USN-5636-1: SoS vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

• sosreport - Set of tools to gather troubleshooting data from a system

Details

It was discovered that SoS incorrectly handled certain data.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.04

• sosreport - 4.3-1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 20.04

• sosreport - 4.3-1ubuntu0.20.04.2

Ubuntu 18.04

• sosreport - 4.3-1ubuntu0.18.04.2

Ubuntu 16.04

• sosreport - 3.9.1-1ubuntu0.16.04.2+esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 14.04

• sosreport - 3.5-1~ubuntu14.04.3+esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

• CVE-2022-2806