USN-3309-2: Libtasn1 vulnerability
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3309-2
18th July, 2017
libtasn1-3 vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary
Libtasn1 could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a specially crafted file.
Software description
- libtasn1-3
– Library to manage ASN.1 structures
Details
Jakub Jirasek discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled certain
assignments files. If a user were tricked into processing a specially
crafted assignments file, a remote attacker could possibly execute arbirary
code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
-
libtasn1-3
2.10-1ubuntu1.6
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
Source: USN-3309-2: Libtasn1 vulnerability
