{"schemaVersion":3,"id":"USN-8827-1","aliases":[],"status":"published","duplicateOf":null,"title":null,"description":"erlang vulnerabilities\n\nIt was discovered that the Erlang Port Mapper Daemon did not properly\nhandle slow connections. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue\nto cause a denial of service. (CVE-2026-42792)\n\nIt was discovered that Erlang incorrectly handled certain external term\nformat data, leading to heap corruption. An attacker could possibly use\nthis issue to cause Erlang to crash, resulting in a denial of service.\nThis issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS.\n(CVE-2026-55737)\n\nIt was discovered that Erlang incorrectly handled invalid external term\nformat data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Erlang to\ncrash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu\n26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-54890)\n\nIt was discovered that Erlang incorrectly handled certain packet lengths,\nleading to a buffer overflow. A remote attacker could possibly use this\nissue to cause Erlang to crash or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-75538)\n\nIt was discovered that the Erlang Megaco flex scanner incorrectly handled\ncertain input, leading to a buffer overflow. A remote attacker could\npossibly use this issue to cause Erlang to crash or execute arbitrary code.\n(CVE-2026-59250)\n\nIt was discovered that Erlang TLS clients incorrectly accepted cipher\nsuites that they had not offered. A remote attacker could possibly use\nthis issue to intercept and modify TLS communications. (CVE-2026-55953)\n\nIt was discovered that Erlang incorrectly handled certain certificate\nchains. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Erlang to\nuse excessive resources, leading to a denial of service. This issue only\naffected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS.\n(CVE-2026-58227)\n\nIt was discovered that Erlang incorrectly handled certain certificate\npolicies. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Erlang\nto use excessive resources, leading to a denial of service. This issue only\naffected Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-59251)\n\nIt was discovered that the Erlang HTTP server incorrectly handled certain\nconflicting HTTP framing headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this\nissue to smuggle HTTP requests. (CVE-2026-23941, CVE-2026-73812)\n\nIt was discovered that the Erlang HTTP server incorrectly handled certain\nmalformed chunk sizes. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to\ncause Erlang to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-69664)\n\nIt was discovered that the Erlang HTTP server did not properly limit the\nsize of chunked request bodies. A remote attacker could possibly use this\nissue to cause Erlang to use excessive resources, leading to a denial of\nservice. (CVE-2026-74835)\n\nIt was discovered that the Erlang HTTP server incorrectly handled certain\nequivalent request paths and differences in character case. A remote\nattacker could possibly use this issue to bypass authentication and gain\nunauthorized access. (CVE-2026-66835, CVE-2026-73270)\n\nIt was discovered that the Erlang HTTP server did not properly limit\nsimultaneous connections. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue\nto cause Erlang to use excessive resources, leading to a denial of service.\nThis issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS,\nUbuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS.\n(CVE-2026-70399)\n\nIt was discovered that the Erlang HTTP server incorrectly handled header\ncontinuation lines. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to\nsmuggle HTTP requests. (CVE-2026-66357)\n\nIt was discovered that the Erlang HTTP server incorrectly handled certain\nmalformed header names. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to\nsmuggle HTTP requests. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS,\nUbuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS.\n(CVE-2026-73276)\n\nIt was discovered that the Erlang HTTP server incorrectly handled\nincomplete request bodies. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue\nto cause Erlang to use excessive resources, leading to a denial of service.\n(CVE-2026-71380)\n\nIt was discovered that the Erlang HTTP client did not properly limit the\nsize of HTTP response headers. A malicious HTTP server could possibly use\nthis issue to cause Erlang to use excessive resources, leading to a denial\nof service. (CVE-2026-55951)\n\nIt was discovered that Erlang did not properly limit the length of port\nnumbers when parsing URIs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue\nto cause Erlang to use excessive resources, leading to a denial of service.\nThis issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS,\nUbuntu 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-59696)\n\nIt was discovered that the Erlang SNMP application did not properly limit\nthe size of certain integer values. A remote attacker could possibly use\nthis issue to cause Erlang to use excessive resources, leading to a denial\nof service. (CVE-2026-70405)\n\nIt was discovered that the Erlang LDAP client did not properly limit the\nlength of port numbers in referral URLs. A malicious LDAP server could\npossibly use this issue to cause Erlang to use excessive resources, leading\nto a denial of service. 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