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Ubuntu Alert

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

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Warning Date

Severity Level

Warning Number

Target Sector

18 May, 2022

● High

2022-4846

All

Description:

Ubuntu has released security updates to address several vulnerabilities in the following products:

  • Needrestart
    • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
    • Ubuntu 21.10
    • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
    • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  • Apport
    • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
    • Ubuntu 21.10
    • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
    • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  • PCRE
    • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
    • Ubuntu 21.10
    • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
    • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
    • Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
    • Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
  • ClamAV
    • Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
    • Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Threats:

An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by doing the following:

  • Denial of service attack (DoS)
  • 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 18 May, 2022

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