usn-5990-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2023-03-31 00:44
Modified
2026-06-29 10:53
Summary
musl vulnerabilities
Details
It was discovered that musl did not handle certain i386 math functions properly. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-14697)
It was discovered that musl did not handle wide-character conversion properly. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to cause resource consumption (infinite loop), denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-28928)
References
| URL | Type | |
|---|---|---|
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}
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"availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
"binaries": [
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"binary_name": "musl",
"binary_version": "0.9.15-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"
},
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}
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},
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"0.9.14-2ubuntu1",
"0.9.15-1",
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}
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}
],
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS"
}
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "musl",
"binary_version": "1.1.9-1ubuntu0.1~esm3"
},
{
"binary_name": "musl-tools",
"binary_version": "1.1.9-1ubuntu0.1~esm3"
}
]
},
"package": {
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"name": "musl",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/musl@1.1.9-1ubuntu0.1~esm3?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/xenial"
},
"ranges": [
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],
"versions": [
"1.1.9-1",
"1.1.9-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"
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"id": "CVE-2020-28928",
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}
]
}
],
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS"
}
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "musl",
"binary_version": "1.1.19-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "musl-tools",
"binary_version": "1.1.19-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
}
]
},
"package": {
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"name": "musl",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/musl@1.1.19-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/bionic"
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"1.1.19-1"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
}
],
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS"
}
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "musl",
"binary_version": "1.1.24-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "musl-tools",
"binary_version": "1.1.24-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
}
]
},
"package": {
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"name": "musl",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/musl@1.1.24-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/focal"
},
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"versions": [
"1.1.23-2build1",
"1.1.24-1"
]
}
],
"aliases": [],
"details": "It was discovered that musl did not handle certain i386 math functions\nproperly. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of\nservice (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only\naffected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.\n(CVE-2019-14697)\n\nIt was discovered that musl did not handle wide-character conversion\nproperly. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to cause resource\nconsumption (infinite loop), denial of service, or possibly execute\narbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04\nESM, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-28928)\n",
"id": "USN-5990-1",
"modified": "2026-06-29T10:53:00Z",
"published": "2023-03-31T00:44:58Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5990-1"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14697"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-28928"
}
],
"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"summary": "musl vulnerabilities",
"upstream": [
"UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14697",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2020-28928"
]
}
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