USN-4336-1: GNU binutils vulnerabilities
USN-4336-1: GNU binutils vulnerabilities binutils vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in GNU binutils. Software Description binutils – GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities Details It was discovered that GNU binutils contained a large number of security issues. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could cause GNU binutils to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS binutils – 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.3 binutils-multiarch – 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.3 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-2018-1000876 CVE-2018-10372 CVE-2018-10373 CVE-2018-10534 CVE-2018-10535 CVE-2018-12641 CVE-2018-12697 [ more… ]