USN-5759-1

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    USN-5759-1

    Published: 5 Dec 2022Last Modified: 30 Jul 2026

    Summary: libbpf vulnerabilities

    Details: It was discovered that LibBPF incorrectly handled certain memory operations under certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause LibBPF to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2021-45940, CVE-2021-45941, CVE-2022-3533) It was discovered that LibBPF incorrectly handled certain memory operations under certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause LibBPF to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-3534, CVE-2022-3606)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5759-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-45940, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-45941, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-3533, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-3534, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-3606

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libbpf

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libbpf?arch=source&distro=jammy

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.5.0-1ubuntu22.04.1

    Affected versions

    0.4.0-1ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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