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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6745-1
April 22, 2024

percona-xtrabackup vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro)
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro)

Summary:

percona-xtrabackup could be made to run programs as your login if it
opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description:
- percona-xtrabackup: Open source backup tool for InnoDB and XtraDB

Details:

It was discovered that in Percona XtraBackup, a local crafted filename
could trigger arbitrary code execution.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
percona-xtrabackup 2.4.9-0ubuntu2+esm1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
percona-xtrabackup 2.3.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.2+esm1

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

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6745-1
CVE-2022-25834

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