Util-linux Security Update Advisory (CVE-2024-28085)

Overview

 

We have released a security update to address a vulnerability in util-linux. users of affected products are advised to update to the latest version.

 

Affected Products

 

Versions of util-linux prior to 2.40

Ubuntu 22.04 and Debian Bookworm

 

Resolved Vulnerabilities

 

Vulnerability in util-linux that allows escape sequences to be sent to another user’s terminal via argv of the wall command installed with setgid tty privileges (CVE-2024-28085)

 

Vulnerability Patches

 

vulnerability patches have been made available in the latest updates. Please follow the instructions on the Referenced Sites to update to the latest Vulnerability Patches version.

 

Util-linux 2.40 version

 

Referenced Sites

 

[1] CVE-2024-28085 Detail

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28085

[2] Wall-Escape (CVE-2024-28085)

https://github.com/skyler-ferrante/CVE-2024-28085

[3] Index of /pub/linux/utils/util-linux/

https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/