Ubuntu Updates
1663Warning Date
Severity Level
Warning Number
Target Sector
6 June, 2021
● Medium
2021-2997
All
Description:
Ubuntu has released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in the following versions:
- polkit
- Ubuntu 21.04
- Ubuntu 20.10
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Squid
- Ubuntu 21.04
- Ubuntu 20.10
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Linux kernel
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.10
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Linux kernel (OEM)
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Threats:
Attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by doing the following:
- Denial of service (DoS)
- Privilege escalation
Best practice and Recommendations:
The CERT team encourages users to review ubuntu security advisory and apply the necessary updates: