USN-4437-1: libslirp vulnerability
27 July 2020
libslirp could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.
Releases
Packages
- libslirp - None
Details
Ziming Zhang and VictorV discovered that libslirp incorrectly handled
replying to certain ICMP echo requests. A remote attacker could possibly
use this issue to cause libslirp to crash, resulting in a denial of
service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 20.04
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.