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Ubuntu 21.04: USN-5007-1 Moderate: Libuv Crash And Info Exposure

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Calendar Grey July 7, 2021
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The latest Ubuntu Security Announcement USN-5008-1 highlights a significant vulnerability in libxml2 that might result in system failures or the leakage of confidential information.
libuv could be made to crash or expose sensitive information if it received a specially crafted input.

Summary

libuv could be made to crash or expose sensitive information if it

received a specially crafted input.

Software Description:

- libuv1: asynchronous event notification library - runtime library

Details:

Eric Sesterhenn discovered that libuv incorrectly handled certain strings.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information

or cause a crash.

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Topics Covered

security advisory vulnerability information exposure ubuntu crash risk libuv

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 21.04:
  libuv1                          1.40.0-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 20.10:
  libuv1                          1.38.0-2ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  libuv1                          1.34.2-1ubuntu1.3

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5007-1

CVE-2021-22918

Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
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Critical

July 07, 2021

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Topics Covered

security advisory vulnerability information exposure ubuntu crash risk libuv

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libuv1/1.40.0-1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libuv1/1.38.0-2ubuntu2.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libuv1/1.34.2-1ubuntu1.3

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