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Ubuntu 14.04 ESM: USN-4460-1 Moderate: libonig Denial Of Service Threat

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Calendar Grey August 17, 2020
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4460-2 addresses vulnerabilities in libonig associated with Oniguruma that could lead to denial of service incidents.
Several security issues were fixed in Oniguruma.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Oniguruma.

Software Description:

- libonig: regular expressions library

Details:

It was discovered that Oniguruma incorrectly handled certain regular

expressions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial

of service, obtain sensitive information or other unspecified impact.

(CVE-2019-16163, CVE-2019-19012, CVE-2019-19204, CVE-2019-19246)

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service ubuntu sensitive information libonig oniguruma

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
  libonig2                        5.9.1-1ubuntu1.1+esm2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4460-1

CVE-2019-16163, CVE-2019-19012, CVE-2019-19204, CVE-2019-19246

August 17, 2020

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service ubuntu sensitive information libonig oniguruma

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