ubuntu Updates
2699Warning Date
Severity Level
Warning Number
Target Sector
6 February, 2020
● Medium
2020-888
All
Description:
ubuntu has released security updates to address several vulnerabilities in the following products:
- ARM mbed TLS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- OpenSMTPD
- Ubuntu 19.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- systemd
- Ubuntu 19.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Exiv2
- Ubuntu 19.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Threats:
Attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by doing the following:
- Bypass of a protection mechanism
- Denial of service attack (DoS)
- Execute arbitrary code - remotely
Best practice and Recommendations:
The CERT team encourages users to review ubuntu security advisory and apply the necessary updates: