ubuntu Updates
1630Warning Date
Severity Level
Warning Number
Target Sector
26 May, 2021
● Medium
2021-2962
All
Description:
ubuntu has released a security update to address several vulnerabilities in the following products:
- Exiv2
- Ubuntu 21.04
- Ubuntu 20.10
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
- Apport
- Ubuntu 21.04
- Ubuntu 20.10
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
- libx11
- Ubuntu 21.04
- Ubuntu 20.10
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
Threats:
Attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by doing the following:
- Denial of service attack (DoS)
- Buffer overflow
- Unauthorized disclosure of information
Best practice and Recommendations:
The CERT team encourages users to review ubuntu security advisory and apply the necessary updates: