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Ubuntu 24.04: Critical Network Access Vulnerability in Erlang USN-7961-1

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Calendar Grey January 14, 2026
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Erlang on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS has critical vulnerabilities that allow unintended network access. Update now!
Erlang could allow unintended access to network services.

Summary

Erlang could allow unintended access to network services.

Software Description:

- erlang: Concurrent, real-time, distributed functional language

Details:

It was discovered that Erlang incorrectly validated peer certificates

when incorrect extended key usage was presented. A remote attacker could

possibly use this issue to bypass SSL key usage restrictions.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical access control Ubuntu network services erlang

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  erlang                          1:25.3.2.8+dfsg-1ubuntu4.6
  erlang-ssl                      1:25.3.2.8+dfsg-1ubuntu4.6

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all
the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7961-1

CVE-2024-53846

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7961-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical access control Ubuntu network services erlang

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/erlang/1:25.3.2.8+dfsg-1ubuntu4.6

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