USN-4955-1: Please vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 21.04

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.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 21.04

• pleaser - 0.4.1-1~21.04.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2021-31155
• CVE-2021-31154
• CVE-2021-31153