1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-6215-1

USN-6215-1: dwarves vulnerabilities

Publication date

11 July 2023

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in dwarves.

Releases

Packages

Details

It was discovered that dwarves incorrectly handled certain memory
operations under certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause dwarves to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-3534, CVE-2022-3606)

It was discovered that dwarves incorrectly handled certain memory
operations under certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause dwarves to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-3534, CVE-2022-3606)

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
20.04 focal dwarves –  1.21-0ubuntu1~20.04.1
18.04 bionic dwarves –  1.21-0ubuntu1~18.04.1+esm1  

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