USN-6306-1: Fast DDS vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 23.04
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Packages

• fastdds - eProsima FastDDS Discovery Server and Tools

Details

It was discovered that Fast DDS incorrectly handled certain inputs.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service and information exposure. This issue only affected Ubuntu
22.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-38425)

It was discovered that Fast DDS incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash.
(CVE-2023-39534, CVE-2023-39945, CVE-2023-39946, CVE-2023-39947,
CVE-2023-39948, CVE-2023-39949)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 23.04

• fastdds-tools - 2.9.1+ds-1ubuntu0.1
• libfastrtps2.9 - 2.9.1+ds-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 22.04

• fastdds-tools - 2.5.0+ds-3ubuntu0.1~esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• libfastrtps2.5 - 2.5.0+ds-3ubuntu0.1~esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

• CVE-2023-39534
• CVE-2021-38425
• CVE-2023-39945
• CVE-2023-39948
• CVE-2023-39947
• CVE-2023-39946
• CVE-2023-39949