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
Source: USN-3974-1: VCFtools vulnerabilities
