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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: 6209-1 Moderate Gerbv Crash Vulnerability Risk

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Calendar Grey July 7, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6209-1 highlights vulnerabilities in Gerbv, affecting LTS versions, urging users to update for security against potential attacks and crashes
Gerbv could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate code execution Ubuntu Denial of Service Gerbv

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro): gerbv 2.8.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: gerbv 2.7.0-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro): gerbv 2.6.1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro): gerbv 2.6.0-1ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro): gerbv 2.6.0-1ubuntu0.14.04.1~esm1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2021-40391, CVE-2021-40393, CVE-2021-40394, CVE-2021-40400,

CVE-2021-40401, CVE-2021-40403

July 07, 2023

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate code execution Ubuntu Denial of Service Gerbv

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gerbv/2.7.0-1ubuntu0.1

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