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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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22 October, 2020

● Medium

2020-1963

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Description:

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

  • pam-python - Enables PAM modules to be written in Python
    • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  • tomcat9 - Apache Tomcat 9 - Servlet and JSP engine
    • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Threats:

Attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by doing the following:

  • Denial of service attack (DoS)
  • Escalation of privilege

Best practice and Recommendations:

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

Last updated at 22 October, 2020

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