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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS USN-5784-1 Critical: usbredir Denial Of Service Threat

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Calendar Grey January 3, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5785-1 announces a vulnerability in libjpeg-turbo affecting image processing and provides steps for remediation.
usbredir could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted input.

Summary

usbredir could be made to crash or run programs if it received

specially crafted input.

Software Description:

- usbredir: usbredir libraries and utilities

Details:

It was discovered that usbredir incorrectly handled memory when

serializing large amounts of data in the case of a slow or blocked

destination. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause

applications using usbredir to crash, resulting in a denial of

service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical issue ubuntu usbredir

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
   libusbredirhost1                0.8.0-1ubuntu0.1
   libusbredirparser1              0.8.0-1ubuntu0.1
   usbredirserver                  0.8.0-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
   libusbredirhost1                0.7.1-1ubuntu0.18.04.1
   libusbredirparser1              0.7.1-1ubuntu0.18.04.1
   usbredirserver                  0.7.1-1ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
   libusbredirhost1                0.7.1-1ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1
   libusbredirparser1              0.7.1-1ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1
   usbredirserver                  0.7.1-1ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
   libusbredirhost1                0.6-2ubuntu1.1+esm1
   libusbredirparser1              0.6-2ubuntu1.1+esm1
   usbredirserver                  0.6-2ubuntu1.1+esm1

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

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5784-1

  CVE-2021-3700

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January 03, 2023

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical issue ubuntu usbredir

Package Information

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usbredir/0.8.0-1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usbredir/0.7.1-1ubuntu0.18.04.1

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