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Ubuntu 22.10: USN-5753-1 Moderate Snapd Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey December 1, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5754-1 highlights a vulnerability in snapd that could enable local users to gain higher privileges. Immediate update is advised.
snapd could be made to run programs as an administrator.

Summary

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate privilege escalation Ubuntu local attack snapd

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.10: snapd 2.57.5+22.10ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: snapd 2.57.5+22.04ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: snapd 2.57.5+20.04ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: snapd 2.57.5+18.04ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 16.04 ESM: snapd 2.54.3+16.04.0ubuntu0.1~esm5 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5753-1

CVE-2022-3328

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December 01, 2022

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate privilege escalation Ubuntu local attack snapd

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/snapd/2.57.5+22.10ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/snapd/2.57.5+22.04ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/snapd/2.57.5+20.04ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/snapd/2.57.5+18.04ubuntu0.1

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