1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-5584-1

USN-5584-1: Schroot vulnerability

Publication date

29 August 2022

Overview

Schroot could be made to denial of service if certain schroot names are used.

Releases

Packages

  • schroot - Execute commands in a chroot environment

Details

It was discovered that Schroot incorrectly handled certain Schroot names.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to break schroot’s internal
state causing a denial of service.

It was discovered that Schroot incorrectly handled certain Schroot names.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to break schroot’s internal
state causing a denial of service.

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
22.04 jammy schroot –  1.6.10-12ubuntu3.1
20.04 focal schroot –  1.6.10-9ubuntu0.1
18.04 bionic schroot –  1.6.10-4ubuntu0.1
16.04 xenial schroot –  1.6.10-1ubuntu3+esm1  

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