Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 1,153
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 1,153

Ubuntu 21.04 USN-4955-1 Moderate Denial Of Service in Rust-Pleaser

ubuntu
Calendar Grey May 17, 2021
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Various vulnerabilities in rust-pleaser have been resolved, affecting Ubuntu 21.04. Make certain that your systems are updated without delay.
Several security issues were fixed in Please.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Please.

Software Description:

- rust-pleaser: Please, a polite regex-first sudo alternative

Details:

Matthias Gerstner discovered that Please contained multiple security

issues. A local attacker could use these issues to cause Please to crash,

resulting in a denial of service, or possibly escalate privileges.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service security issue local attack ubuntu rust-pleaser

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 21.04:
  pleaser                         0.4.1-1~21.04.2

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4955-1

CVE-2021-31153, CVE-2021-31154, CVE-2021-31155

Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

May 17, 2021

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service security issue local attack ubuntu rust-pleaser

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rust-pleaser/0.4.1-1~21.04.2

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.

Your message here