Summary
It was discovered that Erlang incorrectly handled SFTP packet sizes. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Erlang to consume
resources, resulting in a denial of service.
Fixed packages 3
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS | erlang | 1:22.2.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.3 |
| Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS | erlang | 1:24.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2 |
| Ubuntu · 24.04 LTS 24.04:LTS | erlang | 1:25.3.2.8+dfsg-1ubuntu4.1 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.0
SSH SFTP packet size not verified properly in Erlang OTP
Erlang is a programming language and runtime system for building massively scalable soft real-time systems with requirements on high availability. OTP is a set of Erlang libraries, which consists of the Erlang runtime system, a number of ready-to-use componen…
References
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-26618