USN-3570-1: AdvanceCOMP vulnerability
USN-3570-1: AdvanceCOMP vulnerability Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3570-1 14th February, 2018 advancecomp vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 17.10 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary AdvanceCOMP could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted file. Software description advancecomp – collection of recompression utilities Details Joonun Jang discovered that AdvanceCOMP incorrectly handled certainmalformed zip files. If a user or automated system were tricked intoprocessing a specially crafted zip file, a remote attacker could causeAdvanceCOMP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possiblyexecute arbitrary code. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 17.10: advancecomp 2.0-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: advancecomp 1.20-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: advancecomp 1.18-1ubuntu0.1 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. In general, a [ more… ]