USN-7313-1: Erlang vulnerability

Publication date

3 March 2025

Overview

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


Packages

  • 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.

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

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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


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