[USN-6215-1] dwarves vulnerabilities

[Nishit Majithia]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6215-1
July 11, 2023

dwarves-dfsg vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro)

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in dwarves.

Software Description:
- dwarves-dfsg: set of advanced DWARF utilities

Details:

It was discovered that dwarves incorrectly handled certain memory
operations under certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause dwarves to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-3534, CVE-2022-3606)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  dwarves                         1.21-0ubuntu1~20.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
  dwarves                         1.21-0ubuntu1~18.04.1+esm1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6215-1
  CVE-2022-3534, CVE-2022-3606

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dwarves-dfsg/1.21-0ubuntu1~20.04.1
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