Severity

Medium

Vendor

Canonical Ubuntu

Versions Affected

• Canonical Ubuntu 22.04

Description

It was discovered that libuv incorrectly truncated certain hostnames. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue with specially crafted hostnames to bypass certain checks. Update Instructions: Run sudo pro fix USN-6666-1 to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: libuv1-dev – 1.34.2-1ubuntu1.5 libuv1 – 1.34.2-1ubuntu1.5 No subscription required

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2024-24806.

Affected Cloud Foundry Products and Versions

Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.

• cflinuxfs4
  • All versions prior to 1.79.0
• Jammy Stemcells
  • 1.x versions prior to 1.404
  • All other stemcells not listed.
• CF Deployment
  • All versions with Jammy Stemcells prior to 1.404

Mitigation

Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigations below.

The Cloud Foundry project recommends upgrading the following releases:

• cflinuxfs4
  • Upgrade all versions to 1.79.0 or greater
• Jammy Stemcells
  • Upgrade 1.x versions to 1.404 or greater
  • All other stemcells should be upgraded to the latest version available on bosh.io.
• CF Deployment
  • For all versions, upgrade Jammy Stemcells to 1.404 or greater

References

• USN Notice
• CVE-2024-24806

History

2024-04-04: Initial vulnerability report published.