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Ubuntu 23.04 and 22.04 LTS USN-6304-1: inetutils Code Execution Threat

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Calendar Grey August 22, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ensure your Ubuntu installations are upgraded to mitigate Inetutils flaws that may result in system failures or potential exploitation through arbitrary code execution.
Inetutils could be made to crash or execute arbitrary code.

Summary

Inetutils could be made to crash or execute arbitrary code.

Software Description:

- inetutils: File Transfer Protocol client

Details:

It was discovered that telnetd in GNU Inetutils incorrectly handled certain inputs.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash. This issue

only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (CVE-2022-39028)

It was discovered that Inetutils incorrectly handled certain inputs.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information,

or execute arbitrary code.

(CVE-2023-40303)

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Topics Covered

security advisory update code execution arbitrary code ubuntu sensitive information inetutils

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 23.04:
  inetutils-telnetd               2:2.4-2ubuntu1.1
  inetutils-tools                 2:2.4-2ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
  inetutils-telnetd               2:2.2-2ubuntu0.1
  inetutils-tools                 2:2.2-2ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  inetutils-telnetd               2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2
  inetutils-tools                 2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6304-1

CVE-2022-39028, CVE-2023-40303

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6304-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory update code execution arbitrary code ubuntu sensitive information inetutils

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/inetutils/2:2.4-2ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/inetutils/2:2.2-2ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/inetutils/2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2

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