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Ubuntu 20.10: USN-4677-1 Critical Vulnerability in p11-kit DoS Exploit

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Calendar Grey January 5, 2021
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4677-1 details serious vulnerabilities in p11-kit, posing risks that require users to update immediately via the terminal.
Several security issues were fixed in p11-kit.

Summary

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security advisory DoS issue software update DoS Ubuntu critical threat memory issue ubuntu p11-kit

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 20.10: libp11-kit0 0.23.21-2ubuntu0.1 p11-kit 0.23.21-2ubuntu0.1 p11-kit-modules 0.23.21-2ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: libp11-kit0 0.23.20-1ubuntu0.1 p11-kit 0.23.20-1ubuntu0.1 p11-kit-modules 0.23.20-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: libp11-kit0 0.23.9-2ubuntu0.1 p11-kit 0.23.9-2ubuntu0.1 p11-kit-modules 0.23.9-2ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: libp11-kit0 0.23.2-5~ubuntu16.04.2 p11-kit 0.23.2-5~ubuntu16.04.2 p11-kit-modules 0.23.2-5~ubuntu16.04.2 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4677-1

CVE-2020-29361, CVE-2020-29362, CVE-2020-29363

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January 05, 2021

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security advisory DoS issue software update DoS Ubuntu critical threat memory issue ubuntu p11-kit

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/p11-kit/0.23.21-2ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/p11-kit/0.23.20-1ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/p11-kit/0.23.9-2ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/p11-kit/0.23.2-5~ubuntu16.04.2

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