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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS USN-7168-1 critical: EditorConfig denial of service

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Calendar Grey December 18, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A recent security patch for EditorConfig on Ubuntu resolves significant vulnerabilities that may result in system crashes or the possibility of malicious code being executed.
EditorConfig could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it received specially crafted input.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary: EditorConfig could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it received specially crafted input. Software Description: - editorconfig-core: coding style indenter for all editors Details: It was discovered that EditorConfig improperly managed memory when handling certain inputs, leading to overflows. An attacker could possibly use these issues to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu memory management EditorConfig

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS editorconfig 0.12.5-2ubuntu0.1~esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro libeditorconfig0 0.12.5-2ubuntu0.1~esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 20.04 LTS editorconfig 0.12.1-1.1+deb11u1build0.20.04.1 libeditorconfig0 0.12.1-1.1+deb11u1build0.20.04.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS editorconfig 0.12.1-1.1ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro libeditorconfig0 0.12.1-1.1ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 16.04 LTS editorconfig 0.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro libeditorconfig0 0.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7168-1

CVE-2023-0341, CVE-2024-53849

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7168-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu memory management EditorConfig

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/editorconfig-core/0.12.1-1.1+deb11u1build0.20.04.1

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