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