1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-4955-1

USN-4955-1: Please vulnerabilities

Publication date

17 May 2021

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Please.

Releases

Packages

  • rust-pleaser - Please, a polite regex-first sudo alternative

Details

Matthias Gerstner discovered that Please contained multiple security
issues. A local attacker could use these issues to cause Please to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly escalate privileges.

Matthias Gerstner discovered that Please contained multiple security
issues. A local attacker could use these issues to cause Please to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly escalate privileges.

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
21.04 hirsute pleaser –  0.4.1-1~21.04.2

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