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Unscored USN-4001-2 1 CVE

libseccomp vulnerability

Published May 30, 2019 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

USN-4001-1 fixed a vulnerability in libseccomp. This update provides the
corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

Jann Horn discovered that libseccomp did not correctly generate 64-bit
syscall argument comparisons with arithmetic operators (LT, GT, LE, GE).
An attacker could use this to bypass intended access restrictions for
argument-filtered system calls.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · Pro 14.04 LTS Pro:14.04:LTS libseccomp 2.4.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-9893