Advisory Published

USN-7137-1: recutils vulnerabilities

First published: Wed Dec 04 2024(Updated: )

It was discovered that recutils incorrectly handled memory when parsing comments with the recparser utility. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or run arbitrary commands. (CVE-2021-46019, CVE-2021-46021, CVE-2021-46022) It was discovered that recutils incorrectly handled memory when parsing CSV files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or run arbitrary commands. (CVE-2019-11637, CVE-2019-11638, CVE-2019-11639, CVE-2019-11640) It was discovered that recutils incorrectly handled memory when parsing maliciously crafted recfiles. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2019-6455, CVE-2019-6456, CVE-2019-6457, CVE-2019-6458, CVE-2019-6459, CVE-2019-6460)

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
All of
ubuntu/librec1<1.8-1ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1
1.8-1ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=22.04
All of
ubuntu/recutils<1.8-1ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1
1.8-1ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=22.04
All of
ubuntu/librec1<1.8-1ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1
1.8-1ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=20.04
All of
ubuntu/recutils<1.8-1ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1
1.8-1ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=20.04
All of
ubuntu/librec1<1.7-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
1.7-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=18.04
All of
ubuntu/recutils<1.7-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
1.7-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=18.04
All of
ubuntu/librec1<1.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
1.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=16.04
All of
ubuntu/recutils<1.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
1.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=16.04

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