USN-4460-1: Oniguruma vulnerabilities

Publication date

17 August 2020

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Oniguruma.

Releases


Packages

  • libonig - regular expressions library

Details

It was discovered that Oniguruma incorrectly handled certain regular
expressions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service, obtain sensitive information or other unspecified impact.
(CVE-2019-16163, CVE-2019-19012, CVE-2019-19204, CVE-2019-19246)

It was discovered that Oniguruma incorrectly handled certain regular
expressions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service, obtain sensitive information or other unspecified impact.
(CVE-2019-16163, CVE-2019-19012, CVE-2019-19204, CVE-2019-19246)

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
14.04 trusty libonig2 –  5.9.1-1ubuntu1.1+esm2

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