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Unscored USN-5395-2 0 CVEs

networkd-dispatcher regression

Published May 4, 2022 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Summary

USN-5395-1 fixed vulnerabilities in networkd-dispatcher. Unfortunately
that update was incomplete and could introduce a regression. This update
fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that networkd-dispatcher incorrectly handled internal
scripts. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a race
condition, escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2022-29799, CVE-2022-29800)

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS networkd-dispatcher 1.7-0ubuntu3.5
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS networkd-dispatcher 2.1-2~ubuntu20.04.3
Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS networkd-dispatcher 2.1-2ubuntu0.22.04.2

References

  • report
    https://launchpad.net/bugs/1971550