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High USN-5628-2 4 CVEs

etcd vulnerabilities

Published Sep 22, 2022 · Updated Apr 27, 2026

Summary

USN-5628-1 fixed vulnerabilities in etcd.
This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 18.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that etcd incorrectly handled certain specially crafted
WAL files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service. (CVE-2020-15106, CVE-2020-15112)

It was discovered that etcd incorrectly handled directory permissions when
trying to create a directory that exists already. An attacker could
possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2020-15113)

It was discovered that etcd incorrectly handled endpoint setup. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service. (CVE-2020-15114)

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · Pro 18.04 LTS Pro:18.04:LTS etcd 3.2.17+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Vulnerabilities 4

  • High 7.7

    Denial of Service in etcd

    In etcd before versions 3.3.23 and 3.4.10, the etcd gateway is a simple TCP proxy to allow for basic service discovery and access. However, it is possible to include the gateway address as an endpoint. This results in a denial of service, since the endpoint c…

  • Medium 6.5

    Improper Input Validation in etcd

    In etcd before versions 3.3.23 and 3.4.10, a large slice causes panic in decodeRecord method. The size of a record is stored in the length field of a WAL file and no additional validation is done on this data. Therefore, it is possible to forge an extremely l…

  • Medium 6.5

    Improper Input Validation in etcd

    In etcd before versions 3.3.23 and 3.4.10, it is possible to have an entry index greater then the number of entries in the ReadAll method in wal/wal.go. This could cause issues when WAL entries are being read during consensus as an arbitrary etcd consensus pa…

  • Medium 5.7

    Improper Preservation of Permissions in etcd

    In etcd before versions 3.3.23 and 3.4.10, certain directory paths are created (etcd data directory and the directory path when provided to automatically generate self-signed certificates for TLS connections with clients) with restricted access permissions (7…

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-15106
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-15112
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-15113
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-15114