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Ubuntu 24.10, 24.04 LTS: 7425-1 critical: erlang memory issue

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Calendar Grey April 8, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu's Erlang installation is facing a critical vulnerability that could lead to severe memory depletion. Apply updates without delay to ensure your system's protection.
Erlang could be made to consume large amount of memory.

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 large amount of memory. Software Description: - erlang: Concurrent, real-time, distributed functional language Details: It was discovered that Erlang OTP's SSH module did not limit the size of certain data in initialization messages. An attacker could possibly use this issue to consume large amount of memory leading to a denial of service.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu update instructions memory consumption erlang

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-1ubuntu2.2   erlang-ssh                      1:25.3.2.12+dfsg-1ubuntu2.2 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS   erlang                          1:25.3.2.8+dfsg-1ubuntu4.2   erlang-ssh                      1:25.3.2.8+dfsg-1ubuntu4.2 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS   erlang                          1:24.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.3   erlang-ssh                      1:24.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.3 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS   erlang                          1:22.2.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.4   erlang-ssh                      1:22.2.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.4 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7425-1

  CVE-2025-30211

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7425-1

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security advisory denial of service Ubuntu update instructions memory consumption erlang

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/erlang/1:25.3.2.12+dfsg-1ubuntu2.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/erlang/1:25.3.2.8+dfsg-1ubuntu4.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/erlang/1:24.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/erlang/1:22.2.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.4

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