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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS: USN-7603-1 severe: composer code execution risk

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Calendar Grey July 2, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Numerous vulnerabilities in Composer for Ubuntu editions present significant dangers necessitating prompt upgrades.
Several security issues were fixed in Composer.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Composer.

Software Description:

- composer: Dependency Manager for PHP

Details:

Thomas Chauchefoin discovered that Composer did not correctly handle

certain arguments. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute

arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS,

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.

(CVE-2022-24828, CVE-2023-43655)

Ed Cradock discovered that Composer did not correctly handle the exclusion

of certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute

arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-24821)

Martin Haunschmid discovered that Composer did not correctly handle git

branch names. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute

arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-35241)

Maciej Piechota discovered that Composer did not correctly handle VCS

branch names. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute

arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-35242)

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Topics Covered

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  composer                        2.7.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  composer                        2.2.6-2ubuntu4+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  composer                        1.10.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  composer                        1.6.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  composer                        1.0.0~beta2-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7603-1

CVE-2022-24828, CVE-2023-43655, CVE-2024-24821, CVE-2024-35241,

CVE-2024-35242

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7603-1

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