ubuntu Updates
3036Warning Date
Severity Level
Warning Number
Target Sector
27 October, 2020
● Medium
2020-1977
All
Description:
ubuntu has released security updates to address several vulnerabilities in the following products:
- firefox - Mozilla Open Source web browser
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- ruby-kramdown - Fast, pure-Ruby Markdown-superset converter - ruby library
- Ubuntu 20.10
- perl - Practical Extraction and Report Language
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Threats:
Attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by doing the following:
- Denial of service attack (DoS)
Best practice and Recommendations:
The CERT team encourages users to review ubuntu security advisory and apply the necessary updates: