USN-7137-1: recutils vulnerabilities

4 December 2024

recutils could be made to crash or run programs as a login user if a specially crafted file was opened.

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Releases

Packages

  • recutils - text-based databases called recfiles

Details

It was discovered that recutils incorrectly handled memory when parsing
comments with the recparser utility. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause a denial of service or run arbitrary commands.
(CVE-2021-46019, CVE-2021-46021, CVE-2021-46022)

It was discovered that recutils incorrectly handled memory when parsing CSV
files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service or run arbitrary commands. (CVE-2019-11637, CVE-2019-11638,
CVE-2019-11639, CVE-2019-11640)

It was discovered that recutils incorrectly handled memory when parsing
maliciously crafted recfiles. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service. (CVE-2019-6455, CVE-2019-6456, CVE-2019-6457,
CVE-2019-6458, CVE-2019-6459, CVE-2019-6460)

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04

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

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