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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS USN-6981-1 Critical: Drupal Network Exploit

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Calendar Grey August 27, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Security flaws in Drupal could allow remote adversaries to compromise the system, potentially leading to crashes or unauthorized program execution through specially designed network packets.
Drupal could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

Drupal could be made to crash or run programs if it received

specially crafted network traffic.

Software Description:

- drupal7: fully-featured content management framework

Details:

It was discovered that Drupal incorrectly sanitized uploaded filenames. A

remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

(CVE-2020-13671)

It was discovered that Drupal incorrectly sanitized archived filenames. A

remote attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite arbitrary files,

or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-28948, CVE-2020-28949)

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
   drupal7                         7.44-1ubuntu1~16.04.0+esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6981-1

  CVE-2020-13671, CVE-2020-28948, CVE-2020-28949

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6981-1

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security advisory critical code execution file overwrite ubuntu network exploit drupal

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