Ubuntu Updates
2503Warning Date
Severity Level
Warning Number
Target Sector
5 May, 2020
● Medium
2020-1203
All
Description:
Ubuntu has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in the following versions:
- OpenEXR
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 19.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- CUPS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 19.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- File Roller
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- re2c
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Samba
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 19.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Linux kernel
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
- linux-gke-5.0, linux-oem-osp11
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- edk2
- Ubuntu 19.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.3, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.3, linux-gke-5.3, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.3, linux-raspi2, linux-raspi2-5.3
- Ubuntu 19.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- mysql-8.0
- mysql-5.7
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 19.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Threats:
An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by doing the following:
- Denial of service attack (DoS)
- Execute arbitrary code
- Expose sensitive information
- Bypass the verification
- Escalation of privilege
Best practice and Recommendations:
The CERT team encourages users to review Ubuntu security advisory and apply the necessary updates:
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4339-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4340-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4332-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4338-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4341-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4343-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4344-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/lsn/0066-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4349-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4342-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4350-1/