USN-3605-1: Sharutils vulnerability

sharutils vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

Sharutils could be made to execute arbitrary code if it opened a specially crafted
file.

It was discovered that Sharutils incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker
could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

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.