Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: 5584-1 Moderate: Schroot Denial Of Service

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August 29, 2022

Schroot could be made to denial of service if certain schroot names are used.

Summary

Schroot could be made to denial of service if certain

schroot names are used.

Software Description:

- schroot: Execute commands in a chroot environment

Details:

It was discovered that Schroot incorrectly handled certain Schroot names.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to break schroot's internal

state causing a denial of service.

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service moderate severity ubuntu schroot

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
  schroot                         1.6.10-12ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  schroot                         1.6.10-9ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  schroot                         1.6.10-4ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
  schroot                         1.6.10-1ubuntu3+esm1

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