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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS oFono Critical Denial of Service Vuln USN-8178-1

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Calendar Grey April 16, 2026
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
oFono crash risk identified in Ubuntu. Critical update instruction available for users across releases to mitigate threats.
oFono could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

Summary

oFono could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

Software Description:

- ofono: A free software project for mobile telephony applications

Details:

It was discovered that oFono incorrectly handled crafted responses

from AT commands. An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash

the program, resulting in a denial of service or arbitrary code

execution. (CVE-2024-7538, CVE-2024-7539, CVE-2024-7540, CVE-2024-7541,

CVE-2024-7542)

Lucas Leong discovered that oFono incorrectly handled crafted input.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash the program,

resulting in a denial of service or arbitrary code execution.

(CVE-2024-7543, CVE-2024-7544, CVE-2024-7545, CVE-2024-7546,

CVE-2024-7547)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical Ubuntu ofono

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  ofono                           1.31-3ubuntu3.24.04.2+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  ofono                           1.31-3ubuntu1.2+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  ofono                           1.31-2ubuntu1+esm3
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  ofono                           1.21-1ubuntu1+esm3
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  ofono                           1.17.bzr6912+16.04.20160314.3-0ubuntu1+esm3
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8178-1

CVE-2024-7538, CVE-2024-7539, CVE-2024-7540, CVE-2024-7541,

CVE-2024-7542, CVE-2024-7543, CVE-2024-7544, CVE-2024-7545,

CVE-2024-7546, CVE-2024-7547

Severity
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8178-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical Ubuntu ofono

Package Information

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