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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS USN-6182-1 Moderate Pngcheck Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey June 21, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6183-1 published on June 22, 2023, highlights vulnerabilities in the tar utility that impact various LTS versions.
Several security issues were fixed in pngcheck.

Summary

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security advisory moderate denial of service ubuntu pngcheck

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: pngcheck 2.3.0-7ubuntu0.20.04.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro): pngcheck 2.3.0-7ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro): pngcheck 2.3.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6182-1

CVE-2020-27818, CVE-2020-35511

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June 21, 2023

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security advisory moderate denial of service ubuntu pngcheck

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pngcheck/2.3.0-7ubuntu0.20.04.1

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