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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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16 December, 2020

● Medium

2020-2211

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Description:

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

  • firefox - Mozilla Open Source web browser
    • Ubuntu 20.10
    • Ubuntu 20.04
    • Ubuntu 18.04
    • Ubuntu 16.04
  • imagemagick - Image manipulation programs and library
    • Ubuntu 20.10
    • Ubuntu 20.04
    • Ubuntu 18.04
    • Ubuntu 16.04

Threats:

Attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by doing the following:

  • Buffer overflow
  • Denial of service attack (DoS)
  • Sensitive information disclosure
  • Bypass of a protection mechanism

Best practice and Recommendations:

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

Last updated at 16 December, 2020

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