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Ubuntu 20.10: USN-4690-1 High-Risk: coTURN Remote Crash Vulnerability

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coTURN could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4690-1
January 11, 2021

coturn vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 20.10
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

coTURN could be made to crash or run programs if it received
specially crafted network traffic.

Software Description:
- coturn: TURN and STUN server for VoIP

Details:

It was discovered that coTURN allowed peers to connect and relay packets to
loopback addresses in the range of 127.x.x.x. A malicious user could use this
vulnerability to insert packages into the loopback interface.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 20.10:
  coturn                          4.5.1.3-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  coturn                          4.5.1.1-1.1ubuntu0.20.04.2

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  coturn                          4.5.0.7-1ubuntu2.18.04.3

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  coturn                          4.5.0.3-1ubuntu0.4

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4690-1
  CVE-2020-26262

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/coturn/4.5.1.3-1ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/coturn/4.5.1.1-1.1ubuntu0.20.04.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/coturn/4.5.0.7-1ubuntu2.18.04.3
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/coturn/4.5.0.3-1ubuntu0.4

Ubuntu 20.10: USN-4690-1 High-Risk: coTURN Remote Crash Vulnerability

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4690-1 addresses a vulnerability in coTURN that permits the execution of unauthorized programs via specially crafted network packets.
coTURN could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 20.10: coturn 4.5.1.3-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: coturn 4.5.1.1-1.1ubuntu0.20.04.2 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: coturn 4.5.0.7-1ubuntu2.18.04.3 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: coturn 4.5.0.3-1ubuntu0.4 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4690-1

CVE-2020-26262

Severity
important
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Critical

January 11, 2021

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/coturn/4.5.1.3-1ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/coturn/4.5.1.1-1.1ubuntu0.20.04.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/coturn/4.5.0.7-1ubuntu2.18.04.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/coturn/4.5.0.3-1ubuntu0.4

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