1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-5983-1

USN-5983-1: Nette vulnerability

Publication date

29 March 2023

Overview

Nette could be made to run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Releases

Packages

Details

Cyku Hong discovered that Nette was not properly handling and validating
data used for code generation. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to execute arbitrary code.

Cyku Hong discovered that Nette was not properly handling and validating
data used for code generation. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to restart any applications using Nette to 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
18.04 bionic php-nette –  2.4-20160731-1ubuntu0.1
16.04 xenial php-nette –  2.3.8-1ubuntu1+esm1  

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