Warning Number

Target Sector

20 September, 2020

● Medium

2020-1806

All

Description:

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

  • util-linux
    • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  • Samba
    • Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
    • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
    • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  • apng2gif
    • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  • libproxy
    • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
    • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
    • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  • Pure-FTPd
    • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  • GnuPG
    • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  • xawtv
    • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  • Email-Address-List
    • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
    • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  • PulseAudio
    • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  • Exim SpamAssassin
    • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  • QEMU
    • 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).
  • Escalate privileges.
  • steal the credentials of the domain admin.
  • 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:

Last updated at 20 September, 2020

Rate the content

rate-icon
up icon