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27 September, 2020

● Medium

2020-1841

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Description:

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

  • libquicktime - Library for reading and writing quicktime files
    • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  • spip - website engine for publishing
    • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  • linux - Linux kernel
    • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
    • Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
    • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
    • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  • packagekit - Provides a package management service
    • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
    • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
    • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  • atftp - Advanced TFTP Server and Client
    • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  • aptdaemon - transaction based package management service
    • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
    • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
    • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  • awl - PHP Utility Libraries
    • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  • gnuplot - Command-line driven interactive plotting program
    • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  • ruby-sanitize - allowlist-based HTML and CSS sanitizer
    • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  • miniupnpd - UPnP and NAT-PMP daemon for gateway routers
    • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  • rdflib - Pure Python package for working with RDF
    • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Threats:

Attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by doing the following:

  • Denial of service attack (DoS)
  • Execute arbitrary code
  • Cross-site scripting (XSS)

Best practice and Recommendations:

The CERT team encourages users to review ubuntu security advisory and apply the necessary updates:

Last updated at 27 September, 2020

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