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Ubuntu 21.10 USN-5292-4 Critical Fix for Snapd Regression Issue

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Calendar Grey February 24, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Tackling the snapd rollback problem arising from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5292-1 entails essential patching directives.
USN-5292-1 introduced a regression in snapd.

Summary

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security advisory update threat Ubuntu permission issue regression snapd

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 21.10: snap-confine 2.54.3+21.10.1ubuntu0.2 snapd 2.54.3+21.10.1ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: snap-confine 2.54.3+20.04.1ubuntu0.2 snapd 2.54.3+20.04.1ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: snap-confine 2.54.3+18.04.2ubuntu0.2 snapd 2.54.3+18.04.2ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 16.04 ESM: snap-confine 2.54.3+16.04.0ubuntu0.1~esm4 snapd 2.54.3+16.04.0ubuntu0.1~esm4 Ubuntu 14.04 ESM: snap-confine 2.54.3+14.04.0ubuntu0.1~esm3 snapd 2.54.3+14.04.0ubuntu0.1~esm3 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5292-4

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5292-1

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/snapd/+bug/1961365, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/snapd/+bug/1961791

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February 24, 2022

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security advisory update threat Ubuntu permission issue regression snapd

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/snapd/2.54.3+21.10.1ubuntu0.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/snapd/2.54.3+20.04.1ubuntu0.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/snapd/2.54.3+18.04.2ubuntu0.2

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