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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5316-1
March 08, 2022
redis vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 21.10
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Summary:
Redis could be made to run programs if it received specially crafted
network traffic from an authenticated user.
Software Description:
- redis: Persistent key-value database with network interface
Details:
Reginaldo Silva discovered that due to a packaging issue, a remote attacker
with the ability to execute arbitrary Lua scripts could possibly escape the
Lua sandbox and execute arbitrary code on the host.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 21.10:
redis 5:6.0.15-1ubuntu0.1
redis-server 5:6.0.15-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
redis 5:5.0.7-2ubuntu0.1
redis-server 5:5.0.7-2ubuntu0.1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5316-1
CVE-2022-0543
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/redis/5:6.0.15-1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/redis/5:5.0.7-2ubuntu0.1
