USN-3605-1: Sharutils vulnerability
USN-3605-1: Sharutils vulnerability sharutils vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 17.10 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary Sharutils could be made to execute arbitrary code if it opened a specially crafted file. Software Description sharutils – shar, unshar, uuencode, uudecode Details It was discovered that Sharutils incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 17.10 sharutils – 1:4.15.2-2ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS sharutils – 1:4.15.2-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS sharutils – 1:4.14-1ubuntu1.1 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References CVE-2018-1000097 Source: USN-3605-1: Sharutils vulnerability