USN-4824-1: Varnish vulnerability
15 March 2021
Varnish could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.
Releases
Packages
- varnish - state of the art, high-performance web accelerator
Details
It was discovered that Varnish incorrectly handled certain inputs. A remote
attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 16.04
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varnish
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4.1.1-1ubuntu0.2+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
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libvarnishapi1
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4.1.1-1ubuntu0.2+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.