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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7313-1
March 03, 2025

erlang vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 24.10
- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Summary:

Erlang could be made to consume resources if it received specially crafted
network traffic.

Software Description:
- erlang: Concurrent, real-time, distributed functional language

Details:

It was discovered that Erlang incorrectly handled SFTP packet sizes. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Erlang to consume
resources, resulting in a denial of service.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 24.10
  erlang                          1:25.3.2.12+dfsg-1ubuntu2.1
  erlang-ssh                      1:25.3.2.12+dfsg-1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  erlang                          1:25.3.2.8+dfsg-1ubuntu4.1
  erlang-ssh                      1:25.3.2.8+dfsg-1ubuntu4.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  erlang                          1:24.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2
  erlang-ssh                      1:24.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  erlang                          1:22.2.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.3
  erlang-ssh                      1:22.2.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.3

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7313-1
  CVE-2025-26618

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/erlang/1:25.3.2.12+dfsg-1ubuntu2.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/erlang/1:25.3.2.8+dfsg-1ubuntu4.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/erlang/1:24.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/erlang/1:22.2.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.3