USN-4204-1: psutil vulnerability
USN-4204-1: psutil vulnerability python-psutil vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 19.10 Ubuntu 19.04 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary psutil could be made to crash or run programs. Software Description python-psutil – module providing convenience functions for managing processes Details Riccardo Schirone discovered that psutil incorrectly handled certain reference counting operations. An attacker could use this issue to cause psutil to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 19.10 python-psutil – 5.5.1-1ubuntu0.19.10.1 python3-psutil – 5.5.1-1ubuntu0.19.10.1 Ubuntu 19.04 python-psutil – 5.5.1-1ubuntu0.19.04.1 python3-psutil – 5.5.1-1ubuntu0.19.04.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS python-psutil – 5.4.2-1ubuntu0.1 python3-psutil – 5.4.2-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS python-psutil – 3.4.2-1ubuntu0.1 python3-psutil – 3.4.2-1ubuntu0.1 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. [ more… ]