USN-6389-1: Indent vulnerability
20 September 2023
Indent could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted file.
Releases
Packages
- indent - C language source code formatting program
Details
It was discovered that Indent incorrectly handled parsing certain source
files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a
specially crafted source file, a remote attacker could use this issue to
cause Indent to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 23.04
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.