Medium
Canonical Ubuntu
USN-6719-1 fixed a vulnerability in util-linux. Unfortunately, it was discovered that the fix did not fully address the issue. This update removes the setgid permission bit from the wall and write utilities. Original advisory details: Skyler Ferrante discovered that the util-linux wall command did not filter escape sequences from command line arguments. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. Update Instructions: Run sudo pro fix USN-6719-2
to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: bsdutils – 1:2.34-0.1ubuntu9.6 No subscription required fdisk – 2.34-0.1ubuntu9.6 libblkid-dev – 2.34-0.1ubuntu9.6 libblkid1 – 2.34-0.1ubuntu9.6 libfdisk-dev – 2.34-0.1ubuntu9.6 libfdisk1 – 2.34-0.1ubuntu9.6 libmount-dev – 2.34-0.1ubuntu9.6 libmount1 – 2.34-0.1ubuntu9.6 libsmartcols-dev – 2.34-0.1ubuntu9.6 libsmartcols1 – 2.34-0.1ubuntu9.6 libuuid1 – 2.34-0.1ubuntu9.6 mount – 2.34-0.1ubuntu9.6 rfkill – 2.34-0.1ubuntu9.6 util-linux – 2.34-0.1ubuntu9.6 util-linux-locales – 2.34-0.1ubuntu9.6 uuid-dev – 2.34-0.1ubuntu9.6 uuid-runtime – 2.34-0.1ubuntu9.6 No subscription required
CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2024-28085.
Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.
Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigations below.
The Cloud Foundry project recommends upgrading the following releases:
2024-05-23: Initial vulnerability report published.
CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
---|---|---|---|
cflinuxfs4 | lt | 1.89.0 | |
jammy stemcells | lt | 1.439 | |
cf deployment | lt | 1.439 |