Advisory Published

USN-6236-1: ConnMan vulnerabilities

First published: Wed Jul 19 2023(Updated: )

It was discovered that ConnMan could be made to write out of bounds. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ConnMan to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-26675, CVE-2021-33833) It was discovered that ConnMan could be made to leak sensitive information via the gdhcp component. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain information for further exploitation. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-26676) It was discovered that ConnMan could be made to read out of bounds. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to case ConnMan to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-23096, CVE-2022-23097) It was discovered that ConnMan could be made to run into an infinite loop. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ConnMan to consume resources and to stop operating, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-23098) It was discovered that ConnMan could be made to write out of bounds via the gweb component. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ConnMan to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-32292) It was discovered that ConnMan did not properly manage memory under certain circumstances. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ConnMan to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-32293) It was discovered that ConnMan could be made to write out of bounds via the gdhcp component. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ConnMan to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-28488)

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
All of
ubuntu/connman<1.41-2ubuntu0.23.04.1
1.41-2ubuntu0.23.04.1
=23.04
All of
ubuntu/connman<1.36-2.3ubuntu0.1
1.36-2.3ubuntu0.1
=22.04
All of
ubuntu/connman<1.36-2ubuntu0.1
1.36-2ubuntu0.1
=20.04
All of
ubuntu/connman<1.35-6ubuntu0.1~esm1
1.35-6ubuntu0.1~esm1
=18.04
All of
ubuntu/connman<1.21-1.2+deb8u1ubuntu0.1~esm1
1.21-1.2+deb8u1ubuntu0.1~esm1
=16.04

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the vulnerability ID for this ConnMan vulnerability?

    The vulnerability ID for this ConnMan vulnerability is CVE-2021-26675.

  • What is the severity of CVE-2021-26675?

    The severity of CVE-2021-26675 is not specified in the description.

  • How can a remote attacker exploit CVE-2021-26675?

    A remote attacker could exploit CVE-2021-26675 to cause ConnMan to crash or execute arbitrary code.

  • Which versions of Ubuntu are affected by this vulnerability?

    This vulnerability only affects Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

  • How can I fix the ConnMan vulnerability (CVE-2021-26675) on Ubuntu?

    To fix the ConnMan vulnerability (CVE-2021-26675) on Ubuntu, update the connman package to version 1.41-2ubuntu0.23.04.1 for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, or version 1.35-6ubuntu0.1~esm1 for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

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