USN-5048-2

USN-5048-1 fixed a vulnerability in Inetutils for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding fixes for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Inetutils telnet server allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via short writes or urgent data. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a DoS or possibly execute arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / inetutils

Package

Name: inetutils
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/inetutils?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy%2Fxenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2:1.9.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

2:1.*

2:1.9.4-1

2:1.9.4-1build1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2:1.9.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "inetutils-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:1.9.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "inetutils-ftpd"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:1.9.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "inetutils-talkd"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:1.9.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "inetutils-traceroute"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:1.9.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "inetutils-talk"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:1.9.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "inetutils-telnetd"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:1.9.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "inetutils-inetd"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:1.9.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "inetutils-ping"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:1.9.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "inetutils-syslogd"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:1.9.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "inetutils-ftp"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:1.9.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "inetutils-telnet"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5048-2.json"

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS",
    "cves": []
}