USN-5177-1: Inetutils vulnerability

Publication date

8 August 2022

Overview

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


Packages

Details

It was discovered that Inetutils did not properly check the response of
ftp requests. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a crash
or run programs in the user machine.

It was discovered that Inetutils did not properly check the response of
ftp requests. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a crash
or run programs in the user machine.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
20.04 focal inetutils-tools –  2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.1+esm1  
inetutils-ftpd –  2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.1+esm1  
18.04 bionic inetutils-tools –  2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm1  
inetutils-ftpd –  2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm1  
16.04 xenial inetutils-tools –  2:1.9.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm2  
inetutils-ftpd –  2:1.9.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm2  
14.04 trusty inetutils-tools –  2:1.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
inetutils-ftpd –  2:1.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  

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