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Ubuntu 12.04/14.04: USN-4398-2 Critical DBus Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey June 16, 2020
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Advisory USN-7421-3 highlights a severe vulnerability in the Systemd component impacting Ubuntu 18.04 and 20.04, accompanied by significant patches.
DBus could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

Summary

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 ESM: libdbus-1-3 1.6.18-0ubuntu4.5+esm2 Ubuntu 12.04 ESM: libdbus-1-3 1.4.18-1ubuntu1.10 After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4398-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4398-1

CVE-2020-12049

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June 16, 2020

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security advisory denial of service Ubuntu crash DBus

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