Number: AV21-448
Date: 10 September 2021
On 8 - 9 September 2021 Ubuntu released Security Notices to address vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel affecting the following products:
- Ubuntu 21.04
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
Exploitation of these vulnerabilities could result in a denial of service, data modification, access to sensitive information, bypass of security restrictions or execution of arbitrary code.
The Cyber Centre encourages users and administrators to review the following web links and apply the necessary updates.
Ubuntu Security Notice (USN-5070-1)
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5070-1
Ubuntu Security Notice (USN-5071-1)
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5071-1
Ubuntu Security Notice (USN-5072-1)
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5072-1
Ubuntu Security Notice (USN-5073-1)
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5073-1
Ubuntu Security Notices
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices
Note to Readers
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