USN-3974-1: VCFtools vulnerabilities

USN-3974-1: VCFtools vulnerabilities

VCFtools vulnerabilities

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

• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary

VCFTools could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

Software Description

• vcftools – Collection of tools to work with VCF files

Details

It was discovered that VCFtools improperly handled certain input. If a user
was tricked into opening a crafted input file, VCFtools could be made to crash.
(CVE-2018-11099, CVE-2018-11129, CVE-2018-11130)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

vcftools – 0.1.14+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1

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-2018-11099
• CVE-2018-11129
• CVE-2018-11130

Source: USN-3974-1: VCFtools vulnerabilities