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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: Inetutils Important Denial Service & Escalation 7781-1

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Calendar Grey September 29, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Several vulnerabilities fixed in Inetutils for Ubuntu, affecting various LTS releases. Immediate updates recommended.
Several security issues were fixed in Inetutils.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Inetutils. Software Description: - inetutils: Collection of common network programs Details: Matthew Hickey discovered that Inetutils did not correctly handle certain escape characters. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2019-0053) It was discovered that Inetutils did not correctly handle certain memory operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-10188) It was discovered that Inetutils did not correctly handle certain memory operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-39028) It was discovered that Inetutils did not check the return values of set*id functions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to ...

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS inetutils-ftp 2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro inetutils-ftpd 2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro inetutils-inetd 2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro inetutils-ping 2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro inetutils-syslogd 2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro inetutils-talk 2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro inetutils-telnet 2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro inetutils-tools 2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro inetutils-traceroute 2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 18.04 LTS inetutils-ftp 2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro inetutils-ftpd 2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro inetutils-inetd 2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro inetutils-ping 2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro inetutils-syslogd 2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro inetutils-talk 2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro inetutils-telnet 2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro inetutils-tools 2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro inetutils-traceroute 2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 16.04 LTS inetutils-ftp 2:1.9.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm3 Available with Ubuntu Pro inetutils-ftpd 2:1.9.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm3 Available with Ubuntu Pro inetutils-inetd 2:1.9.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm3 Available with Ubuntu Pro inetutils-ping 2:1.9.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm3 Available with Ubuntu Pro inetutils-syslogd 2:1.9.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm3 Available with Ubuntu Pro inetutils-talk 2:1.9.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm3 Available with Ubuntu Pro inetutils-telnet 2:1.9.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm3 Available with Ubuntu Pro inetutils-tools 2:1.9.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm3 Available with Ubuntu Pro inetutils-traceroute 2:1.9.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm3 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 14.04 LTS inetutils-ftp 2:1.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro inetutils-ftpd 2:1.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro inetutils-inetd 2:1.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro inetutils-ping 2:1.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro inetutils-syslogd 2:1.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro inetutils-talk 2:1.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro inetutils-telnet 2:1.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro inetutils-tools 2:1.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro inetutils-traceroute 2:1.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7781-1

CVE-2019-0053, CVE-2020-10188, CVE-2022-39028, CVE-2023-40303

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7781-1

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