Ubuntu: 5636-1 Moderate: SoSreport Sensitive Info Exposure

ubuntu

September 26, 2022

SoS could be made do expose sensitive information.

Summary

SoS could be made do expose sensitive information.

Software Description:

- sosreport: Set of tools to gather troubleshooting data from a system

Details:

It was discovered that SoS incorrectly handled certain data.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate information exposure ubuntu sosreport

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
  sosreport                       4.3-1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  sosreport                       4.3-1ubuntu0.20.04.2

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  sosreport                       4.3-1ubuntu0.18.04.2

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
  sosreport                       3.9.1-1ubuntu0.16.04.2+esm1

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
  sosreport                       3.5-1~ubuntu14.04.3+esm1

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