USN-5172-2: uriparser vulnerability

9 December 2021

Several security issues were fixed in uriparser.

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Releases

Packages

  • uriparser - Strictly RFC 3986 compliant URI parsing library

Details

USN-5172-1 fixed vulnerabilities in uriparser.
This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and
Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that uriparser mishandled certain input. An attacker
could use this vulnerability to cause uriparser to crash or possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-19198, CVE-2018-19199, CVE-2018-19200)

It was discovered that uriparser incorrectly handled certain URIs. An
attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a crash or possibly leak
sensitive information. (CVE-2018-20721)

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu 14.04

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

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