Critical Security Advisory for Google Guest Agent and OS Config Agent on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
Summary
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Summary: Google Guest Agent and OS Config Agent could be made to crash if it open a specially crafted JSON. Software Description: - google-guest-agent: Google Compute Engine Guest Agent - google-osconfig-agent: Google OS Config Agent Details: USN-6746-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Google Guest Agent and Google OS Config Agent. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Google Guest Agent and Google OS Config Agent incorrectly handled certain JSON files. 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 24.04 LTS google-guest-agent 20240213.00-0ubuntu3.1 google-osconfig-agent 20240320.00-0ubuntu1~24.04.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6746-2
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6746-1
CVE-2024-24786
Package Information
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/google-guest-agent/20240213.00-0ubuntu3.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/google-osconfig-agent/20240320.00-0ubuntu1~24.04.1