USN-4326-1: libiberty vulnerabilities
libiberty vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in libiberty.
Software Description
- libiberty – library of utility functions used by GNU programs
Details
It was discovered that libiberty incorrectly handled parsing certain
binaries. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a
specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause
libiberty 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
- libiberty-dev – 20170913-1ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libiberty-dev – 20160215-1ubuntu0.3
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-2018-12641
- CVE-2018-12697
- CVE-2018-12698
- CVE-2018-12934
- CVE-2018-17794
- CVE-2018-17985
- CVE-2018-18483
- CVE-2018-18484
- CVE-2018-18700
- CVE-2018-18701
- CVE-2018-9138
- CVE-2019-14250
- CVE-2019-9070
- CVE-2019-9071
Source: USN-4326-1: libiberty vulnerabilities
