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Ubuntu 23.04 USN-6389-1 Critical Indent Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey September 20, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A critical vulnerability in Debian may result in system instability or allow malicious code execution through specially designed files.
Indent could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

Indent could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially

crafted file.

Software Description:

- indent: C language source code formatting program

Details:

It was discovered that Indent incorrectly handled parsing certain source

files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a

specially crafted source file, a remote attacker could use this issue to

cause Indent to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly

execute arbitrary code.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical issue denial service ubuntu indent

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 23.04:
   indent                          2.2.12-4ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
   indent                          2.2.12-1ubuntu0.22.04.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
   indent                          2.2.12-1ubuntu0.20.04.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6389-1

CVE-2023-40305

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6389-1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical issue denial service ubuntu indent

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indent/2.2.12-4ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indent/2.2.12-1ubuntu0.22.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indent/2.2.12-1ubuntu0.20.04.1

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