Ubuntu 24.10: USN-7313-1 moderate: erlang denial of service
ubuntu
March 3, 2025
Erlang could be made to consume resources if it received specially crafted network traffic.
Summary
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 24.10 - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Summary: Erlang could be made to consume resources if it received specially crafted network traffic. Software Description: - erlang: Concurrent, real-time, distributed functional language Details: It was discovered that Erlang incorrectly handled SFTP packet sizes. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Erlang to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service.
Update Instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 24.10 erlang 1:25.3.2.12+dfsg-1ubuntu2.1 erlang-ssh 1:25.3.2.12+dfsg-1ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS erlang 1:25.3.2.8+dfsg-1ubuntu4.1 erlang-ssh 1:25.3.2.8+dfsg-1ubuntu4.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS erlang 1:24.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2 erlang-ssh 1:24.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS erlang 1:22.2.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.3 erlang-ssh 1:22.2.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.3 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7313-1
CVE-2025-26618
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Package Information
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/erlang/1:25.3.2.12+dfsg-1ubuntu2.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/erlang/1:25.3.2.8+dfsg-1ubuntu4.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/erlang/1:24.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/erlang/1:22.2.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.3
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