USN-6209-1

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    USN-6209-1

    Published: 7 Jul 2023Last Modified: 29 Jun 2026

    Summary: Gerbv vulnerabilities

    Details: Claudio Bozzato discovered that Gerbv incorrectly handled certain Gerber files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash Gerbv (resulting in a denial of service), or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-40391, CVE-2021-40394) Claudio Bozzato discovered that Gerbv incorrectly handled certain Gerber files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to disclose information, crash Gerbv (resulting in a denial of service), or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-40393) Claudio Bozzato discovered that Gerbv incorrectly handled certain Gerber files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to disclose information. (CVE-2021-40400, CVE-2021-40403) Claudio Bozzato discovered that Gerbv incorrectly handled certain Gerber files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to disclose information, crash Gerbv (resulting in a denial of service), or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-40401)

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gerbv

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/gerbv?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.6.0-1ubuntu0.14.04.1~esm1

    Affected versions

    2.6.0-1

    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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