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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS USN-6306-1 Critical: Fast DDS Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey August 24, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Recent flaws in Fast DDS can cause severe system failures and unauthorized access to sensitive information. Ensure your Ubuntu operating system is updated to reduce these security threats.
Fast DDS could be made to crash or expose sensitive information if it received specially crafted input.

Summary

Fast DDS could be made to crash or expose sensitive information if it

received specially crafted input.

Software Description:

- fastdds: eProsima FastDDS Discovery Server and Tools

Details:

It was discovered that Fast DDS incorrectly handled certain inputs.

A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of

service and information exposure. This issue only affected Ubuntu

22.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-38425)

It was discovered that Fast DDS incorrectly handled certain inputs.

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

(CVE-2023-39534, CVE-2023-39945, CVE-2023-39946, CVE-2023-39947,

CVE-2023-39948, CVE-2023-39949)

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical information exposure ubuntu fast dds

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 23.04:
   fastdds-tools                   2.9.1+ds-1ubuntu0.1
   libfastrtps2.9                  2.9.1+ds-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
   fastdds-tools                   2.5.0+ds-3ubuntu0.1~esm1
   libfastrtps2.5                  2.5.0+ds-3ubuntu0.1~esm1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6306-1

CVE-2021-38425, CVE-2023-39534, CVE-2023-39945, CVE-2023-39946,

CVE-2023-39947, CVE-2023-39948, CVE-2023-39949

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6306-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical information exposure ubuntu fast dds

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fastdds/2.9.1+ds-1ubuntu0.1

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