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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2022-29799): networkd-dispatcher regression

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2022-29799): networkd-dispatcher regression

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/28/2022
Created
05/03/2022
Added
04/29/2022
Modified
09/26/2022

Description

Details for this vulnerability have not been published by NIST at this point. Descriptions from software vendor advisories for this issue are provided below.

From USN-5395-2:

USN-5395-1 fixed vulnerabilities in networkd-dispatcher. Unfortunately that update was incomplete and could introduce a regression. This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that networkd-dispatcher incorrectly handled internal scripts. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a race condition, escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-29799,CVE-2022-29800)

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-networkd-dispatcher

References

  • USN-5395-1
  • USN-5395-2
  • CVE-2022-29799

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