USN-7151-1: oFono vulnerabilities

USN-7151-1: oFono vulnerabilities
11 December 2024

Several security issues were fixed in ofono.

Releases
Ubuntu 24.10 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Ubuntu 18.04 ESM Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages
ofono - Mobile telephony stack

Details
It was discovered that oFono incorrectly handled decoding SMS messages
leading to a stack overflow. A remote attacker could potentially use
this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2023-4232, CVE-2023-4235)

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

Ubuntu 24.10

• ofono - 1.31-3ubuntu3.24.10.2
  Ubuntu 24.04
• ofono - 1.31-3ubuntu3.24.04.2
  Ubuntu 22.04
• ofono - 1.31-3ubuntu1.2
  Ubuntu 20.04
• ofono - 1.31-2ubuntu1+esm2
  Ubuntu 18.04
• ofono - 1.21-1ubuntu1+esm2
  Ubuntu 16.04
• ofono - 1.17.bzr6912+16.04.20160314.3-0ubuntu1+esm2

After a standard system update you need to restart oFono to make
all the necessary changes.