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Ubuntu 23.04 USN-6125-1 Urgent: Snapd Access Vulnerability Warning

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Calendar Grey May 31, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Perform an update on your Ubuntu installation to mitigate the snapd security flaw impacting various versions and avoid potential command execution risks.
An intended access restriction in snapd could be bypassed by strict mode snaps.

Summary

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security advisory update critical Ubuntu command injection access restriction snapd

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 23.04: snapd 2.59.1+23.04ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 22.10: snapd 2.58+22.10.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: snapd 2.58+22.04.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: snapd 2.58+20.04.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: snapd 2.58+18.04.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro): snapd 2.54.3+16.04.0ubuntu0.1~esm6 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6125-1

CVE-2023-1523

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May 31, 2023

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security advisory update critical Ubuntu command injection access restriction snapd

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/snapd/2.59.1+23.04ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/snapd/2.58+22.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/snapd/2.58+22.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/snapd/2.58+20.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/snapd/2.58+18.04.1

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