USN-7356-1: uriparser vulnerabilities

19 March 2025

Several security issues were fixed in uriparser.

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Releases

Packages

  • uriparser - Strictly RFC 3986 compliant URI parsing library

Details

It was discovered that uriparser did not correctly handle certain inputs,
which could lead to an integer overflow. An attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2024-34402, CVE-2024-34403)

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 24.04
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu 14.04

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

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