USN-6746-1: Google Guest Agent and Google OS Config Agent vulnerability

23 April 2024

Google Guest Agent and OS Config Agent could be made to crash if it open a specially crafted JSON.

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Details

It was discovered that Google Guest Agent and Google OS Config Agent incorrectly
handled certain JSON files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service.

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 23.10
Ubuntu 22.04

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

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