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Ubuntu 23.04 USN-6088-1 Moderate: runC Privilege Escalation Threats

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Calendar Grey May 18, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
In light of multiple runC security flaws discovered in Ubuntu, critical patches have been deployed to bolster protection against potential threats.
Several security issues were fixed in runC.

Summary

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate privilege escalation ubuntu runC

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 23.04:   runc                            1.1.4-0ubuntu3.1 Ubuntu 22.10:   runc                            1.1.4-0ubuntu1~22.10.3 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:   runc                            1.1.4-0ubuntu1~22.04.3 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:   runc                            1.1.4-0ubuntu1~20.04.3 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:   runc                            1.1.4-0ubuntu1~18.04.2 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6088-1

  CVE-2023-25809, CVE-2023-27561, CVE-2023-28642

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May 18, 2023

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security advisory moderate privilege escalation ubuntu runC

Package Information

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/runc/1.1.4-0ubuntu3.1   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/runc/1.1.4-0ubuntu1~22.10.3   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/runc/1.1.4-0ubuntu1~22.04.3   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/runc/1.1.4-0ubuntu1~20.04.3   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/runc/1.1.4-0ubuntu1~18.04.2

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