USN-4475-1: Chrony vulnerability
27 August 2020
Chrony could be made to crash or expose sensitive information.
Releases
Packages
- chrony - An implementation of the Network Time Protocol
Details
It was discovered that Chrony incorrectly handled certain symbolic links.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or
expose sensitive information.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.