USN-6389-1: Indent vulnerability

Publication date

20 September 2023

Overview

Indent could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted file.


Packages

  • indent - C language source code formatting program

Details

It was discovered that Indent incorrectly handled parsing certain source
files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a
specially crafted source file, a remote attacker could use this issue to
cause Indent to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code.

It was discovered that Indent incorrectly handled parsing certain source
files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a
specially crafted source file, a remote attacker could use this issue to
cause Indent to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
23.04 lunar indent –  2.2.12-4ubuntu0.1
22.04 jammy indent –  2.2.12-1ubuntu0.22.04.1
20.04 focal indent –  2.2.12-1ubuntu0.20.04.1

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