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USN-5358-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity

High

Vendor

Canonical Ubuntu

Versions Affected

  • Canonical Ubuntu 18.04

Description

It was discovered that the network traffic control implementation in the Linux kernel contained a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-1055) It was discovered that the IPsec implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly allocate enough memory when performing ESP transformations, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-27666)

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2022-27666, CVE-2022-1055.

Affected Cloud Foundry Products and Versions

Severity is high unless otherwise noted.

  • Bionic Stemcells
    • 1.x versions prior to 1.76
    • All other stemcells not listed.

Mitigation

Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigations below. The Cloud Foundry project recommends upgrading the following releases:

  • Bionic Stemcells
    • Upgrade 1.x versions to 1.76 or greater
    • All other stemcells should be upgraded to the latest version available on bosh.io.

References

History

2022-04-14: Initial vulnerability report published.

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