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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM: USN-5244-1 Critical: DBus Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey January 20, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Advisory USN-5244-1 highlights a dbus flaw in 16.04 ESM, potentially allowing for denial of service occurrences.
DBus could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

Summary

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security advisory denial of service Ubuntu input handling dbus use-after-free

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 16.04 ESM: dbus 1.10.6-1ubuntu3.6+esm1 libdbus-1-3 1.10.6-1ubuntu3.6+esm1 After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2020-35512

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January 20, 2022

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security advisory denial of service Ubuntu input handling dbus use-after-free

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