1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-5340-1

USN-5340-1: CKEditor vulnerabilities

Publication date

22 March 2022

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in CKEditor.

Releases

Packages

  • ckeditor - text editor which can be embedded into web pages

Details

Kyaw Min Thein discovered that CKEditor incorrectly handled
certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affects
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-9861)

Micha Bentkowski discovered that CKEditor incorrectly handled
certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
execute arbitrary code. This issue only affects
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-9281)

Anton Subbotin discovered that CKEditor incorrectly handled
certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
execute arbitrary code. This issue only affects
Ubuntu 21.10. (CVE-2021-32808)

Anton Subbotin discovered that CKEditor incorrectly handled
certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
inject arbitrary code. (

Kyaw Min Thein discovered that CKEditor incorrectly handled
certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affects
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-9861)

Micha Bentkowski discovered that CKEditor incorrectly handled
certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
execute arbitrary code. This issue only affects
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-9281)

Anton Subbotin discovered that CKEditor incorrectly handled
certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
execute arbitrary code. This issue only affects
Ubuntu 21.10. (CVE-2021-32808)

Anton Subbotin discovered that CKEditor incorrectly handled
certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
inject arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-32809)

Or Sahar discovered that CKEditor incorrectly handled certain
inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute
arbitrary code. This issue only affects
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-33829)

Mika Kulmala discovered that CKEditor incorrectly handled
certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-37695)

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
21.10 impish ckeditor –  4.16.0+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1
20.04 focal ckeditor –  4.12.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
18.04 bionic ckeditor –  4.5.7+dfsg-2ubuntu0.18.04.1

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