USN-3815-1: gettext vulnerability
USN-3815-1: gettext vulnerability gettext vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 18.10 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary gettext could be made to execute arbitrary code if it received a specially crafted message. Software Description gettext – GNU Internationalization utilities Details It was discovered that gettext incorrectly handled certain messages. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.10 gettext – 0.19.8.1-8ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS gettext – 0.19.8.1-6ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS gettext – 0.19.7-2ubuntu3.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS gettext – 0.18.3.1-1ubuntu3.1 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-2018-18751 Source: USN-3815-1: gettext vulnerability