A SoS security update has been released for Ubuntu Linux 14.04 ESM, 16.04 ESM, 18.04 LTS, 20.04 LTS, and 22.04 LTS.

USN-5636-1: SoS vulnerability

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5636-1
September 26, 2022

sosreport vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Summary:

SoS could be made do expose sensitive information.

Software Description:
- sosreport: Set of tools to gather troubleshooting data from a system

Details:

It was discovered that SoS incorrectly handled certain data.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
sosreport 4.3-1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
sosreport 4.3-1ubuntu0.20.04.2

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
sosreport 4.3-1ubuntu0.18.04.2

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
sosreport 3.9.1-1ubuntu0.16.04.2+esm1

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
sosreport 3.5-1~ubuntu14.04.3+esm1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5636-1
CVE-2022-2806

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sosreport/4.3-1ubuntu2.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sosreport/4.3-1ubuntu0.20.04.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sosreport/4.3-1ubuntu0.18.04.2