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Ubuntu 21.10 & 20.04 LTS: USN-5316-1 Critical Remote Execution Issue

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Calendar Grey March 8, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Redis flaw discovered in Ubuntu USN-5317-1 enabling remote code execution through specially crafted requests.
Redis could be made to run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic from an authenticated user.

Summary

Redis could be made to run programs if it received specially crafted

network traffic from an authenticated user.

Software Description:

- redis: Persistent key-value database with network interface

Details:

Reginaldo Silva discovered that due to a packaging issue, a remote attacker

with the ability to execute arbitrary Lua scripts could possibly escape the

Lua sandbox and execute arbitrary code on the host.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue critical remote code execution Ubuntu network exploit redis

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 21.10:
  redis                           5:6.0.15-1ubuntu0.1
  redis-server                    5:6.0.15-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  redis                           5:5.0.7-2ubuntu0.1
  redis-server                    5:5.0.7-2ubuntu0.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5316-1

CVE-2022-0543

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March 08, 2022

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue critical remote code execution Ubuntu network exploit redis

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/redis/5:6.0.15-1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/redis/5:5.0.7-2ubuntu0.1

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