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Unscored USN-4243-1 2 CVEs

libbsd vulnerabilities

Published Jan 20, 2020 · Updated Jun 29, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that libbsd incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. (CVE-2016-2090)

It was discovered that libbsd incorrectly handled certain strings.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information.
(CVE-2019-20367)

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS libbsd 0.8.2-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS libbsd 0.8.7-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu · Pro 14.04 LTS Pro:14.04:LTS libbsd 0.6.0-2ubuntu1+esm1

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2090
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-20367