USN-4493-1: cryptsetup vulnerability

Publication date

14 September 2020

Overview

cryptsetup could be made to execute arbitrary code if it received a specially crafted input.

Releases

20.04 LTS

Packages

It was discovered that cryptsetup incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

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

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

Ubuntu Release	Package Version
20.04 focal	cryptsetup – 2:2.2.2-3ubuntu2.2

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