Packages
- erlang - Concurrent, real-time, distributed functional language
Details
It was discovered that Erlang OTP's SSH module did not limit the size of
certain data in initialization messages. An attacker could possibly use
this issue to consume large amount of memory leading to a denial of
service.
It was discovered that Erlang OTP's SSH module did not limit the size of
certain data in initialization messages. An attacker could possibly use
this issue to consume large amount of memory leading to a denial of
service.
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 24.10 oracular | erlang – 1:25.3.2.12+dfsg-1ubuntu2.2 | ||
| erlang-ssh – 1:25.3.2.12+dfsg-1ubuntu2.2 | |||
| 24.04 noble | erlang – 1:25.3.2.8+dfsg-1ubuntu4.2 | ||
| erlang-ssh – 1:25.3.2.8+dfsg-1ubuntu4.2 | |||
| 22.04 jammy | erlang – 1:24.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.3 | ||
| erlang-ssh – 1:24.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.3 | |||
| 20.04 focal | erlang – 1:22.2.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.4 | ||
| erlang-ssh – 1:22.2.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.4 | |||
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