Severity

Medium

Vendor

Canonical Ubuntu

Versions Affected

• Canonical Ubuntu 16.04
• Canonical Ubuntu 18.04
• Canonical Ubuntu 22.04

Description

It was discovered that less incorrectly handled certain file names. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary commands. Update Instructions: Run sudo pro fix USN-6664-1 to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: less – 551-1ubuntu0.2 No subscription required

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2022-48624.

Affected Cloud Foundry Products and Versions

Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.

• cflinuxfs4
  • All versions prior to 1.77.0
• Jammy Stemcells
  • 1.x versions prior to 1.404
  • All other stemcells not listed.
• CF Deployment
  • All versions prior to 30.0.0, or later versions with Jammy Stemcells prior to 1.404

Mitigation

Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigations below.

The Cloud Foundry project recommends upgrading the following releases:

• cflinuxfs4
  • Upgrade all versions to 1.77.0 or greater
• Jammy Stemcells
  • Upgrade 1.x versions to 1.404 or greater
  • All other stemcells should be upgraded to the latest version available on bosh.io.
• CF Deployment
  • Upgrade all versions to 30.0.0 or greater and upgrade Jammy Stemcells to 1.404 or greater

References

• USN Notice
• CVE-2022-48624

History

2024-04-04: Initial vulnerability report published.