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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2024-28085): util-linux vulnerability

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2024-28085): util-linux vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/27/2024
Created
03/29/2024
Added
03/28/2024
Modified
04/11/2024

Description

wall in util-linux through 2.40, often installed with setgid tty permissions, allows escape sequences to be sent to other users' terminals through argv. (Specifically, escape sequences received from stdin are blocked, but escape sequences received from argv are not blocked.) There may be plausible scenarios where this leads to account takeover.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-util-linux

References

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