========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5610-1 September 14, 2022 rust-regex vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Summary: rust-regex could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input. Software Description: - rust-regex: Regular expressions for Rust Details: Addison Crump discovered that rust-regex did not properly limit the complexity of the regular expressions (regex) it parses. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: librust-regex-dev 1.5.4-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: librust-regex-dev 1.2.1-3ubuntu0.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5610-1 CVE-2022-24713 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rust-regex/1.5.4-1ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rust-regex/1.2.1-3ubuntu0.1