Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6959-1

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6959-1
August 13, 2024

dotnet8 vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

– Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Summary:

dotnet8 could be made to disclose sensitive information.

Software Description:
– dotnet8: .NET CLI tools and runtime

Details:

It was discovered that .NET suffered from an information disclosure
vulnerability. An attacker could potentially use this issue to
read targeted email messages.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
aspnetcore-runtime-8.0 8.0.8-0ubuntu1~24.04.1
dotnet-host-8.0 8.0.8-0ubuntu1~24.04.1
dotnet-hostfxr-8.0 8.0.8-0ubuntu1~24.04.1
dotnet-runtime-8.0 8.0.8-0ubuntu1~24.04.1
dotnet-sdk-8.0 8.0.108-0ubuntu1~24.04.1
dotnet8 8.0.108-8.0.8-0ubuntu1~24.04.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
aspnetcore-runtime-8.0 8.0.8-0ubuntu1~22.04.1
dotnet-host-8.0 8.0.8-0ubuntu1~22.04.1
dotnet-hostfxr-8.0 8.0.8-0ubuntu1~22.04.1
dotnet-runtime-8.0 8.0.8-0ubuntu1~22.04.1
dotnet-sdk-8.0 8.0.108-0ubuntu1~22.04.1
dotnet8 8.0.108-8.0.8-0ubuntu1~22.04.1

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

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6959-1
CVE-2024-38167

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dotnet8/8.0.108-8.0.8-0ubuntu1~24.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dotnet8/8.0.108-8.0.8-0ubuntu1~22.04.1