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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

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 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 Pie...

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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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