Ubuntu Security Updates Released to Fix Denial of Service, Information Exposure

Canonical has released new updates for Ubuntu to resolve multiple security vulnerabilities in various versions of the operating system, including 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, and 19.10.

When exploited, the vulnerabilities can be used to cause a denial of service, which crashes the system, and expose sensitive information in the kernel memory, Canonical warns.

There are three security advisories published on April 6, as it follows:

• USN-4318-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
• USN-4320-1: Linux kernel vulnerability
• USN-4319-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

First and foremost, USN-4318-1 refers to vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel that affect Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS which requires an attack to be launched locally for a denial of service or sensitive information exposure.

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