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28 October, 2020

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2020-1979

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Description:

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

  • mysql-5.7 - MySQL database
    • Ubuntu 20.10
    • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
    • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
    • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  • blueman - Graphical bluetooth manager
    • Ubuntu 20.10
    • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
    • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
    • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  • tomcat6 - Servlet and JSP engine
    • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  • perl - Practical Extraction and Report Language
    • Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
    • Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
  • mariadb-10.1 - MariaDB database
    • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
    • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  • php7.4 - server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (metapackage)
    • Ubuntu 20.10
  • netty - None
    • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  • openjdk-8 - Open Source Java implementation
    • Ubuntu 20.10
    • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
    • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
    • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Threats:

Attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by doing the following:

  • Escalation of privilege
  • HTTP request smuggling attack
  • Denial of service attack (DoS)
  • Buffer overflow

Best practice and Recommendations:

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

Last updated at 28 October, 2020

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